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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 88434" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_strike" target="_blank">missile strike</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloviansk" target="_blank">Sloviansk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Donetsk Oblast</a>, kills at least two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilians</a> and injures 29 others. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/strikes-hit-russian-occupied-ukraine-as-kyiv-prepares-new-offensive-6d942f4e" target="_blank">(The Wall Street Journal)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagodarnensky_District" target="_blank">Blagodarnensky District</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavropol_Krai" target="_blank">Stavropol Krai</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, announces the death of Dmitry Lissitzky, commander of a battalion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/247th_Guards_Air_Assault_Regiment" target="_blank">247th Guards Air Assault Regiment</a> who gained infamy in the 2014 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk" target="_blank">Battle of Ilovaisk</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> says he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say he committed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide" target="_blank">suicide</a>. <a href="https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/03/27/umer-rossiiskii-komandir-dmitrii-lisitskii-ego-nazyvaiut-odnim-iz-organizatorov-ilovaiskogo-kotla-na-vostoke-ukrainy-v-2014-godu-news" target="_blank">(Novaya Gazeta Europe)</a></li>
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</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_%281978%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Afghanistan conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are killed and several others injured when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attack" target="_blank">suicide bomber</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonate" target="_blank">detonates</a> himself near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Afghanistan%29" target="_blank">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters" target="_blank">headquarters</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul" target="_blank">Kabul</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/blast-near-afghanistan-foreign-ministry-kills-at-least-two-ngo" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 16 people are killed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" target="_blank">landslide</a> at a village in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaus%C3%AD" target="_blank">Alausí</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo_Province" target="_blank">Chimborazo Province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador" target="_blank">Ecuador</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65088388" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO" target="_blank">Enlargement of NATO</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_%28Hungary%29" target="_blank">National Assembly</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" target="_blank">Hungary</a> votes 182–6 to approve <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" target="_blank">Finland</a>'s accession to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" target="_blank">NATO</a>, leaving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a> as the last remaining NATO member to approve Finland's membership of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_alliance" target="_blank">military alliance</a>. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230327-hungarian-parliament-approves-finland-s-nato-membership-bid" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan" target="_blank">Foreign relations of Taiwan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations" target="_blank">Cross-Strait relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" target="_blank">Taiwanese President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou" target="_blank">Ma Ying-jeou</a> becomes the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" target="_blank">Taiwanese</a> leader to visit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China" target="_blank">mainland China</a> since the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" target="_blank">Chinese Civil War</a> in 1949, when he met with China's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Affairs_Office" target="_blank">Taiwan Affairs Office</a> deputy chair Chen Yuanfeng in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai" target="_blank">Shanghai</a>. Taiwan's ruling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" target="_blank">Democratic Progressive Party</a> criticized this visit as &quot;endorsing&quot; China's position on Taiwan. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/former-taiwan-leader-arrives-in-china-first-such-trip-in-decades" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Honduras" target="_blank">Honduran President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiomara_Castro" target="_blank">Xiomara Castro</a> orders Taiwanese diplomats to vacate the country's embassy in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegucigalpa" target="_blank">Tegucigalpa</a> within 30 days, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dates_of_establishment_of_diplomatic_relations_with_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" target="_blank">a day after establishing diplomatic relations</a> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">People's Republic of China</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwan-told-vacate-embassy-honduras-after-ties-severed-2023-03-27/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Covenant_School_shooting" target="_blank">2023 Covenant School shooting</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A woman kills six people at the Covenant School in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville" target="_blank">Nashville</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee" target="_blank">Tennessee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, before being killed by police. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-03-27-23/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso" target="_blank">Burkina Faso</a> suspends <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_24" target="_blank">France 24</a> broadcasts after the news agency aired an interview with the leader of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb" target="_blank">al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb</a> earlier this month. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkinab%C3%A9_government" target="_blank">Burkinabé government</a> accused France 24 of being a &quot;mouthpiece for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist" target="_blank">terrorists</a>&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech" target="_blank">hate speech</a>&quot;, which the agency denied as &quot;unfounded&quot;. