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On Whit Tuesday, 26 May 2026, the medieval town of Echternach hosts the Hopping Procession of Saint Willibrord, the only annual dancing pilgrimage on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Japan is trying to lock in a Trump-Takaichi meeting before the US president's planned mid-May visit to Beijing, anxious that a Trump-Xi deal could quietly trade Japanese interests.
Moscow has reaffirmed its commitment to backing Mali's military rulers despite the loss of Kidal and the killing of Defence Minister Sadio Camara, in a confrontation that is reshaping the Sahel.
On 3 May 2026, the White House announced an operation to escort merchant vessels stranded by Iranian pressure through the Strait of Hormuz. Two ships have already been moved; the UAE reports intercepting Iranian missiles and drones.
The new Robots-to-Goods category combines mobile robots, robotic picking arms and AI perception into a single fleet, claiming a 90% reduction in manual labour and deployment in weeks rather than years.
Russian forces ceded roughly 120 square kilometres in Ukraine between March and April 2026, the first monthly net loss since the Ukrainian counter-offensive of summer 2023.
In his Sunday Regina Caeli address on 3 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV condemned violations of media freedom and paid tribute to journalists killed in Gaza, Lebanon and Mexico, lending Vatican weight to a growing international concern.
Doha's Hamad International, one of the world's busiest hubs, is reopening in May 2026 after airspace restrictions tied to the Iran-Israel conflict began in late February. Major carriers are returning amid a fragile regional ceasefire.
The Luxembourg Association of Professional Journalists (ALJP) marked its centenary on 2 May 2026. Days later, ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the government and the Luxembourg Commission for UNESCO underscored the role of independent media.
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Nvidia, SpaceX and Reflection AI are in. Anthropic is out, after refusing to let Claude be used for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
After 25 years of negotiation, the EU's free-trade agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay started applying provisionally on 1 May 2026, cutting tariffs on cars, pharmaceuticals and most agri-food.
On 1 May 2026, the Pentagon announced a partial drawdown of US forces in Germany, fulfilling a Trump threat made amid public clashes with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over defence spending and trade.
The Grand Ducal Police announced that the central Luxembourg City station now operates round the clock, part of a broader push to strengthen visible police presence in strategic locations.
Police operations in the Gare-Hollerich district intensified through January and February 2026, with 24 suspected dealers presented before an investigating judge and large-scale operations on 22 and 29 January.
An in-person 27-30 April negotiating round closed three chapters of the Mercosur-Canada free-trade agreement, the most concrete progress on the file since talks resumed in 2024.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation deal — $500M from Washington, $37.5M co-financed by Maputo — funds coastal livelihoods, rural transport and agricultural reform.
Member states ended the resumed sixth IGWG session in Geneva on 1 May without agreeing the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex, deferring to a seventh meeting on 6-17 July and to the 2027 World Health Assembly.
Friedrich Merz, sworn in on 6 May 2025 at the head of a CDU/CSU-SPD coalition, faces a hardening political landscape one year on. The AfD has climbed from 20.8% at the election to nearly 28% in current polling.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly pushed back on US charges against the governor of Sinaloa state and nine other officials, in the most pointed bilateral exchange of her term so far.
Lawmakers reversed the president's January veto on 30 April, cutting prison time for those convicted in connection with the 2023 attack on Brasília's federal buildings — a major political win for the Bolsonarist right.
Argentina's largest trade union confederation staged a high-profile protest outside the presidential palace on 30 April, the third major mobilisation against President Javier Milei's economic programme this year.
The Nobel laureate has been transferred from Naypyidaw Prison to an undisclosed residence as part of a Buddha Day amnesty, days before the ASEAN summit. Her family says they have no proof.
The military regime announced the transfer of the 80-year-old Nobel laureate, citing humanitarian considerations as international pressure on the junta intensifies.
On 30 April 2026, the international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned amid tensions over Russia's continued participation and the panel's decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.