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- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Haitian crisis
- Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. (CBC News)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree for a larger than normal spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service. (CNBC) (Reuters)
Business and economy
- The New York Times reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web. (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Ongoing severe drought in southern Africa causes around 20 million people to experience hunger. (AP) (The Independent)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Turkish local elections
- Local elections occur in Turkey. (France 24)
- Visa policy of the Schengen Area
- Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, although Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union. (France 24)
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