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On This Day:
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May 17, 2022
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- Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time
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- Court orders Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison
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- US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier
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- Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel
May 17, 2024
- The first direct talks with Russia since 2022 yielded no major breakthroughs, as Moscow plays for time ahead of a possible summer offensive.
May 17, 2025
- Israel launches major offensive to 'seize and control' areas of Gaza
May 17, 2025
- Timmy, the stranded humpback whale, found dead off Danish coast
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- Republican Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy loses primary after Trump intervenes to oust him
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- WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda ‘emergency’ of international concern
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