11 major news events you may have missed last week

Natalie ColarossiMay 12, 2020, 03:25 IST

The US Justice Department dropped the case against Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who formally admitted to lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

The novel coronavirus pandemic has dominated headlines over the past couple of months, as countries scramble to contain their outbreaks and reopen economies.
But news is still happening outside of this crisis.
From an investigation into the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the dropped case against Michael Flynn, here are 11 major news events you may have missed this past week.
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The coronavirus pandemic has swept the globe, infecting more than 4.1 million people and killing at least 284,000 as of May 11, according to Johns Hopkins University.

At a time when countries are scrambling to prop up their economies, ramp up testing efforts, and lower their infection counts, pandemic headlines are continuously dominating the news cycle.

But there is still news happening outside of the crisis.

Here are 11 major world events you may have missed in just the past week, as COVID-19 news continues to take center stage.

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Princeton announced its first black valedictorian in its 274-year history.

Nicholas Johnson. Lisa Festa, Center for Career Development, Princeton University

A chemical gas leak in Southern India killed at least 11 and caused nearly 1,000 people to suffer from breathing difficulties and burning eyes.

Smoke rises from LG Polymers plant, the site of a chemical gas leakage, in Vishakhapatnam, India, Thursday, May 7, 2020. AP

Protesters took the street in Indianapolis after local police killed three separate people in just 8 hours.

Protesters gather on Thursday, May 7, 2020 in Indianapolis where a Metropolitan Police Department officer fatally shot Dreasjon Reed. Darron Cummings/AP Photo

Elon Musk and Grimes named their first child "X Æ A-12," and the unconventional name has shocked the internet.

Elon Musk and Grimes Pascal Le Segretiain/Getty Images, left, and Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Llama antibodies may hold a key ingredient that could help battle the coronavirus pandemic and other diseases.

A llama named Winter is seen in this undated photo released by the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology in Ghent, Belgium on May 5, 2020. VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology/Handout via Rueters

Iraq has chosen an American-supported former intelligence chief as its new prime minister.

Mustafa al-Kadhimi Iraqi Parliament / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Over 1,100 Florida homes were evacuated in the "Five Mile Swamp Fire," a slew of wildfires that tore through the panhandle.

Fire and smoke rise from trees alongside a road in Santa Rosa County, Florida on May 6, 2020. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services via AP

'Murder hornets' – massive hornet species that can decapitate honeybees and kill humans were spotted for the first time in the US.

An Asian giant hornet captured by the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Washington State Department of Agriculture

The US Justice Department dropped the case against Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

Michael Flynn. Mario Tama /Getty Images

Iran killed 19 people by accidentally firing a test missile at one of its own ships.

A handout photo from the Iranian military shows the rear of the damaged Konarak naval support ship after it was hit by a missile in a training exercise gone wrong. Iranian Military via AP

Two Georgia men were arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man who was killed while jogging.

A cross with flowers and a letter A sits at the entrance to the Satilla Shores neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed May 7, 2020 in Brunswick, Georgia. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

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