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Eventos mundiales programados para mayo

By Jordi Bou

May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 - Los eventos en mayo incluyen la coronación del rey Carlos III, el entrenamiento de soldados ucranianos en Alemania para usar los tanques Abrams de EUA, electciones en Turquía y Grecia, y reunión del G7 en Hiroshima.

May 6, UK: The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla takes place in London in a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry.

May 13, UK: Britain plays host to the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine, due to the ongoing war.

May 14, Türkiye: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a major electoral challenge amid a cost-of-living crisis and the struggle to recover from catastrophic twin earthquakes that sparked criticism of his response.

May 19-21, Japan: U.S. President Joe Biden is being urged to use the G7 summit in Hiroshima to reaffirm a U.S. commitment to nuclear
disarmament and readiness for arms control talks with Russia and China.

May 21, Greece: Voters head to the polls in a general election in which neither the ruling New Democracy party nor the leftist Syriza party are likely to secure an absolute majority in parliament.

May 27, U.S.: Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and a key architect of postwar diplomacy, was born in Fuerth, Germany, 100 years ago.

May 29, Nepal: 70 years ago Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Thousands of climbers have since tried their luck, with overcrowding and pollution taking a toll.

May, Germany: Around 250 Ukrainians begin operational training on 31 U.S. Abrams tanks delivered to the Grafenwöhr base. The tanks will be sent to Ukraine by the end of summer – earlier than expected.

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PUBLISHED: 25/04/2023; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images, Newscom
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