Portal:Current events/2023 May 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Japan announces that it will donate 100 military vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (ABC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 North Waziristan suicide bombing
    • Four people are killed and several others are injured by a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific typhoon season
  • People in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are told to seek refuge as Typhoon Mawar approaches with winds reaching 282 km/h (175mph). (RNZ)
• The historic Cotton Tree, a large Ceiba pentandra, is felled during a rainstorm in Freetown, Sierra Leone. President Julius Maada Bio calls the destruction of the iconic tree a "great loss to the nation". (Reuters)

International relations

• Canada–Saudi Arabia relations
  • Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations and to appoint new ambassadors for the first time since a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
  • Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign
    • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election. (Reuters) (AP)

Science and technology

• In a medical first, a paralyzed man is able to walk naturally through the use of electronic brain implants implanted by Swiss scientists. (BBC News)