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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 131630" data-attributes="member: 524">Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_phase-out" target="_blank">Coal phase-out</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia" target="_blank">Slovakia</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovensk%C3%A9_elektr%C3%A1rne" target="_blank">Slovenské elektrárne</a> shuts down operations at its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojany_Power_Station" target="_blank">Vojany Power Station</a>, the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal" target="_blank">coal</a>-fired power plant in the country. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/03/28/slovakia-plans-to-be-coal-free-by-2024-6-years-earlier-than-originally-planned" target="_blank">(Euronews)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamatlakala_highway_accident" target="_blank">Mamatlakala highway accident</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A bus carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians" target="_blank">Christian</a> pilgrims from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" target="_blank">Botswana</a>, crashes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" target="_blank">Limpopo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>, killing at least 45 people. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/bus-accident-south-africa-kills-least-45-transport-ministry-says-2024-03-28/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season" target="_blank">2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season%23Tropical_Cyclone_Gamane" target="_blank">Cyclone Gamane</a> makes landfall in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" target="_blank">Madagascar</a>, killing at least eleven people and causing widespread <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" target="_blank">flooding</a>, according to local officials. <a href="https://apnews.com/video/hurricanes-and-typhoons-madagascar-d60276045bbb4405a4c6585f2cf3ca20" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35" target="_blank">Sukhoi Su-35</a> crashes into the sea off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevastopol" target="_blank">Sevastopol</a>. The pilot is reported to have safely ejected. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-plane-crashes-sea-off-crimea-local-governor-2024-03-28/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" target="_blank">International Court of Justice</a>, in a unanimous decision, orders <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> to allow humanitarian aid to enter the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a> unimpeded, warning that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine" target="_blank">famine</a> is already setting in. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/famine-is-setting-in-icj-orders-israel-to-unblock-gaza-food-aid" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiagate_%28disambiguation%29" target="_blank">Russiagate</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Information_Service" target="_blank">Czech information service</a> revealed that Russia paid via the &quot;Voice of Europe&quot; website hundreds of thousands of euros to European politicians aimed at influencing the European elections. <a href="https://www.parool.nl/wereld/tsjechische-geheime-dienst-rusland-betaalde-cash-aan-bevriende-nederlandse-en-europese-politici~bcb86a89/?referrer=https://www.google.nl/" target="_blank">(Parool)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_district_court" target="_blank">federal court</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> sentences <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried" target="_blank">Sam Bankman-Fried</a> to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion in a cryptocurrency fraud. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-bankman-fried-be-sentenced-multi-billion-dollar-ftx-fraud-2024-03-28/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_March_28" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 131630, member: 524"] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_phase-out']Coal phase-out[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia']Slovakia[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovensk%C3%A9_elektr%C3%A1rne']Slovenské elektrárne[/URL] shuts down operations at its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojany_Power_Station']Vojany Power Station[/URL], the last [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal']coal[/URL]-fired power plant in the country. [URL='https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/03/28/slovakia-plans-to-be-coal-free-by-2024-6-years-earlier-than-originally-planned'](Euronews)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamatlakala_highway_accident']Mamatlakala highway accident[/URL] [LIST] [*]A bus carrying [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians']Christian[/URL] pilgrims from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana']Botswana[/URL], crashes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo']Limpopo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL], killing at least 45 people. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/bus-accident-south-africa-kills-least-45-transport-ministry-says-2024-03-28/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season']2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season%23Tropical_Cyclone_Gamane']Cyclone Gamane[/URL] makes landfall in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar']Madagascar[/URL], killing at least eleven people and causing widespread [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood']flooding[/URL], according to local officials. [URL='https://apnews.com/video/hurricanes-and-typhoons-madagascar-d60276045bbb4405a4c6585f2cf3ca20'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35']Sukhoi Su-35[/URL] crashes into the sea off [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevastopol']Sevastopol[/URL]. The pilot is reported to have safely ejected. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-plane-crashes-sea-off-crimea-local-governor-2024-03-28/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice']International Court of Justice[/URL], in a unanimous decision, orders [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] to allow humanitarian aid to enter the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL] unimpeded, warning that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine']famine[/URL] is already setting in. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/famine-is-setting-in-icj-orders-israel-to-unblock-gaza-food-aid']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiagate_%28disambiguation%29']Russiagate[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Information_Service']Czech information service[/URL] revealed that Russia paid via the "Voice of Europe" website hundreds of thousands of euros to European politicians aimed at influencing the European elections. [URL='https://www.parool.nl/wereld/tsjechische-geheime-dienst-rusland-betaalde-cash-aan-bevriende-nederlandse-en-europese-politici~bcb86a89/?referrer=https://www.google.nl/'](Parool)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_district_court']federal court[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] sentences [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried']Sam Bankman-Fried[/URL] to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion in a cryptocurrency fraud. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-bankman-fried-be-sentenced-multi-billion-dollar-ftx-fraud-2024-03-28/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_March_28"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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