Portal:Current events/2023 May 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Bakhmut
    • Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says that they have captured all of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry rejects this claim, saying that its forces still control a district on the westernmost edge of the city. (CNN)
  • Pope Francis appoints Italian Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi as the Vatican's special envoy and peace envoy for the Russo-Ukrainian war. (Tagesschau)

• War in Sudan (2023)
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Fighting in Khartoum between rival factions intensifies, with damage reported at the embassy of Qatar. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• San Salvador crowd crush
  • At least twelve people are killed and dozens more are injured in a crowd crush at the Estadio Cuscatlán football stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Mexican drug war
  • Ensenada shootout
    • Gunmen open fire during a car racing show in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, killing ten people and injuring nine others. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2022–23 Premier League
  • Manchester City win their third consecutive Premier League title after title contenders Arsenal lose 1–0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. (BBC Sport)
• 2023 Preakness Stakes
  • The 2023 Preakness Stakes is won by National Treasure, who was trained by Bob Baffert, who had returned after a two-year absence caused by a suspension due to Medina Spirit's disqualification and subsequent death in 2021. The 2023 Kentucky Derby winner, Mage, finishes third. (WGAU-FM)