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In association football, Arsenal win the Premier League.
- The 2025–26 Premier League was the 34th season of the Premier League and the 127th season of top-flight English football. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2025. The season consisted of 33 weekend and five midweek rounds of matches.
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American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins dies at the age of 95.
- Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.
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The Democratic Rally, led by Annita Demetriou, wins the most seats in the Cypriot legislative election.
- Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 24 May 2026 to elect 56 of the 80 members of the House of Representatives.
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In auto racing, Felix Rosenqvist wins the Indianapolis 500.
- The 2026 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons) was an IndyCar Series race that took place on May 24, 2026, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race was the seventh of the NTT IndyCar Series season. The month of May activities formally began with the Sonsio Grand Prix on the combined road course on May 9. The race was televised on Fox. This was the first "500" since the Fox Corporation acquired a one-third stake in IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway parent company Penske Entertainment in August 2025.
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A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills at least 47 people.
- On 24 May 2026, a vehicle-borne suicide bombing targeted a shuttle train near Chaman Phatak in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The explosion killed at least 47 people and injured 98 others.
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Pope Leo XIV issues his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which expresses concerns about artificial intelligence.
- Magnifica Humanitas (lit. 'magnificent humanity') is the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, concerned with "preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence". It was published on 25 May 2026.
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A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, leaves at least 82 people dead.
- On 22 May 2026, a gas explosion occurred at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Qinyuan County, Shanxi, China, killing 82 people.
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Author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King win the International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue.
- Yang Shuang-zi (Chinese: 楊双子; pinyin: Yáng Shuāngzǐ; born Yang Jo-tzu; Chinese: 楊若慈; pinyin: Yáng Ruòcí; born 10 July 1984) is a Taiwanese writer. Her novel Taiwan Travelogue (2020), translated into English by Lin King, won the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature and the 2026 International Booker Prize.
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In association football, the Women's Champions League concludes with Barcelona defeating OL Lyonnes in the final.
- The 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 25th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 17th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway, on 23 May 2026 between Spanish club Barcelona and French club Lyon.
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Central Africa Ebola epidemic (ongoing)
- In May 2026, an epidemic of Ebola was reported in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the 17th Ebola outbreak in DRC and only five months after the end of the previous outbreak. Imported cases from Ituri have been reported in North Kivu Province, as well as in Uganda's capital city of Kampala. A case in South Kivu was also reported to have been imported from Tshopo province on 21 May.
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Iran war (ongoing)
- Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites and assassinating several Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The surprise attacks were launched during negotiations between Iran and the US regarding Iran's nuclear program. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes on Israel, US bases, and US-allied Arab countries in West Asia; and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global trade. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait responded with their own strikes on Iran and its regional allies.
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Lebanon war (ongoing)
- Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, with Israel invading parts of Lebanon. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that began in late 2023, and is part of the wider conflict in the Middle East. The war has precipitated a still-developing humanitarian crisis, resulted in deaths of more than 3,000 people (both militants and civilians) from Israeli strikes in Lebanon, seen the forced displacement of over 1 million (>20% of the country's population), and entailed the deployment of matériel and tactics that potentially constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity.
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Russo-Ukrainian war (ongoing)
- On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of May 2026, Russian troops occupy roughly 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and 6–7 million have fled the country, creating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II.
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Sudanese civil war (ongoing)
- Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan, controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against the rival Government of Peace and Unity, led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, commanded by General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, also known by his nom de guerre Hemedti. Smaller armed groups have also taken part on both sides, most notably splinter groups from the Sudan Liberation Movement, the Tamazuj militia and the Darfur Joint Protection Force.
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