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)

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. (WSFA)
• 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)

International relations

• Two boats carrying 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people arrive in western Indonesia. (AAP via SBS)

Law and crime

• Police in the Mississippian city of Hattiesburg arrest two people on suspicion of murdering two policemen. (Clarion-Ledger)
• Several people have been shot dead in the Swiss town of Würenlingen in Aargau canton 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)