Editing 2018 (section)

=== May ===
* [[May 3]]
** The separatist group [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/02/basque-separatist-group-eta-announces-dissolution |title=Basque separatist group Eta announces dissolution|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian |last1=Jones |first1=Sam |archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519020803/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/02/basque-separatist-group-eta-announces-dissolution|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/basque-group-eta-announces-it-has-completely-dissolved/2018/05/02/f57d4058-4e0c-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212446/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/basque-group-eta-announces-it-has-completely-dissolved/2018/05/02/f57d4058-4e0c-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2018|title=Basque group ETA announces it has 'completely dissolved'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>
** The [[2018 lower Puna eruption]] causes destruction of structures and forces thousands of residents of [[Hawaii]] to evacuate as lava floods the land.
* [[May 5]] 
** [[NASA]]'s [[space probe]] ''[[InSight]]'' is launched. It landed on [[Mars]] on November 26 and uses a drill to conduct [[Geology of Mars|geological science]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/science/nasa-reschedules-mars-insight-mission-for-may-2018.html |title=NASA Reschedules Mars InSight Mission for May 2018 |date=2016-03-09 |access-date=2016-09-05 |newspaper=The New York Times |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520172722/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/science/nasa-reschedules-mars-insight-mission-for-may-2018.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** In [[North Korea]], clocks are adjusted to [[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]] (GMT+09:00) to the same as [[South Korea]]
* [[May 8]] – U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] announces his intention to [[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|withdraw]] the [[United States]] from the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|Iranian nuclear agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump pulls US out of Iran nuke deal |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386656-trump-pulls-us-out-of-iran-deal/ |website=The Hill |access-date=July 13, 2018 |date=2018-05-08 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116192833/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386656-trump-pulls-us-out-of-iran-deal |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[May 8]]–[[May 12|12]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2018]] is held in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], and is won by [[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest|Israeli]] entrant [[Netta Barzilai]] with the song "[[Toy (song)|Toy]]".
* [[May 9]] – The opposition-led [[Pakatan Harapan]] coalition, led by former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]], secures a [[2018 Malaysian general election|parliamentary majority]] in the [[Parliament of Malaysia|Malaysian Parliament]] as the result of the [[2018 Malaysian general election]], ending the 61-year rule of the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition since [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|independence]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami|title=Pakatan takes Putrajaya, buoyed by 'Malay tsunami'|author=Zurairi Ar|newspaper=The Malay Mail|date=May 10, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143316/https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dashboard PRU14 |url=http://pru14.spr.gov.my/#!/home |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=pru14.spr.gov.my |archive-date=May 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509211404/http://pru14.spr.gov.my/#!/home |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-10 |title=Malaysia election: Opposition scores historic victory |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44036178 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171658/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44036178 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-10 |title=Explainer: How Malaysia's once-powerful ruling party crashed |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-election-defeat-idUSKBN1IB271 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325162828/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-election-defeat-idUSKBN1IB271 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 12]] – The [[2018 East Timorese parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 65 members of the [[National Parliament (East Timor)|National Parliament of East Timor]] and the Alliance for Change and Progress ([[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]]–[[People's Liberation Party (East Timor)|PLP]]–[[Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan|KHUNTO]]) wins 34 out of 65 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apuramento CNE 2022 |url=http://www.cne.tl/apuramento/public.php |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.cne.tl |archive-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180518063749/http://www.cne.tl/apuramento/public.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-13 |title=East Timor opposition coalition heads for victory in election |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-timor-election-idUSKCN1IE0EJ |access-date=2022-03-27 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327113523/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-timor-election-idUSKCN1IE0EJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – The [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]], [[Muhammad V of Kelantan|Sultan Muhammad V]], pardons [[Malaysia]]n opposition leader [[Anwar Ibrahim]] who is immediately released.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T|title=Malaysia's jailed leader-in-waiting has been released from custody and given a full royal pardon|date=May 16, 2018 |work=Business Insider Malaysia|access-date=May 18, 2018|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611045423/https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 972]] crashed shortly after take-off near [[José Martí International Airport]] in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-crash/another-cuba-plane-crash-survivor-dies-death-toll-rises-to-112-idUSKCN1IQ1VT|title=Another Cuba plane crash survivor dies, death toll rises to 112|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-05-25|language=en-US|archive-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525163442/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-crash/another-cuba-plane-crash-survivor-dies-death-toll-rises-to-112-idUSKCN1IQ1VT|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – The [[wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]] was held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], with an estimated global audience of 1.9&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-windsor-1202813625/ | website = Variety | title = Thousands Descend on Windsor for Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | access-date = May 19, 2018 | date = May 19, 2018 | archive-date = May 19, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180519135809/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-windsor-1202813625/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-marry-on-19-may | newspaper = The Guardian | title = Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to wed on 19 May | first = Caroline | last = Davis | access-date = December 27, 2017 | date = December 15, 2017 | archive-date = December 26, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171226223345/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-marry-on-19-may | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – The [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election]] was held with incumbent President [[Nicolás Maduro]] reelected with 67.8% of the vote and the lowest turnout in [[Venezuela]]'s modern democratic history since the [[1958 Venezuelan coup d'état|1958 coup d'état]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-05-20/the-latest-pope-francis-prays-for-venezuelans|title=The Latest: Venezuela Opposition Calls Election a 'Farce'|date=May 21, 2018|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521015319/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-05-20/the-latest-pope-francis-prays-for-venezuelans|archive-date=May 21, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> The elections were denounced as a "sham" by several Latin American countries, the [[United States]], [[Canada]], the [[Organization of American States]] and the [[European Union]].