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-faso-suspends-france-24-broadcasts-country-after-al-qaeda-interview-2023-03-27/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and five others are injured during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing" target="_blank">mass stabbing</a> at a school in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" target="_blank">São Paulo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-teen-stabs-teacher-death-wounds-five-others-school-2023-03-27/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_anti-judicial_reform_protests" target="_blank">2023 Israeli anti-judicial reform protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" target="_blank">Prime minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> announces a pause on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Israel" target="_blank">his government</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform" target="_blank">controversial judicial reform bill</a> until April 30, the opening of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset" target="_blank">Knesset</a>’s summer session. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/27/israel-netanyahu-strikes-protests-judicial-reform-defense-minister/11548472002/" target="_blank">(USA Today)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Scottish_National_Party_leadership_election" target="_blank">2023 Scottish National Party leadership election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Health_and_Social_Care" target="_blank">Health and Social Care Secretary</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" target="_blank">Humza Yousaf</a> is elected as the new leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatism_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">separatist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" target="_blank">Scottish National Party</a>, defeating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_the_Economy" target="_blank">Finance Secretary</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes" target="_blank">Kate Forbes</a> with 52.1% of the vote. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65086551" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Representatives_of_Iraq" target="_blank">Iraqi Parliament</a> passes 206–13 a series of amendments that lowered the number of electoral districts in each <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Iraq" target="_blank">governorate</a> to one ahead of local elections in November. Various voting blocs and independent members claim that they are designed to make it more difficult for the opposition to get elected to the legislature, and they boycotted the vote. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/iraqi-parliament-passes-controversial-vote-law-amendments" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_TikTok" target="_blank">Censorship of TikTok</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter" target="_blank">Censorship of Twitter</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_France" target="_blank">bans</a> the use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and other apps on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_France" target="_blank">government</a> employees’ phones due to concerns relating to insufficient <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_security" target="_blank">data security</a> measures. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-france-ban-cybersecurity-china-4c48564fbfe7b86bf44c30969902c293" target="_blank">(AP News)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_March_27" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 88434, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_strike']missile strike[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloviansk']Sloviansk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast']Donetsk Oblast[/URL], kills at least two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilians[/URL] and injures 29 others. [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/strikes-hit-russian-occupied-ukraine-as-kyiv-prepares-new-offensive-6d942f4e'](The Wall Street Journal)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The head of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagodarnensky_District']Blagodarnensky District[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavropol_Krai']Stavropol Krai[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], announces the death of Dmitry Lissitzky, commander of a battalion of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/247th_Guards_Air_Assault_Regiment']247th Guards Air Assault Regiment[/URL] who gained infamy in the 2014 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk']Battle of Ilovaisk[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] says he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say he committed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide']suicide[/URL]. [URL='https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/03/27/umer-rossiiskii-komandir-dmitrii-lisitskii-ego-nazyvaiut-odnim-iz-organizatorov-ilovaiskogo-kotla-na-vostoke-ukrainy-v-2014-godu-news']([I]Novaya Gazeta Europe[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_%281978%E2%80%93present%29']Afghanistan conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]Six people are killed and several others injured when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attack']suicide bomber[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonate']detonates[/URL] himself near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_%28Afghanistan%29']Ministry of Foreign Affairs[/URL]' [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters']headquarters[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul']Kabul[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/blast-near-afghanistan-foreign-ministry-kills-at-least-two-ngo'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least 16 people are killed by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide']landslide[/URL] at a village in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaus%C3%AD']Alausí[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo_Province']Chimborazo Province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador']Ecuador[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65088388'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO']Enlargement of NATO[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_%28Hungary%29']National Assembly[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary']Hungary[/URL] votes 182–6 to approve [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland']Finland[/URL]'s accession to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO']NATO[/URL], leaving [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey']Turkey[/URL] as the last remaining NATO member to approve Finland's membership of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_alliance']military alliance[/URL]. