Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
UBS Group AG, supported by the Swiss government, reaches a deal to merge with Credit Suisse as the latter faces imminent insolvency.
administrative agency of the State Council of China
A large tornado causes major damage to the Little Rock, Arkansas metropolitan area, killing at least three people and injuring 24 others.
Russia accuses a Ukrainian sabotage group of attacking the villages of Lyubechane and Sushany in Bryansk Oblast and taking hostages. However, Ukraine accuses Russia of staging a false "provocation".
mountain in Nevada, United States of America
The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, succeeding Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
Thirty people are reported missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya capsizes while crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
head of state of the United Arab Emirates
Nine Chinese nationals are killed and two others are injured when suspected rebels storm the Chinese-run Chimbolo gold mine in Ouaka, Central African Republic.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
Former Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to two years in prison for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a campaign rally in April 2019.
The Scottish Parliament votes to elect Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf as First Minister of Scotland, becoming the first non-white and first Muslim to hold the position since it was created in 1999.
Georgia's ruling party announces that it will withdraw a controversial bill concerning foreign agents which had prompted days of protests across the country.
The Storm Prediction Center issues a high risk convective outlook
The death toll from the floods in Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman, Turkey, increases to 18.
A rocket attack targets a U.S. military base in Syria in retaliation for retaliatory airstrikes from the United States hours earlier. No damages or casualties are reported.
The world's first rocket made by extensive 3D printing, Terran 1, makes its first launch but fails to reach orbit.
At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.
Russian president Vladimir Putin says Russia would be "forced to react" to the British move.
holding company that administers association football clubs
The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs.
Ecuador withdraws its ambassador from Argentina in protest at the latter sheltering Ecuadorian politician María de los Ángeles Duarte since 2020, refusing to give information of her whereabouts. Hours later, Argentina also withdraws its ambassador from Ecuador, escalating diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
court of law empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal
A Russian missile strike on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least two civilians and injures 29 others.
Disappearance of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
A court in Belarus sentences five opposition politicians after a trial in absentia. Pavel Latushka is sentenced to 18 years, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years, and Maryya Maroz, Volha Kavalkova and Siarhei Dylevski to 12 years each.
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Argentine President Alberto Fernández announces the deployment of hundreds of federal security forces to the city of Rosario after an increase in violence between rival drug gangs.
List of foreign nationals detained in Iran
The European Union approves a €2 billion plan to supply 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine.
the first high risk issued in over two years
Ecuadorian lawmakers unanimously vote to declassify documents in continuing efforts to impeach President Guillermo Lasso for corruption.
Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China
ahead of an expected severe weather outbreak across the Mississippi River valley in the United States. (Storm Prediction Center)
One person is killed after a four-storey building collapses in Doha, Qatar.
Five people are killed when migrant boats sink off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia.
A court in Iran sentences two men to death over the October 2022 mass shooting at the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, which killed 15 people.
Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of "China" from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China.
List of Storm Prediction Center high risk days
The wreckage of a Cessna 206 that was reported missing on January 24 in Isabela, Philippines, is found in Divilacan, with all six people aboard confirmed dead. Retrieval operations are ongoing.
Slovakia announces that it will donate its MiG-29 fighter jets, and supply part of its Kub air-defense system to Ukraine.
Riots occur across France a day after President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech on pension reform. The entrance to City Hall in Bordeaux is set on fire.
A security guard is killed and eight other people are injured by an explosion in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan.
Date: 20 February 1988 – present (35 years, 1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Three surface-to-air missiles are misfired by the Indian Army during an exercise in the Pokhran ranges in the western Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India. There are no reports of damage or casualties.
2023 People's Republic of China presidential election
unicameral national legislature of Israel
A United States contractor is killed and five others are injured when a drone hits a U.S. base near Al-Hasakah in northern Syria. The United States responds with airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets, killing eleven people.
overview about the Islam in the United Kingdom
Li Qiang is elected as Premier of the People's Republic of China, succeeding Li Keqiang.
political and economic union of 27 European states
2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes
Multiple cities in Pakistan, including Charsadda, Karachi, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirabad
The investigation was started in response to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
aircraft class designed or used for military duties
2015–present armed conflict in Afghanistan
Prime Minister of Fiji from 1992 to 1999 and from 2022-
Asteroid 2023 DZ2 makes a close pass between the Earth and the Moon.