* [[May 24]] 
** Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the [[Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site|Punggye-ri nuclear test site]] have been destroyed by the [[North Korea]]n government in a move to reduce regional tensions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44240047 |website=BBC News |title=North Korea nuclear test tunnels at Punggye-ri 'destroyed' |access-date=May 24, 2018 |date=May 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524110310/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44240047 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 Barbadian general election]] is held to elect all 30 members of the [[House of Assembly of Barbados]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of Barbados]] and the [[Barbados Labour Party]] wins all 30 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report on the Barbodas General Election 2018 |url=https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/cd05ebefb86a621670e142bf2ddb0d81.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009100118/https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/cd05ebefb86a621670e142bf2ddb0d81.pdf|url-status=live |archivedate=October 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-25 |title=Barbados elects first female PM in opposition landslide |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-barbados-election-idUSKCN1IQ1N3 |access-date=2022-03-27 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327115656/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-barbados-election-idUSKCN1IQ1N3 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 25]]
** The [[European Union]]'s [[General Data Protection Regulation]] (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44248448 | website = BBC News | title = GDPR: US news sites blocked to EU users over data protection rules | access-date = May 25, 2018 | date = May 25, 2018 | archive-date = May 25, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180525040603/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44248448 | url-status = live }}</ref>
** A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal [[Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|the ban on abortion in Ireland]] takes place,<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum-to-take-place-on-may-25th-1.3443119] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109011111/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum-to-take-place-on-may-25th-1.3443119|date=November 9, 2020}} Irish Times, March 28, 2018.</ref> with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44256152 | website = BBC News | title = Irish abortion referendum: Ireland overturns abortion ban | access-date = May 26, 2018 | date = May 26, 2018 | archive-date = January 13, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210113223501/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44256152 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] wins the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|2017-18 Champions League]] held in [[Kyiv|Kyiv, Ukraine]] by beating [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the final 3–1.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022|access-date=2021-01-04|archive-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521142709/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 27]] – The first round of voting of the [[2018 Colombian presidential election]] is held.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-28 |title=Colombia heads for divisive runoff with peace deal at stake |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-election-idUSKCN1IT0OO |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171932/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-election-idUSKCN1IT0OO |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Forero |first=Juan |date=2018-05-27 |title=Ivan Duque Wins First Round of Colombian Presidential Election |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivan-duque-wins-first-round-of-colombian-presidential-election-1527461866 |access-date=2022-03-31 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172133/https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivan-duque-wins-first-round-of-colombian-presidential-election-1527461866 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-28 |title=Colombia elections: rightwinger and former guerrilla head for presidential runoff |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/colombia-presidential-elections-ivan-duque-gustavo-petro-runoff |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331190730/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/colombia-presidential-elections-ivan-duque-gustavo-petro-runoff |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 28]]–[[June 7]] – The [[2018 Stanley Cup Finals]] are played between the [[Washington Capitals]] and the [[Vegas Golden Knights]] and won by the former. 
* [[May 31]] – The U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, [[Mexico]] and [[Canada]], starting at midnight.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44320221|title=US tariffs: Steel and aluminium levies slapped on key allies|work=BBC News|date=May 31, 2018|access-date=May 31, 2018|archive-date=May 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531135410/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44320221|url-status=live}}</ref>