Current events: 2024-03-08

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Disasters and accidents

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
  • Five people are killed after an aid package airdropped by a C-17 into the Gaza Strip fails to deploy its parachute and subsequently crushes them. It is unclear what country the aircraft belonged to. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York, United States. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • The Republican Party holds a presidential nominating contest in American Samoa. (The Green Papers)
• Mahsa Amini protests
  • A UN fact-finding mission probe finds the government of Iran committed violations amounting to crimes against humanity. (Times of India)

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