Monday 28 May 2012

In the news

Love, directed by Michael Haneke (pictured), wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with the Kolkata Knight Riders defeating the Chennai Super Kings in the final. At least 116 civilians are killed in a massacre in Houla, Syria. In the ongoing Spanish financial crisis, Bankia requests €19 billion in funds from the Spanish government, the largest bank bailout in the nation's history. A Dragon capsule launched by SpaceX becomes the first commercial flight to reach the International Space Station. A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.

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