OpenAI launches GPT-4, the next generation large language model for artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The new model can respond to images, and has the ability to process up to 25,000 words.
capital city of the United Arab Emirates
seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the collective Swiss head of state
At least 19 people are killed and 25 others are injured when their bus falls into a ditch in Madaripur District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli wins this year's Abel Prize "for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the Monge–Ampère equation". He becomes the first Latin American to win this prize.
process of extracting gold from the ground
The Moldovan parliament approves a law that formally declares the country's official language as Romanian.
Xi Jinping is re-elected to a third term as president.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro orders Taiwanese diplomats to vacate the country's embassy in Tegucigalpa within 30 days, one day after the country established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
Five Palestinians are injured by Israeli settlers attacking a family on a street in Huwara, in the West Bank.
military offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
aircraft class designed to engage other aircraft in air-to-air combat
Six people and an unborn baby are killed, and eight others are injured, in a mass shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses centre in Hamburg, Germany. The perpetrator kills himself after the shooting.
Media Industry Development Authority of Fiji
independent body that regulates media organizations and services in Fiji
Cyclone Freddy becomes the longest lasting tropical cyclone on record, breaking the record previously held by Hurricane John (1994) which lasted 31 days.
There are no reports of damage or casualties.
Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)
state division of the Liberal Party of Australia
Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrikes
The Republican People's Party, Turkey's main opposition party, nominates its leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as its candidate in the upcoming election.
train derailment and ecological disaster in East Palestine, Ohio
Kostas Karamanlis (politician, born 1974)
the practice and process of applying Islamic doctrine to personal life and society
The perpetrator kills himself after seriously wounding his mother.
international prize presented by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians, created in 2003
citizens in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and offers an apology to the victims, their families, and society in general.
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan announces that he has named his son Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan as the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince.
Allied Democratic Forces jihadist insurgents use machetes to kill about 40 people in the village of Mukondi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
land warfare branch of the Angolan Armed Forces
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea
capital and largest city of Arkansas, United States
Kerisiano Kalolo becomes the new Head of Government of Tokelau.
Fazil Mustafa, an opposition member of Azerbaijan's National Assembly, is shot multiple times outside his home in Baku by unknown assailants in an assassination attempt. Mustafa's condition is described as satisfactory, and his life is not reported to be in danger.
Three people are killed when a mine tunnel collapses in Catalonia, Spain.
Two people are killed and another is missing after a fire breaks out on an oil tanker ship near West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
National legislature of the Federated States of Micronesia
industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
Seven people are killed and 17 others are injured in a fire and subsequent explosion at an oxygen plant in Sitakunda, Bangladesh.
Seven people are killed and many others are injured after an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.
President of the United States Joe Biden designates two new national monuments, Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas.
2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Ukraine (spillover into Moldova, Poland and Belarus)
The National Assembly of Hungary votes 182–6 to approve Finland's accession to NATO, leaving Turkey as the last remaining NATO member to approve Finland's membership in the military alliance.
municipal police force for the City of Edmonton, Alberta
relatively small nuclear weapon designed for battlefield use alongside conventional forces
Mikaela Shiffrin becomes the world's most successful alpine skier with her 87th World Cup victory.
2023 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Purdue men's basketball game
second-ever upset of a 1-seed by a 16-seed in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
President Bongbong Marcos announces that the country will suspend relations with the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to the ICC's refusal to suspend its investigation of alleged crimes committed by the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte during the country's war on drugs.
rebel military group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
tornado outbreak in Midwestern and Southern United States
A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400.
Eleven people are killed and four others are injured during an operation to retake territory in northeast Burkina Faso.
line separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
city in Polk County, Florida, United States
Two Americans are found dead, and two alive, after they had been kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, four days earlier.
Three people are wounded by a shooting on Dizengoff Street, in Tel Aviv. The perpetrator is killed by police.
A train transporting hazardous materials derails near Wyndmere, North Dakota, United States, with 31 out of 70 train cars damaged.
