Current Events: 29 May 2020
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Armed conflicts and attacks
International relations
Law and crime
- Death of George Floyd
- George Floyd protests
- Hundreds of Minnesota National Guard are deployed in Minneapolis to enforce a night curfew, after Mayor Jacob Frey declared a state of local emergency amid civil unrest, but rioting and arson fires continue. (Star Tribune)
- In Detroit, police use tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters and make several arrests, including one person who drove their car at a police officer. A man killed near the protest may be an unrelated targeted murder. (Detroit Free Press)
- In Atlanta, the CNN Center is vandalized and police vehicles are attacked and set on fire as protests spread. Seven people are reportedly arrested. (Newsweek)
- In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot. (KHOU)
- In Chicago, 108 people are arrested after several police vehicles are vandalized. (WGN-TV)
- Several other protests against police brutality and systemic racism take place in large cities across the United States, some of which included arson, vandalism, and looting. (CNN)
- Taiwan decriminalizes adultery in what is considered a landmark ruling. Marital infidelity was a crime with a maximum sentence of a year in prison. (Reuters)
- Lesotho's Appeal Court revokes former First Lady Maesiah Thabane's bail. Thabane and her husband, former Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, are accused of ordering the murder of his first wife, Lipolelo. Both deny involvement in the crime. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
Science and technology
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