Current events: 2024-03-16

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia says that two civilians have been killed by Ukrainian shelling in the city of Belgorod. (AP)

Law and crime

• A court in Hong Kong sentences 12 people to prison terms ranging from four to seven years in prison for storming the Legislative Council Complex in July 2019. The defendants included actor Gregory Wong and activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow. (Reuters)
• A gunman kills three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, United States, and escapes in a carjacked car. The suspect subsequently traveled to Trenton, New Jersey, where he barricaded himself with several hostages. (NBC News) (CNN)

Science and technology

• In Japan, the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to Tsuruga, Fukui, is completed. (NHK)

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