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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- March 2024 Polish airspace violation
- A Russian missile violates NATO airspace over Poland, prompting activation of planes from the Polish Air Force. (Reuters) (Sky News)
- Russia launches major airstrikes at Kyiv and Lviv using Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and drones with strikes damaging ground level infrastructure at Ukraine's main gas storage site. (Reuters)
- March 2024 Polish airspace violation
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- Kuriga kidnapping
- The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga, Chikun, Kaduna State, are freed. (BBC News)
- Kuriga kidnapping
- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Brigitte García, the youngest mayor in Ecuador, and one of her advisors are found shot dead in Manabí Province. (Reuters)
- Three gunmen attack the police headquarters in Yerevan, Armenia. Two of the attackers are injured by their grenades, while the third is detained. No casualties are reported. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-three people are killed in a rainstorm in Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states, Brazil. (ABC News)
- A rally car veers off the road and crashes into a group of spectators during the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally between the towns of Lábatlan and Bajót in northwest Hungary, killing four people and injuring eight others. (AP)
Law and crime
- Assassination of Marielle Franco
- The Brazilian Federal Police arrests three men, including federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão and his brother Domingos, for ordering and planning the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco in 2018. (G1) (The Guardian)
Sports
- Dutch female darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf leave the Netherlands National Team to protest a transgender woman playing on the team, citing a desire to have an equal playing field. (NOS)
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