Portal:Current events/2020 May 22

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;Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Coronavirus recession
• Europe's largest coach operator Shearings collapses into administration with 2,460 immediate job losses and thousands of holidays cancelled. [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/22/uk-holiday-firm-slg-collapses-with-2500-job-losses (The Guardian)]
• American car rental company Hertz files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to accumulating nearly $19 billion in debt. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hertz-bankruptcy-car-rental-1.5581850 (CBC News)]

;Disasters and accidents

• Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
• An Airbus A320 carrying 99 people crashes in a residential area near Karachi Airport, Pakistan. Ninety-seven people onboard are killed; the other two survive with injuries. Another person died on the ground. Some people on the ground were also injured when the plane crashed near houses. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52780289 (BBC News)]
• Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares states of emergency in Gladwin, Saginaw and Arenac counties due to the Edenville Dam failure and subsequent flooding of the Tittabawassee River earlier this week. [https://www.abc12.com/content/news/Whitmer-approves-emergency-declaration-for-Gladwin-County-resources-available-570699691.html (WJRT-TV)]
• A tractor-trailer and a truck carrying passengers crash head-on on a highway in Darfur, Sudan, causing 57 deaths and 20 injuries. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sudan-police-43-killed-head-vehicle-crash-70826843 (Associated Press via ABC News)]
• Hooghalen train crash
• A collision between a train and agricultural vehicle on a level crossing in Hooghalen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. The machinist died. [https://nos.nl/artikel/2334739-machinist-omgekomen-bij-botsing-tussen-trein-en-aanhanger-in-hooghalen.html (NOS)]

;Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
• COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
• Governor Gretchen Whitmer extends her state's stay-at-home order until June 12 and its state of emergency until June 19. [https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/22/whitmer-extends-stay-home-order-through-june-12/5247671002/ (The Detroit News)]

;Law and crime

• A gunman kills seven people in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast after a drunken quarrel during a fishing trip. The perpetrator is arrested afterwards. [https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/seven-shot-dead-during-ukraine-fishing-trip/ar-BB14tGTr?li=BBqdg4K (MSN)]

;Politics and elections

• May 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election
• Todd Muller defeats Simon Bridges to become the new leader of the National Party, and the Leader of the Opposition. [https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/05/national-party-leadership-contest-live-updates-simon-bridges-v-todd-muller.html (Newshub)]
• 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
• Hong Kong executive says that the newly-proposed security law will not hamper judicial independence. Many activists condemn the move; the organizer of many of last year's protests and convener of the Civil Human Rights Front Jimmy Sham says that the law is a "nuclear bomb" dropped by "the Chinese Communist Party" and calls for mass protests. Activist Joshua Wong also condemns the law and calls it a law "to silence Hongkongers". [https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/147766/Jimmy-Sham-says-government-can-decide-definition-of-'secession' (The Standard Hong Kong)]
• Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
• Following accusations by former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro and a judicial order, footage from a controversial Brazilian Cabinet meeting is released to the media. The profanity-laden footage shows President Jair Bolsonaro calling for political interference in security organs to protect his family; Bolsonaro alleges this was a reference to his private security team, while Moro says that Bolsonaro was referring to Federal Police investigations. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/video-cabinet-meeting-puts-brazil-bolsonaro-fire-200522202343478.html (Al Jazeera)]
• The footage also shows Environment Minister Ricardo Salles calling for the deregulation of environmental policies while the press is "distracted" by the COVID-19 pandemic. [http://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN22Y30Y (Reuters)]

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