Portal:Current events/2023 May 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 30 May 2023 Moscow drone strikes
    • Russian authorities say they have intercepted eight drones over Moscow. (BBC News)
  • A Russian drone attack on Kyiv results in the death of a civilian and injures several others. (The New York Times)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • An Israeli settler is shot and killed near Hermesh, West Bank by Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade gunmen. (AP)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Eight people are killed when Boko Haram gunmen attack the towns of Mora and Zigage, Far North, Cameroon. (AP)

Business and economy

• Business magnate Elon Musk meets Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang on a visit to China. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed in a fire at a paper warehouse in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
• Three people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria. (AP)
• Ten Vaishno Devi pilgrims are killed and 57 others are injured when their bus falls from a bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Tribune)

Law and crime

• Salvadoran gang crackdown
  • Former President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes is sentenced to 14 years in prison for making deals with gangs in El Salvador to start the 2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce. (AP)

Royalty

• Princess Eugenie of the United Kingdom gives birth to a baby boy named named Ernest George Ronnie, who was named after "his great-great-great grandfather George, his grandpa George and my grandpa Ronald". (BBC News)

Science and Technology

• Discoveries of exoplanets
  • Indian scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory discover TOI 4603b, an exoplanet with a mass that is 13 times that of Jupiter. (The Hindu)