Portal:Current events/2017 May 10

Current events of May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
  • U.S. President Donald Trump contemplates sending 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan. (NBC News)

Arts and culture

• Pope Francis intends to canonize two of the children who had visions at Fatima. (The Salt Lake Tribune)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of People's Republic of China says Taiwan is barred from observing this year’s World Health Assembly because current President Tsai Ing-wen has not endorsed the Beijing view that both sides belong to a single China under the One-China policy; the spokesman further said that the health of people in Taiwan is not being put at risk by Taiwan's inability to attend. (Voice of America) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Bahamian general election, 2017
  • Voters in the Bahamas go to the polls to elect all 39 members of the House of Assembly. (Miami Herald)
  • Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie of the Progressive Liberal Party concedes defeat to Hubert Minnis of the Free National Movement. (Al Jazeera)
• Lawmakers in the Parliament Assembly of Kosovo vote in a no-confidence motion to remove the government of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa from office, triggering a snap election that is due to take place next month. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
  • The U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, through U.S. Attorney Dana Boente, issues subpoenas to former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn to assess the extent of his ties to Russia. (CNN)