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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 130693" 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" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Russia claims to have captured the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlivka%2C_Ocheretyne_settlement_hromada%2C_Pokrovsk_Raion%2C_Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Orlivka</a>, in Ukraine's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Donetsk Oblast</a>. <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-claims-control-of-ukraines-settlement-of-orlivka/3168748#:~:text=The%20settlement%20is%20located%20in,to%20take%20the%20settlement%20back." target="_blank">(Anadolu Agency)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_war_in_Haiti" target="_blank">Gang war in Haiti</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four armed men storm the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_the_Republic_of_Haiti" target="_blank">Bank of the Republic of Haiti</a>, with security guards and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_National_Police" target="_blank">Haitian police</a>, wounding a security guard. Three of the attackers are killed in the ensuing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout" target="_blank">shootout</a>. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/three-assailants-killed-in-haiti-bank-attack-employee-says-05e69ebc" target="_blank">(Barron's)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> announces the death of senior <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> military leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwan_Issa" target="_blank">Marwan Issa</a>, following an airstrike on a tunnel complex the previous week, making him the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war yet. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68578735" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009-present%29" target="_blank">Somali Civil War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two Somali airstrikes kill 39 alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29" target="_blank">al-Shabaab</a> militants in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afgooye" target="_blank">Afgooye</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" target="_blank">Somalia</a>. <a href="https://horseedmedia.net/dowlada-soomaaliya-oo-hawlgal-ku-dishay-30-horjooge-oo-ka-tirsan-alshabaab-388142" target="_blank">(Horseed Media)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Founder of Chinese property developer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergrande_Group" target="_blank">Evergrande Group</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Ka_Yan" target="_blank">Hui Ka Yan</a> is fined 47 million yuan ($6.53 million) and barred from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_market" target="_blank">securities market</a> for life after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Securities_Regulatory_Commission" target="_blank">China Securities Regulatory Commission</a> accused the group for inflating its revenue. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/chinas-regulator-ban-evergrande-chairman-entering-securities-market-life-2024-03-18/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-Beijing_camp_%28Hong_Kong%29" target="_blank">pro-Beijing</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" target="_blank">Legislative Council of Hong Kong</a> unanimously (89–0) passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguarding_National_Security_Bill" target="_blank">local enaction bill on national security</a>, which had been tasked by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Basic_Law_Article_23" target="_blank">Article 23</a> of the HKSAR Basic Law. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-legislature-unanimously-passes-new-national-security-law-2024-03-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_president" target="_blank">Brazilian president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro" target="_blank">Jair Bolsonaro</a> is indicted over accusations of lying about his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination" target="_blank">COVID-19 vaccination</a> status. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bolsonaro-brazil-federal-police-indicted-covid-a0c1f1dba71553096d0de0f4f39d4caa" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_County_torture_incident" target="_blank">Rankin County torture incident</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former Mississippi sheriff's deputy Hunter Edward is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his role in torturing 2 black men. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-mississippi-law-officers-sentenced-torture-black-men-michael-jenkins-eddie-parker/" target="_blank">(CBS)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_border_crisis" target="_blank">Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" target="_blank">Armenia</a> begins a process of border demarcation with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" target="_blank">Azerbaijan</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavush_Province" target="_blank">Tavush Province</a>, amid Azeri demands that Armenia withdraw its forces from the disputed villages of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C4%9Fanis_Ayrum" target="_blank">Bağanis Ayrum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1_%C6%8Fskipara" target="_blank">Aşağı Əskipara</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeyrimli" target="_blank">Xeyrimli</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C4%B1z%C4%B1lhac%C4%B1l%C4%B1%2C_Qazax" target="_blank">Qızılhacılı</a>. Armenian Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan" target="_blank">Nikol Pashinyan</a> says that failure to compromise could result in war &quot;by the end of the week&quot;. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/armenias-pm-says-he-must-return-disputed-areas-azerbaijan-or-face-war-tass-2024-03-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-azerbaijan-border-demarcation-tavush/32868820.html" target="_blank">(RFE/RL)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 United States presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" target="_blank">2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">Democratic Party</a> holds presidential nominating contests in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Arizona_Democratic_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Arizona</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Illinois</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kansas_Democratic_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Kansas</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ohio_Democratic_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Ohio</a>. <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/ap-tuesdays-primaries-include-a-key-senate-race-in-ohio-and-clues-for-the-biden-trump-rematch/" target="_blank">(The Hill)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" target="_blank">2024 Republican Party presidential primaries</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">Republican Party</a> holds presidential nominating contests in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Arizona_Republican_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Arizona</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Florida_Republican_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Florida</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Illinois</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kansas_Republican_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Kansas</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ohio_Republican_presidential_primary" target="_blank">Ohio</a>. <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/ap-tuesdays-primaries-include-a-key-senate-race-in-ohio-and-clues-for-the-biden-trump-rematch/" target="_blank">(The Hill)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018-present%29" target="_blank">Haitian crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARICOM" target="_blank">CARICOM</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank">United Nations</a> officials appoint a presidential council with