American engineer Robert Metcalfe wins this year's Turing Award for the invention of Ethernet.
military engagement during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date: 1 August 2022 – present (8 months)
The French Senate votes 201–115 to raise the legal retirement age in France from 62 to 64 despite mass strikes against the change.
device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water
rights preventing the infringement of personal freedom by other social actors
Four people are killed by avalanches in Northern Norway.
A 28-year-old Muslim man is charged by West Midlands Police with attempted murder for immolating two elderly Muslim men outside of mosques in London and Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 27 February and 20 March.
Ruling party Amanat wins the election to the Mäjilis.
self-contained housing unit occupying part of a building
Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
youngest child of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1964)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with other countries
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
combat search and rescue helicopter series of the H-60/S-70 family
sikh leader of Waris Punjab De (born 1993)
Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka announces that the Media Industry Development Authority will repeal a controversial 2010 law which strictly controlled media in the country.
The U.S. Senate passes a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs) that allowed the past wars in Iraq, with a bipartisan majority of 66–30 votes.
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
The title was previously held by his father, Prince Philip.
Beleshwar Mahadev Temple, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh becomes the first Asian to win the Best Actress award for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
process of getting coal out of the ground
A 41-year-old Australian former soldier is arrested and charged with the murder of an Afghan man while he was deployed in Afghanistan, becoming the first Australian military member to be charged following the release of the report.
ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, for the first time since the invasion began.
national baseball team representing the United States
temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company or employer, which may be due to economic conditions of a specific employer or in society as a whole
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement
armistice agreement ending the Nagorno-Karabakh war
One person is killed and three others are injured by an apparent gas explosion in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Six people are killed and five others are injured by a methane explosion in Harnai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change completes its Sixth Assessment Report, summarizing actions humans must take now for a 50% chance to avoid irreversible climate change by 2030.
It is the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record, according to the WMO, having formed on February 4.
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
bicameral federal legislature of Austria
Heavy street fighting takes place between Russian and Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast. The city's deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko says that "not a single building" has remained untouched by fighting, and that the city is "almost destroyed".
Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter at The Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg by Russia's Federal Security Service under charges of espionage.
Two people are killed and ten others are injured by suffocation in a freight train in the U.S. state of Texas.
artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI
Citizens in the Federated States of Micronesia head to the polls to elect the 14 members of the Congress.
France bans the use of Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and other apps on government employees' phones due to concerns relating to insufficient data security measures.
taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will
Labor is declared the winner after Chris Minns wins at least 47 seats. Premier Dominic Perrottet concedes defeat and resigns as Liberal leader.
Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
fruiting body of a subterranean fungus (here focus on cuisine, not on taxonomy)
Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
Myanmar's ruling military junta dissolves the National League for Democracy, the political party of former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
Russian forces shell Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, with cluster munitions, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others.
Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Dedrick Williams are found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2018 shooting of rapper XXXTentacion.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
Eleven people are killed after a fire breaks out in a warehouse in Cang County, Hebei, China.
Meta Platforms announces plans to cut 10,000 more jobs across its workforce, citing "higher interest rates in the United States, global geopolitical instability and increased regulation" as the reason for the layoffs.
administrative division (oblast) in western Ukraine
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
Jihadist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula acknowledges that a senior leader was killed in a recent airstrike by the United States Air Force in Yemen.
borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United State
A Piper J-3 Cub and Cherokee Piper 161 collide in midair over Lake Hartridge in Florida, United States, killing four people.
English architect David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
A man accused of being the perpetrator of an explosion at the Megiddo Junction which injured a civilian two days ago is shot and killed by Israeli soldiers. The man is believed to have crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon.
World Athletics bans trans women who have gone through male puberty from competing in female events.
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
United States top collegiate-level basketball tournament for 2023
global outbreak of avian flu H5N1 in 2020–2023
Thirty-one people are killed and more than 200 others are rescued after a sea vessel catches fire near an island in Basilan, Philippines. At least seven are still missing.
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
wave of Russian attacks during its invasion of Ukraine
Fourteen people are killed and dozens of others are injured by a mine collapses in Northern state, Sudan.
separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
U.S. President Joe Biden approves an emergency declaration for the state of Mississippi following a storm that killed at least 26 people and caused significant damage, granting federal aid to affected areas of the state. Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey counties will be the main recipients.
