Portal:Current events/2023 May 2
May 2, 2023 (Tuesday)
Business and economy
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- The Writers Guild of America goes on strike for the first time since 2007–08. (Los Angeles Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are missing in Darchula District, Nepal, after an avalanche struck them. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan dies in an Israeli prison from complications of a three-month hunger strike. (Al Jazeera)
- Indonesian Ulema Council shooting
- A man armed with an airgun opens fire at Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, Java, injuring two employees. The attacker later dies at a local health center. (Detik)
- LGBT rights in Uganda
- The parliament of Uganda passes one of the most strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws after president Yoweri Museveni asked for some reforms. The bill maintains the death penalty as a punishment for "aggravated homosexuality". (Reuters)