The edition of
Friday 2 May 2025
15 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
A Gaza-bound activist humanitarian aid ship, part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, catches fire and issues an SOS after what its organizers alleged was an Israeli drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters.
At least 43 Palestinians are killed, in the early hours of the morning by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Palestine.
The Rapid Support Forces capture the city of En Nahud in West Kordofan from the SAF, killing 19 and injuring 37.
Politics
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop directly funding NPR and PBS, and for government agencies to stop indirectly funding these public broadcasters.
The German Constitution protection office designates the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a right-wing extremist organization. The AfD came second in the 2025 German federal election after winning 20.8% of the vote for a record 152 seats in the Bundestag.
Business
The Trump administration terminates the de minimis tariff exemption for some imports shipped directly to consumers. Online shops such as Shein and Temu adjust prices, while Temu also announces a shipping pause to the United States.
The Law
The United States Department of Defense designates a second area on the Mexico–United States border, attached to the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas, as a military zone to enforce immigration laws.
25-year-old Tyrone Thompson is sentenced to 22 years and six months imprisonment for murdering 21-year-old Mackenzie Anderson on 25 March 2022 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, while he was on parole for a previous DV assault.
The United States Department of State designates the Viv Ansanm coalition and the Gran Grif gang as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Science
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 216 children have died this flu season in the United States, making it the deadliest since the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
Environment
Eight people are killed after a car lost control and plunged into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan district, Pakistan.
Seven people are killed in torrential rain across parts of Northern India.
Four people are killed and one critically injured in Dwarka, India, after a house collapsed due to heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond in Nagarkurnool district, India.
Arts
Rust is released theatrically in the United States, three and a half years after a fatal on-set shooting accident occurred involving members of the cast and crew, including cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, director Joel Souza, and lead actor Alec Baldwin.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 2 May 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.