Four people are killed after a deadly storm passes through Syria.
At least 35 people are killed and 18 others are injured when a stepwell collapses during prayers at a Hindu temple in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
public health emergency of international concern
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
A pipeline leak causes an oil spill at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, in which more than 200 barrels of reservoir fluids, including oil, leak into a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
upazila in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
study of the formation of life on Earth and elsewhere
sudden, drastic flow of snow down a steep slope
Chile detects its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a 53-year-old man.
Islamist militia based in the Islamic Maghreb
protected areas of seas, oceans, estuaries or large lakes
Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts after the news agency aired an interview with the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb earlier this month.
French President Emmanuel Macron invokes a Constitutional amendment allowing him to circumvent the National Assembly in order to pass a controversial reform bill raising the retirement age in the country from 62 to 64, without the bill going to a vote.
high Court challenge over compensation for previously denied mining rights
At least eight people are killed in a collision between two boats near Black's Beach in San Diego, California, United States.
The Ministry of Defence in Russia accuses Azerbaijan of violating the 2020 ceasefire agreement after a unit of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces crosses the Line of Contact in Shushi Province, Artsakh, and seizes control of dirt roads near the Lachin corridor.
Poland announces that it will deliver four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member state to send warplanes to Ukraine.
missile designed to be launched from aircraft against targets on land or water surfaces
List of NBA franchise post-season droughts
Eight miners are killed in Geita Region, Tanzania, when their pit is flooded with rainwater.
Two police officers are killed by a 16-year-old gunman while responding to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in Inglewood, Edmonton, Canada. The perpetrator kills himself after seriously wounding his mother.
Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are killed by Israeli special units during a operation in Jenin, West Bank.
At least 29 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when two boats sink off the coast of Tunisia.
FIFA strips Indonesia of hosting this year's FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament after the Governor of Bali I Wayan Koster refused to host the Israel national under-19 football team.
4921 Windsor Mill Road Baltimore, MD, 21207
Incumbent president Milo Đukanović wins the first round and will face Jakov Milatović in the runoff on 2 April.
photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta, Inc.
series of devastating floods on 15 March 2023
unrecognised de-facto state in South Caucasus
Health and Social Care Secretary Humza Yousaf is elected as the new leader of the separatist Scottish National Party, defeating Finance Secretary Kate Forbes with 52.1% of the vote.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Sixteen people are killed by Fula gunmen at a police checkpoint in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Argentina's annual inflation rate increases to 102.5%, the highest recorded rate since 1991.
2023 vote of no confidence in the government of Pedro Sánchez
city in San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California
Ukrainian territories occupied by Russian forces
Six people are killed and several others are injured when a suicide bomber detonates himself near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Israeli airstrikes at a weapons depot in Masyaf, Hama Governorate, Syria, kill a Syrian soldier and two pro-Iranian militants.
banking crisis when many clients withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function in the near future
Two militants including Islamic Jihad and Hamas commanders and two civilians are killed and five others are injured during a raid by Israeli security forces in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank.
The Finnish Parliament votes 184–7 to formally approve the country's accession to NATO, and to adopt the military alliance's founding documents. Hungary and Turkey have yet to approve Finland's membership.
The Health Ministry added that three others are being treated and that 161 people are being tracked by authorities, although the ministry stated that this is not of serious concern for the country.
Eleven people die after being crushed in a crowd which gathered to collect food outside a factory in Karachi, Pakistan.
Ten Yemeni soldiers are killed by Houthi Islamists in Harib District, Marib Governorate, despite a truce reached between the government and the rebels on Monday.
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi increases to 225 people, mostly in the city of Blantyre.
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (19 years, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Citizens in Turkmenistan head to the polls to elect the 125 members of the Assembly.
Seventeen people are killed and fifty others are injured in a fire at a fuel storage station in Koja, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
attacks during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
A two-year investigation by seven U.S. intelligence agencies concludes it is "very unlikely" that Russia or another country was responsible for the "Havana syndrome" that affected U.S. diplomats and spies. Instead, "medical, environmental and social factors can explain" many symptoms.
