Arts and culture

US President Joe Biden gives Presidential Medals of Freedom to 19 people. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-honor-olympian-katie-ledecky-actor-michelle-yeoh-with-medal-freedom-2024-05-03/

Business and economy

Panama bans First Quantum Minerals from extracting copper following the closure of its Cobre Panamá mine last year. (Reuters) (The Globe and Mail)

• https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/panama-bar-first-quantum-mining-copper-during-closure-process-2024-05-03/
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-panama-to-bar-first-quantum-from-mining-copper-during-shutdown/

Disasters and accidents

A bus plunges into a ravine in Diamer District, Pakistan, killing 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-bus-crash-karakoram-highway-532fe3a061525fcefd0fb5aec99b5cb4

Disasters and accidents

Thirteen people are killed and 2,000 homes are flooded during heavy rains in Haiti, mainly in the city of Cap-Haitien. Rains occurs also in Puerto Rico, where planes are landed in San Juan to reroute. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/haiti-rains-flooding-landslide-killed-d82b1738208820e057bdcc58a84bf99e

Law and crime

A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences eight soldiers to death for cowardice and other crimes. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/congo-trial-military-desertion-violence-5302f6d4d26fe5484e6a1c1e5578b424

Politics and elections

The Houthis offer American students who have been suspended in pro-Palestine protests education at Sanaa University in Yemen. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/houthis-offer-education-students-suspended-us-protest-crackdown-2024-05-03/

Politics and elections

Students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico hold pro-Palestine solidarity encampments and protests. (France24)

• https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240503-pro-palestinian-students-camp-out-at-mexico-s-largest-university