Portal:Current events/2017 May 14
May 14, 2017 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, a cholera outbreak has since April 27 killed at least 115 people and left another 8,500 ill across Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
- WannaCry ransomware attack
- Shortly after the attack began a researcher found an effective kill switch, which prevented many new infections, and allowed time to patch systems. This greatly slowed the spread. Cyber security authorities discover new versions that lack the kill switch. (The Hacker News) (Der Spiegel) (Tech Crunch)
International relations
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction, 2017 North Korean missile tests
- U.S. and South Korean officials confirm that North Korea launched a test missile from the west coast city of Kusong. The projectile travelled to the east for 30 minutes and 435 miles (700 km) reaching an altitude of more than 1,245 miles (2,004 km) before landing in the Sea of Japan, 60 miles (97 km) south of the Russian city of Vladivostok. (CBS via MSN) (BBC) (Reuters)
- The Government of China begins a two-day summit in Beijing, in an attempt to raise international support for its Belt and Road Initiative. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Politics and elections
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2017
- Voters in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia head to the polls, with the media suggesting a victory for Angela Merkel's CDU over the SPD, who have lead the state for all but five years since 1966. (Al Jazeera)
- French presidential election, 2017
- France swears in Emmanuel Macron as the 25th President of France. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)