seven seats to address the political crisis in Haiti. Once the council is installed, Haitian Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Henry" target="_blank">Ariel Henry</a> will resign. <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article286871840.html" target="_blank">(Miami Herald)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_March_19" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 130693, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]Russia claims to have captured the village of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlivka%2C_Ocheretyne_settlement_hromada%2C_Pokrovsk_Raion%2C_Donetsk_Oblast']Orlivka[/URL], in Ukraine's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast']Donetsk Oblast[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-claims-control-of-ukraines-settlement-of-orlivka/3168748#:~:text=The%20settlement%20is%20located%20in,to%20take%20the%20settlement%20back.'](Anadolu Agency)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_war_in_Haiti']Gang war in Haiti[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four armed men storm the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_the_Republic_of_Haiti']Bank of the Republic of Haiti[/URL], with security guards and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_National_Police']Haitian police[/URL], wounding a security guard. Three of the attackers are killed in the ensuing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout']shootout[/URL]. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/three-assailants-killed-in-haiti-bank-attack-employee-says-05e69ebc'](Barron's)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] announces the death of senior [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] military leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwan_Issa']Marwan Issa[/URL], following an airstrike on a tunnel complex the previous week, making him the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war yet. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68578735'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009-present%29']Somali Civil War[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two Somali airstrikes kill 39 alleged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29']al-Shabaab[/URL] militants in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afgooye']Afgooye[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia']Somalia[/URL]. [URL='https://horseedmedia.net/dowlada-soomaaliya-oo-hawlgal-ku-dishay-30-horjooge-oo-ka-tirsan-alshabaab-388142'](Horseed Media)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Founder of Chinese property developer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergrande_Group']Evergrande Group[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Ka_Yan']Hui Ka Yan[/URL] is fined 47 million yuan ($6.53 million) and barred from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_market']securities market[/URL] for life after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Securities_Regulatory_Commission']China Securities Regulatory Commission[/URL] accused the group for inflating its revenue. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/chinas-regulator-ban-evergrande-chairman-entering-securities-market-life-2024-03-18/']([I]Reuters[/I])[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-Beijing_camp_%28Hong_Kong%29']pro-Beijing[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong']Legislative Council of Hong Kong[/URL] unanimously (89–0) passes the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguarding_National_Security_Bill']local enaction bill on national security[/URL], which had been tasked by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Basic_Law_Article_23']Article 23[/URL] of the HKSAR Basic Law. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-legislature-unanimously-passes-new-national-security-law-2024-03-19/']([I]Reuters[/I])[/URL] [*]Former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_president']Brazilian president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro']Jair Bolsonaro[/URL] is indicted over accusations of lying about his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination']COVID-19 vaccination[/URL] status. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/bolsonaro-brazil-federal-police-indicted-covid-a0c1f1dba71553096d0de0f4f39d4caa'](AP)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_County_torture_incident']Rankin County torture incident[/URL] [LIST] [*]Former Mississippi sheriff's deputy Hunter Edward is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his role in torturing 2 black men. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-mississippi-law-officers-sentenced-torture-black-men-michael-jenkins-eddie-parker/'](CBS)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_border_crisis']Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia']Armenia[/URL] begins a process of border demarcation with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan']Azerbaijan[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavush_Province']Tavush Province[/URL], amid Azeri demands that Armenia withdraw its forces from the disputed villages of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C4%9Fanis_Ayrum']Bağanis Ayrum[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1_%C6%8Fskipara']Aşağı Əskipara[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeyrimli']Xeyrimli[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C4%B1z%C4%B1lhac%C4%B1l%C4%B1%2C_Qazax']Qızılhacılı[/URL]. Armenian Prime Minister [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol_Pashinyan']Nikol Pashinyan[/URL] says that failure to compromise could result in war "by the end of the week". [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/armenias-pm-says-he-must-return-disputed-areas-azerbaijan-or-face-war-tass-2024-03-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-azerbaijan-border-demarcation-tavush/32868820.html'](RFE/RL)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election']2024 United States presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries']2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29']Democratic Party[/URL] holds presidential nominating contests in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Arizona_Democratic_presidential_primary']Arizona[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary']Illinois[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kansas_Democratic_presidential_primary']Kansas[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ohio_Democratic_presidential_primary']Ohio[/URL]. [URL='https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/ap-tuesdays-primaries-include-a-key-senate-race-in-ohio-and-clues-for-the-biden-trump-rematch/'](The Hill)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries']2024 Republican Party presidential primaries[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29']Republican Party[/URL] holds presidential nominating contests in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Arizona_Republican_presidential_primary']Arizona[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Florida_Republican_presidential_primary']Florida[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary']Illinois[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kansas_Republican_presidential_primary']Kansas[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ohio_Republican_presidential_primary']Ohio[/URL]. [URL='https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/ap-tuesdays-primaries-include-a-key-senate-race-in-ohio-and-clues-for-the-biden-trump-rematch/'](The Hill)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018-present%29']Haitian crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARICOM']CARICOM[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations']United Nations[/URL] officials appoint a presidential council with seven seats to address the political crisis in Haiti. Once the council is installed, Haitian Prime Minister [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Henry']Ariel Henry[/URL] will resign. [URL='https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article286871840.html'](Miami Herald)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_March_19"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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