Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kharkiv offensive
    • Russian forces launch an attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, near the town of Vovchansk, opening up a new front. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Hundreds of Islamic State-linked fighters are attacking the town of Macomia, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. It is described as "the most serious attack in the area in some time". (Al Jazeera)
• Indian security forces kill 12 Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 113 people, with 146 still missing and over 300,000 people displaced.(Reuters)
• At least 50 people are killed during floods in Baghlan, Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus plunges into a river in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (The Moscow Times) (BBC)
• At least 60 people are injured when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Reuters)

International relations

• Palestine and the United Nations
  • Palestine 194
    • The United Nations General Assembly votes 143–9 with 25 abstentions to approve a resolution granting Palestine new rights and requests, and to reconsider its request to become a UN member. The US, Argentina, the Czech Republic and Hungary, along with four Pacific nations, align with Israel in voting against the resolution. (AP) (The National)

Law and crime

• Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, 2024 Indian general election
  • 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, thus permitting him to campaign in the ongiong general election. (The Hindustan Times)
• A Pennsylvania jury orders ExxonMobil to pay $725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed the company's gasoline and solvents caused his cancer. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• The Emir of Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolves the National Assembly and suspends some articles of the Constitution. (Reuters)
• 2024 Polish farmers' protests
  • Thousands of protesters march through Warsaw, Poland, against the European Union's environmental regulations.
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. qualifies to appear on the ballot in Oklahoma for the 2024 United States presidential election as an independent candidate. (Yahoo News)
• 800 protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide, Germany, in protest of the company's expansion's impact on the environment. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Solar Cycle 25
  • A geomagnetic storm is predicted to hit Earth, reaching G4 intensity and likely causing widespread aurorae, with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issuing its first G4-level storm watch since 2005. (NOAA)

May 10

• 28 BC – Chinese astronomers during the Han dynasty made the first precisely dated observation of a sunspot.
• 1833 – Siamese–Vietnamese wars: Lê Văn Khôi escaped from prison to begin a revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, primarily to avenge his adoptive father, Vietnamese general Lê Văn Duyệt.
• 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five companions arrived at South Georgia, completing a 1,300 km (800 mi) lifeboat voyage over 16 days to obtain rescue for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
• 1940 – World War II: German forces commenced their invasion of Belgium.
• 2013 – One World Trade Center (pictured) in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a height of 1,776 feet (541 m).