Citizens in Cuba head to the polls to elect the members of the National Assembly.
Angola announces that it will deploy troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the failure of a ceasefire between government forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu.
Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou becomes the first Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, meeting with China's Taiwan Affairs Office deputy chair Chen Yuanfeng in Shanghai. Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party criticized this visit as "endorsing" China's position on Taiwan.
political division that is directly overseen by the United States federal government
capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria Founder ottoman empair
Four people are killed and six others are injured by two roadside bombings targeting police in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (2022–present)
Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a human stampede at a GloRilla concert in Rochester, New York, United States.
A court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sentences opposition figure Kem Sokha to 27 years in prison on charges of "collusion with foreigners" and treason.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman formally announces the establishment of Riyadh Air, a new flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia.
head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic
2023 World Baseball Classic championship
continuous series of wars in Afghanistan
Lawmakers from the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria walkout from the lower house of Austria's parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a protest against the violation of Austria's national principle of neutrality.
City Football Group owner Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is also appointed as Vice President.
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
More than 100 Sikh separatists are arrested during a three-day hunt by police in Punjab, India.
overview of Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
Two civilians are also killed during the attack and four others wounded.
criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations
body exerting the executive power in France
Three Yemeni soldiers are killed and several others are injured by a Houthi drone attack on a convoy carrying government officials, including Yemen's defense minister.
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
The entrance to City Hall in Bordeaux is set on fire.
A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleads guilty to three murder-related charges in a court in the United States over his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.
Millions of tons of Sargassum inundate coastlines around the Caribbean.
A Norfolk Southern train derails in Clark County, Ohio, United States, with local residents advised to shelter in place. The derailment comes just over one month after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. However, no hazardous materials are known to be involved in the Clark County derailment.
President Alexander Lukashenko signs a bill into law which allows the use of the death penalty on officials and military servicemen convicted of high treason.
At least 23 people are killed after a series of violent tornadoes impact the U.S. state of Mississippi.
volcanic material formed during explosive eruptions with the diameter of the grains less than 2 mm
New Zealand bans the use of Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok on all government devices.
Utah adopts a new flag after the governor officializes it.
Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program
activity by one nation to interfere in the electoral process of another sovereign nation
2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
cyclone season in the Southwest Indian Ocean
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 8 months and 6 days)
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
The parliament of Uganda begins debate on a proposed bill that would criminalize people identifying as part of the LGBTQ community with up to 10 years in prison.
conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks
The British government bans the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on all government devices, citing security concerns.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, says that more than 5,000 prisoners have been pardoned following the completion of their contracts in Ukraine.
List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees
South Korea agrees to pay compensation to citizens who were forced to work in Japanese factories during World War II.
lower house of the Spanish legislative branch
The perpetrator kills himself after the shooting.
1960s self-propelled surface-to-air missile system
Petr Pavel is inaugurated as the fourth president of the Czech Republic.
At least 18 people are killed and more than 140 others are injured by an explosion at a commercial seven-story building in Gulistan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
overview of the use of capital punishment in Belarus
Two police officers are killed by a 16-year-old gunman while responding to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in Inglewood, Edmonton, Canada.
However, Ukraine accuses Russia of staging a false "provocation".
Scientists discover lunar water samples in tiny glass beads from the Moon in studies published by the Nature Geoscience journal.
Sixteen people are killed when a pipeline explodes in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The bill would also criminalize the "promotion" of homosexuality and "abetting" or "conspiring" to engage in same-sex relations.
Twelve people in Şanlıurfa and two in Adıyaman, Turkey, are killed by floods caused by heavy rain.
The Belgian government announces a ban on gambling advertising, citing an increase in gambling addiction.
Lithuania's Seimas votes to recognize Russian paramilitary force Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, citing the group's "numerous crimes" in Ukraine, including the killing and torturing of civilians.
criminal proceeding in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
aviation accident in which two or more aircraft come into contact during flight
Two Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters collide over Fort Campbell in Kentucky, United States, killing all nine people on board.
