SUNY Buffalo In a study by SUNY Buffalo, it is discovered that "Utricularia gibba", a carnivorous bladderwort plant, has the shortest known DNA sequence of any multicellular plant and that it lacks "junk DNA", sequences of code that do not encode proteins.
Pope Francis Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking 800+ new Catholic Church saints - Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI had submitted the 813 "Martyrs of Otranto" who had been beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam.
Bulgaria Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for a parliamentary election. Boyko Borisov's GERB party wins between 30% and 32% of the votes, closely followed by Sergei Stanishev's resurgent BSP with 26 to 28 percent. No party manages to obtain a majority, while analysts predict a political deadlock amid low voter turnout and economic woes.
Nawaz Sharif Partial results reveal former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to be the winner, though no party manages to obtain an absolute majority in the 342-seat National Assembly.
United Kingdom Andrew Moran, one of Britain's most wanted criminals, is arrested in Costa Blanca, Spain.
Valley Springs, California A 12-year-old boy is arrested in connection to the April 27 Valley Springs, California, United States stabbing of his 8-year-old sister.
Shooting Nineteen people are injured during a shooting at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
WHO WHO says that it appears likely the novel coronavirus can be transmitted from close person-to-person contact.
17-year cicada The first group of what is an expected to be more than a trillion 17-year cicadas to emerge in the eastern United States is spotted in North Carolina.
Industrial disaster The death toll reaches 1,126 with many people still missing; the accident is now the third worst industrial disaster in history.
Philippines Four Filipino UN peacekeepers that had been taken captive by Syrian rebels on May 7 are released.