May 2024 solar storms A geomagnetic storm hits Earth, reaching G5 intensity and causing widespread aurorae, with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issuing its first G4-level storm watch since 2005.
Tesla Eight hundred protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide, Germany, in protest of the environmental impact of the company's expansion.
Emir Emir of Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolves the National Assembly and suspends some articles of the Constitution.
2024 Polish farmers' protests Thousands of protesters march through Warsaw, Poland, against the European Union's environmental regulations.
2024 United States presidential election Robert F. Kennedy Jr. qualifies to appear on the ballot in Oklahoma for the 2024 United States presidential election as an independent candidate.
Israel–Hamas war protests Academic staff of The New School in New York City hold the first faculty-led solidarity encampment in the United States.
Police dismantle encampments and arrest dozens of students protesting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Peru Peruvian authorities launch an investigation into President Dina Boluarte for disbanding a police force that was investigating her brother Nicanor Boluarte, who was arrested for alleged influence peddling.
Pennsylvania A Pennsylvania jury orders ExxonMobil to pay $725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed that the company's gasoline and solvents caused him to develop leukemia.
Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal The Supreme Court of India grants Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail for 21 days in connection with the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case, thereby permitting Kejriwal to campaign in the ongoing general election.
Colombian conflict A Colombian court in Bogota grants conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. He was held at La Picota prison while being accused of war crimes and human rights violations.
Palestine and the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly votes 143–9 with 25 abstentions to approve a resolution granting Palestine new rights and privileges, and to reconsider Palestine's request to become a UN member. The nine countries that opposed the resolution were Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea and the United States.
Demographics of Italy Amid record low birth rates and an aging population, Pope Francis urges Italians to have more children. The Italian government also expands a campaign to encourage at least 500,000 births annually by 2033.
Buenos Aires At least 60 people are injured when a passenger train collides with a locomotive in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Potseluev Bridge Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus plunges from the Potseluev Bridge into the Moyka river in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 126, with 141 still missing and more than 300,000 people displaced.
2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods Over 200 people are killed by floods in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan.
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Hundreds of Islamic State-linked fighters attack the town of Macomia, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.
M23 offensive The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 35.
Russian forces launch an attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, near the town of Vovchansk, opening up a new front.