Portal:Current events/2015 May 10

Current events of May 10, 2015 (2015-05-10) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni Civil War
  • Saudi-led airstrikes target the Sanaa 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2015 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Noul (Dodong) is expected to make landfall in the northern Philippines as a category four typhoon with thousands of passengers stranded. (Al-Jazeera), (Reuters via Daily Mail)
• 2015 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Ana is expected to make landfall in the US state of North Carolina today. (Myrtle Beach Online)
• 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)

Law and crime

• Police in the American town of Hattiesburg, Mississippi arrest Marvin Banks in connection to shooting dead two police officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate. Another suspect Curtis Banks is still at large (Clarion Ledger)
• Several people have been shot dead in the Swiss town of Würenlingen in Aargau country northwest of Zurich. (BBC), (AP via Los Angeles Times)

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. (The Economist)

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 in pole position ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. (BBC)