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May 10, 2015 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War
- Saudi-led airstrikes target the Sana'a home of former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Thomson Reuters Trust)
- The Yemeni Army accepts a five day truce offer from the Saudis. (Reuters via Daily Mail)

Business and economy

The People's Bank of China in the People's Republic of China lowers its benchmark interest rate for the third time in half a year. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Noul (Dodong) makes landfall in the northern Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon with thousands of passengers stranded and warnings of landslides. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters via Daily Mail) (Reuters via ABC News Online)
2015 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Ana makes landfall near the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, today. (CNN)
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
- The death toll from earthquake reaches 8000 as three earth tremors hit Nepal. Avalanches disrupt rescue efforts higher in the mountains. (Times of India)
Tornadoes of 2015
- At least 36 people are hospitalised and 30 per cent of the town of Van, Texas is damaged by a tornado. (NBC News)
- At least two people are killed in the American town of Nashville, Arkansas. (NBC News)

Health

Mexico suspends vaccination of infants and authorises an inquiry after two babies die and 29 injured in the municipality of Simojovel in Chiapas state. (AP via ABC News)

International relations

The President of Cuba, Raul Castro, is received in an official private audience with Pope Francis, who will become the third Pope to visit the still officially Communist island before visiting the U.S. this October. Some restrictions on exercise of religion, and a few restrictions on other rights, have been lifted or relaxed, especially after Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 meeting with Fidel Castro, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's trip during his reign, and especially in 2014 and earlier this year, after Raul and Francis and U.S. President Barack Obama's diplomatic team dramatically improved U.S.-Cuba relations. President Castro went there to thank Francis, whom he publicly has stated his admiration for, for his efforts, and spoke of the possibility of converting and of officially restoring the Church. (Holy See Press Office)
Two boats carrying 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people arrive in western Indonesia. (AAP via SBS)
King Salman of Saudi Arabia will not meet with President of the United States Barack Obama at Camp David or at a summit meeting sending senior Ministers instead reportedly due to disagreement over a nuclear deal with Iran. (New York Times)

Law and crime

Police in the Mississippian city of Hattiesburg arrest three people on suspicion of murdering two policemen. (AP)

Politics and elections

Polish presidential election, 2015
- Voters in Poland go to the polls for a presidential election with a second round of voting scheduled with Andrzej Duda of the Law and Justice Party challenging incumbent President Bronisław Komorowski. (The Economist) (BBC)

Sport

2015 Spanish Grand Prix
- In auto racing, the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix is held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló with Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton. (BBC)

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+;Armed conflicts and attacks
+*[[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]
+**[[Saudi Arabia|Saudi-led]] airstrikes target the [[Sana'a]] home of former [[President of Yemen]] [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]]. [http://www.trust.org/item/20150510033110-q4dgv (Thomson Reuters Trust)]
+**The [[Yemeni Army]] accepts a five day truce offer from the Saudis. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3075327/Yemen-accepts-5-day-truce-proposed-Saudi-Arabia--Houthi-allied-army-spokesperson.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 (Reuters via ''Daily Mail'')]
+;Business and economy
+*The [[People's Bank of China]] in the [[People's Republic of China]] lowers its benchmark [[interest rate]] for the third time in half a year. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/10/us-china-economy-rates-idUSKBN0NV0A320150510 (Reuters)]
+;Disasters and accidents
+*[[2015 Pacific typhoon season]]
+**Typhoon Noul (Dodong) makes landfall in the northern [[Philippines]] as a Category&nbsp;5 typhoon with thousands of passengers stranded and warnings of landslides. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2015/05/150509061947184.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3075265/Thousands-stranded-strong-typhoon-nears-Philippines.html (Reuters via ''Daily Mail'')] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-10/typhoon-noul-makes-landfall-in-philippines-as-category-five/6458686 (Reuters via ABC News Online)]
+*[[2015 Atlantic hurricane season]]
+**[[Tropical Storm Ana (2015)|Tropical Storm Ana]] makes landfall near the city of [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]], today. [http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/10/us/tropical-storm-ana/ (CNN)]
+*[[April 2015 Nepal earthquake]]
+**The death toll from earthquake reaches 8000 as three earth tremors hit [[Nepal]]. [[Avalanche]]s disrupt rescue efforts higher in the mountains. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Three-fresh-tremors-hit-Nepal-as-toll-crosses-8000/articleshow/47221521.cms (''Times of India'')]
+*[[Tornadoes of 2015]]
+**At least 36 people are hospitalised and 30 per cent of the town of [[Van, Texas]] is damaged by a [[tornado]]. [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/weather-n356911 (NBC News)]
+**At least two people are killed in the American town of [[Nashville, Arkansas]]. [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/van-texas-nashville-arkansas-hit-suspected-twisters-n356911 (NBC News)]
+;Health
+*[[Mexico]] suspends [[vaccination]] of infants and authorises an inquiry after two babies die and 29 injured in the municipality of [[Simojovel]] in [[Chiapas]] state. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150511062951/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/babies-die-29-sickened-bad-vaccines-south-mexico-30945536 (AP via ABC News)]
+;International relations
+*The President of Cuba, [[Raul Castro]], is received in an official private audience with [[Pope Francis]], who will become the third Pope to visit the still officially [[Communist]] island before visiting the U.S. this October. Some restrictions on exercise of religion, and a few restrictions on other rights, have been lifted or relaxed, especially after [[Pope John Paul II]]'s historic 1998 meeting with [[Fidel Castro]], [[Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI]]'s trip during his reign, and especially in 2014 and earlier this year, after Raul and Francis and U.S. President [[Barack Obama]]'s diplomatic team dramatically improved [[U.S.-Cuba relations]]. President Castro went there to thank Francis, whom he publicly has stated his admiration for, for his efforts, and spoke of the possibility of converting and of officially restoring the Church. [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fit%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F05%2F10%2F0353%2F00780.html (Holy See Press Office)]
+*Two boats carrying 500 members of [[Myanmar]]'s [[Rohingya people|Rohingya]] [[Muslim]] people arrive in western [[Indonesia]]. [http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/05/10/two-boats-500-people-land-indonesia (AAP via SBS)]
+*[[King Salman]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] will not meet with [[President of the United States]] [[Barack Obama]] at [[Camp David]] or at a summit meeting sending senior Ministers instead reportedly due to disagreement over a nuclear deal with [[Iran]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-king-wont-attend-camp-david-meeting.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0 (''New York Times'')]
+;Law and crime
+*Police in the [[Mississippi]]an city of [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]] arrest three people on suspicion of murdering two policemen. [http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2015-05-10-US--Mississippi-Officers%20Killed/id-6bb21cbe68754652935dce26cc935089 (AP)]
 ;Politics and elections
 *[[Polish presidential election, 2015]]
-**Voters in [[Poland]] go to the polls for a presidential election with a second round of voting likely. [http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21650562-weekends-presidential-poll-offers-pointers-general-election-harbinger (''The Economist'')]
+**Voters in [[Poland]] go to the polls for a presidential election with a second round of voting scheduled with [[Andrzej Duda]] of the [[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice Party]] challenging incumbent [[President of Poland|President]] [[Bronisław Komorowski]]. [https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21650562-weekends-presidential-poll-offers-pointers-general-election-harbinger (''The Economist'')] [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32679820 (BBC)]
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+;Sport
+*[[2015 Spanish Grand Prix]]
+**In [[auto racing]], the [[Formula One]] Spanish Grand Prix is held at the [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya]] in [[Montmeló]] with [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]] driver [[Nico Rosberg]] finishing ahead of [[Lewis Hamilton]]. [https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32681284 (BBC)]
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