At this year's Oscars, Everything Everywhere All at Once wins seven awards, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture.
shooting during a drug raid in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Twenty-one people are killed by a coal mine explosion in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
At least five people are killed and 11 others are injured, including Gedo governor Ahmed Bulle Gared, when a suicide car bomber drives into a guest house in Bardera, Jubaland, Somalia.
protecting digital data from destructive forces and from the unwanted actions of unauthorized users
Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli wins this year's Abel Prize "for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the Monge–Ampère equation".
championship game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic
A Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the city of Zaporizhzhia kills a civilian and injures 25 others.
A two-year investigation by seven U.S. intelligence agencies concludes it is "very unlikely" that Russia or another country was responsible for the "Havana syndrome" that affected U.S.
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
A deadly tornado outbreak hits Mississippi, United States, killing at least 26 people, devastating several rural towns, and prompting Governor Tate Reeves to declare a state of emergency, while President Joe Biden promises federal assistance.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
The einstein problem is solved by a single shape that tiles a plane without repeating.
At least nine police officers are killed and 16 other people are injured in Sibi District, Balochistan, Pakistan, when a separatist suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rams a police vehicle.
The United States Department of Justice finds "reasonable cause to believe" that the Louisville Metro Police Department violated citizens' civil rights.
collective term for U.S. intelligence and security agencies
2023 transport strike in the Philippines
Two men are found guilty of conspiring to kill the former Prime Minister Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi after a trial before the country's Supreme Court.
cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova
arrest warrant issued in 2023 by International Criminal Court
infrastructure important to national security
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Daud Muzamil, the Taliban-appointed governor of Balkh Province, is killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber at his office in Mazar-i-Sharif. Two civilians are also killed during the attack and four others wounded.
Russia launches cruise missiles at targets across Ukraine.
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a pause on his government's controversial judicial reform bill until April 30, the opening of the Knesset's summer session.
Finnic people inhabiting primarily the country of Estonia
Israeli warplanes strike Syria's Aleppo International Airport with air-to-surface missiles, damaging the runway and putting the airport out of service. The Syrian transport ministry says that the delivery of humanitarian aid to Idlib will be rerouted to Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in Latakia Governorate following the strike.
European colonization of the Americas between 1492 and c.1800
Equatorial Guinea confirms eight new cases of the Marburg virus, bringing the total cases to nine in the country.
Hours later, Argentina also withdraws its ambassador from Ecuador, escalating diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
Twelve people are injured and 30 houses were damaged by a tornado in Fazilka district, Punjab, India.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July. The nuclear missiles will be operated by Russian forces. It will be the first time that Russian nuclear weapons have been deployed abroad since 1996.
Authorizations for Use of Military Force
A Russian drone strike in Rzhyshchiv kills at least nine civilians and injures 29 others.
Jewish civilian communities built on lands occupied by Israel
2016 United States presidential election
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
At least six members of the Palestinian militant group Jenin Brigades are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank. Among those killed is the killer of two Israeli settlers last month.
anyone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country
2023 clashes during the Syrian civil war
Fourteen people are killed and at least 12 others are injured by a roof collapse at a cold storage warehouse in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's baby's remains are found hidden in a shed two days after the couple were found and arrested. The couple are charged with gross negligence manslaughter. It is believed the baby was dead for some time before it was found.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
bilateral relations between China and Honduras
Ram Chandra Poudel, of the Nepali Congress party, is elected president of Nepal by the Electoral College, succeding Bidya Devi Bhandari.
murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler
Pavel Latushka is sentenced to 18 years, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years, and Maryya Maroz, Volha Kavalkova and Siarhei Dylevski to 12 years each.
Eight militants and two civilian children are killed during a military operation by the Pakistan Army in Zinghara, South Waziristan.
Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin is charged with corruption and abuse of power by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over a COVID-19 subsidy programme.
At least one person is reportedly injured.
city and commune in Gironde, New Aquitaine, France
subdivision used by most states in the United States of America
Two Portuguese women are killed in a stabbing attack at an Isma'ilism Shia religious centre in Lisbon, Portugal.
Both countries claimed victory in the ruling.