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230327-hungarian-parliament-approves-finland-s-nato-membership-bid'](France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan']Foreign relations of Taiwan[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations']Cross-Strait relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]Former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China']Taiwanese President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou']Ma Ying-jeou[/URL] becomes the first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan']Taiwanese[/URL] leader to visit [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China']mainland China[/URL] since the end of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War']Chinese Civil War[/URL] in 1949, when he met with China's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Affairs_Office']Taiwan Affairs Office[/URL] deputy chair Chen Yuanfeng in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai']Shanghai[/URL]. Taiwan's ruling [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party']Democratic Progressive Party[/URL] criticized this visit as "endorsing" China's position on Taiwan. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/former-taiwan-leader-arrives-in-china-first-such-trip-in-decades'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Honduras']Honduran President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiomara_Castro']Xiomara Castro[/URL] orders Taiwanese diplomats to vacate the country's embassy in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegucigalpa']Tegucigalpa[/URL] within 30 days, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dates_of_establishment_of_diplomatic_relations_with_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China']a day after establishing diplomatic relations[/URL] with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']People's Republic of China[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwan-told-vacate-embassy-honduras-after-ties-severed-2023-03-27/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Covenant_School_shooting']2023 Covenant School shooting[/URL] [LIST] [*]A woman kills six people at the Covenant School in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville']Nashville[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee']Tennessee[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], before being killed by police. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-03-27-23/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso']Burkina Faso[/URL] suspends [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_24']France 24[/URL] broadcasts after the news agency aired an interview with the leader of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb']al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb[/URL] earlier this month. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkinab%C3%A9_government']Burkinabé government[/URL] accused France 24 of being a "mouthpiece for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist']terrorists[/URL]" and "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech']hate speech[/URL]", which the agency denied as "unfounded". [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-faso-suspends-france-24-broadcasts-country-after-al-qaeda-interview-2023-03-27/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]One person is killed and five others are injured during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_stabbing']mass stabbing[/URL] at a school in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo']São Paulo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-teen-stabs-teacher-death-wounds-five-others-school-2023-03-27/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_anti-judicial_reform_protests']2023 Israeli anti-judicial reform protests[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel']Prime minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu']Benjamin Netanyahu[/URL] announces a pause on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Israel']his government[/URL]’s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform']controversial judicial reform bill[/URL] until April 30, the opening of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset']Knesset[/URL]’s summer session. [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/27/israel-netanyahu-strikes-protests-judicial-reform-defense-minister/11548472002/']([I]USA Today[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Scottish_National_Party_leadership_election']2023 Scottish National Party leadership election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Health_and_Social_Care']Health and Social Care Secretary[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humza_Yousaf']Humza Yousaf[/URL] is elected as the new leader of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatism_in_the_United_Kingdom']separatist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party']Scottish National Party[/URL], defeating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_the_Economy']Finance Secretary[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Forbes']Kate Forbes[/URL] with 52.1% of the vote. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65086551'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Representatives_of_Iraq']Iraqi Parliament[/URL] passes 206–13 a series of amendments that lowered the number of electoral districts in each [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Iraq']governorate[/URL] to one ahead of local elections in November. Various voting blocs and independent members claim that they are designed to make it more difficult for the opposition to get elected to the legislature, and they boycotted the vote. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/iraqi-parliament-passes-controversial-vote-law-amendments'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_TikTok']Censorship of TikTok[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter']Censorship of Twitter[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_France']bans[/URL] the use of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram']Instagram[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok']TikTok[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter']Twitter[/URL], and other apps on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_France']government[/URL] employees’ phones due to concerns relating to insufficient [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_security']data security[/URL] measures. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-france-ban-cybersecurity-china-4c48564fbfe7b86bf44c30969902c293']([I]AP News[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_March_27"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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