Current events: 2024-03-03

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Russian special forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Karabulak, Republic of Ingushetia, killing six militants. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirty-six people are killed and 50 others are injured across Pakistan during heavy rains that have swept across the country in the past 48 hours, causing landslides. (AP)

Law and crime

• Haitian crisis
  • Thousands of prisoners escape from Haiti’s National Penitentiary in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after it was stormed by armed gangs. (BBC News) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election
  • A rerun of the 2023 Belgrade election is called amidst a protest after allegations of irregularities surface. (AP)
• 2024 Pakistani general election
  • Shehbaz Sharif is elected as Pakistan's prime minister for a second term. (Reuters)
• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Salvadorans go to the polls to elect all 44 mayors and municipal councils and all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament. (El Mundo)
• 2024 Swiss referendums
  • Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions and reject raising the retirement age. (Swissinfo)
• Transport Minister Anthony Loke says that the Malaysia government says that it may consider renewing the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 via the use of Ocean Infinity. (AP)

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