Wikinews:2016/May

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May 1

• 100 tons of ivory burned in Africa; estimated at $250 million on black market

May 2

• 60 people still missing after Kenyan house collapse
• Militants bomb Gaziantep, Turkey police headquarters

May 4

• Six dead following flash flooding in Palestine, Texas
• Leicester City wins first Premier League as Spurs and Chelsea held for 2-2 draw

May 5

• Indiana primaries: Bernie Sanders wins Democratic, Donald Trump wins Republican

May 6

• FIFA bans Sergio Jadue for life
• FIFA ethics committee recommends lifetime ban of former FIFA vice-president

May 7

• Real Madrid edge Manchester City to reach fourteenth European Cup Final

May 9

• NASA releases first topographical map of Mercury

May 10

• Political columnist apologises after mocking disabled broadcaster Andrew Marr
• Landslide in China leaves 41 people missing

May 11

• Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels to join rivals Bayern Munich
• Grand National winning horse 'Comply or Die' dies, aged 17

May 12

• Brazilian Senate vote to suspend President Rousseff
• Italian parliament votes to back same-sex civil unions

May 13

• IMF says UK leaving the EU will lead to negative economic consequences
• World's oldest known hafted axe fragment found in Western Australia

May 14

• Borussia Dortmund complete signing of 18-year-old Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé

May 15

• Islamic State claims attack which killed 25 police recruits in Yemen

May 16

• Wikinews interviews Augustus Sol Invictus, Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate

May 17

• Telegraph publishes letter from 300 business leaders who back UK leaving EU

May 19

• Sevilla wins third consecutive Europa League title, beating Liverpool 3-1
• Besieged Syrian city of Deir Ezzour suffers multi-day attack

May 21

• Lord Howard and Alistair Darling address Confederation of British Industry on EU referendum

May 23

• DFB-Pokal Final: Bayern wins 4-3 in Der Klassiker final

May 25

• Arsenal signs Mönchengladbach captain Granit Xhaka
• Tax evasion investigators raid Google's Paris headquarters
• Victorian premier apologises for history of criminalisation of homosexuality

May 26

• Manchester United sacks van Gaal after winning FA Cup
• Mats Hummels completes Bayern signing

May 27

• Manchester United appoints José Mourinho as new manager
• India set to install panic buttons on buses to combat sexual assault

May 28

• Nadal withdraws from French Open 2016, suffers from wrist injury

May 30

• ¡La Undécima!: Real Madrid wins 2015-16 UEFA Champions League 5-3 on penalties

May 31

• Reus to miss Euro 16 due to injury
• Australian Opposition Leader pledges to save Great Barrier Reef