Portal:Current events/2016 May 16
May 16, 2016 (Monday)
Arts and culture
- The Vegetarian, written by Han Kang and translated by Deborah Smith, wins the Man Booker International Prize. (BBC News) (The Independent) (The Telegraph)
Business and economy
- Pfizer Inc. announces plans to buy Anacor for $5.2 billion. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 15 students are killed and 6 are missing after heavy rains and flash flooding trigger a landslide at a popular tourist resort in Deli Serdang Regency, Indonesia. (The Star Online)
Law and crime
- Colombian conflict (1964–present)
- Colombian police announce the seizure of about 8 tonnes (18,000 lb) of cocaine in an operation targeting the Clan Úsuga gang. This would make it the biggest seizure of drugs in the history of Colombia. (UPI) (BBC) (NBC News)
- Rwandan genocide
- A Swedish court sentences Claver Berinkindi, a 61-year-old Swedish citizen originally from Rwanda, to life in prison for participation in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. (Reuters) (The Local)
Politics and elections
- The Afghan capital Kabul is locked down as members of the Hazara community protest the proposed route of a power line. (AP)
Science and technology
- The first penis transplant in the United States is performed successfully at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, Massachusetts. Doctors call the operation "a surgical milestone". The patient, 64-year-old Thomas Manning from Halifax, Massachusetts, is the third man worldwide to have had the experimental surgery performed. (USA Today) (BBC)