Chinese president Xi Jinping visits Russia in his first international trip since being re-elected, meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Hungary announces that a vote on Finland's membership application will take place on March 27. Fidesz parlimentary group leader Máté Kocsis says that Sweden's application will be considered at a later date.
urge to continuously gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
overview of Islam, Islamic culture and Muslims in Scotland
act of providing a person with things of economic value
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
Allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections
Two people are killed when a boat carrying around 30 migrants capsizes near the coast of Kos, Greece.
Eight people are killed by a bombing in a village in Chin State, Myanmar.
group of people that aren't cisgender and/or heterosexual
The Turkish Parliament unanimously votes to accept Finland's NATO application, becoming the last member to do so.
Prince Edward is named as the new Duke of Edinburgh by King Charles III. The title was previously held by his father, Prince Philip.
town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
illegal transportation of goods or people
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau appoints an independent special rapporteur to investigate alleged foreign electoral intervention by the Chinese government in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections.
police force serving the West Midlands county of England
commune and suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Malaysian-born actress of Chinese ethnicity
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
governing body of the Russian Armed Forces
Israeli governmental ministry responsible for military and national defense matters'
specialised agency of the United Nations for meteorology
2022 film directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
state branch of the Australian Labor Party
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the government's cabinet amid an increase in prices and shortages of food due to the severe economic situation the country, which was worsened by the recent earthquake.
Eleven people are killed and an estimated 50 others are missing when a landslide buries houses in Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
international sports governing body organizing track and field athletics
Pirates kidnap some crew members of a Danish-owned ship which they later abandon near São Tomé and Príncipe.
type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church
Twenty-five Palestinians are injured by tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during the attack.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Greece)
Thousands of users of Twitter worldwide report issues on using the social media platform including the inability to view new posts on their main timelines.
alliance between different states with the purpose to cooperate militarily
A grand jury in Manhattan, New York City, indicts former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding a hush payment he made while he was a candidate in 2016.
The Libyan National Army says that it has found about two and a half tonnes of uranium ore contained in ten drums, near the border with Chad, that was reported missing by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences human rights activist and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison on charges of "financing actions violating public order" and smuggling.
Estonians head to the polls to elect the 101 members of the Riigikogu.
material or logistical assistance for people in need
The head of the Blagodarnensky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, announces the death of Dmitry Lisitsky, commander of a battalion of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment who participated in the 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk.
South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season
A set of medical symptoms of unknown origin affecting U.S. and Canada government personnel.
2023 mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee
Fidesz parlimentary group leader Máté Kocsis says that Sweden's application will be considered at a later date.
At least one person is killed and 28 others are injured when a tornado causes the roof of a theater in Belvidere, Illinois, to collapse during a concert.
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
A court in Iran sentences a 64-year-old Irish-French tourist to six-and-a-half years in prison for spying for "an enemy country".
Burundi deploys 100 troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help the country fight insurgencies by militias, including M23.
In basketball, the Sacramento Kings make the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2006, ending their 17-year playoff drought, the longest in NBA history.
An earthquake strikes Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 300. 20 deaths are in neighboring Pakistan.
United Nations member states finalize the text of the High Seas Treaty, which aims to declare 30% of the world's oceans marine protected areas by 2030.
series of ongoing insurgencies within Myanmar
The head of the Blagodarnensky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, announces the death of Dmitry Lisitsky, commander of a battalion of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment who participated in the 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk. Ukraine says that he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say that he committed suicide.
military forces of the Russian Federation
Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts after the news agency aired an interview with the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb earlier this month. The Burkinabé government accused France 24 of being a "mouthpiece for terrorists" and "hate speech", which the agency denies as "unfounded".
2023 bank run and collapse in California
List of migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea
Greek Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigns in response to last night's train wreck in Tempi that killed more than 50 people.
Israeli warplanes strike Syria's Aleppo International Airport with air-to-surface missiles, damaging the runway and putting the airport out of service.
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia
demonstrations against "foreign agent" bill in the country of Georgia since March 2023
action where a vessel turns on to its side or is upside down
dtstart: 2023-03-24 00:00:00 Time: 4:57 p.m. (Eastern time zone)
In a rare high-level visit to the Donbas, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is filmed inspecting troops in "the eastern military district in the south Donetsk direction".
state being member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Instead, "medical, environmental and social factors can explain" many symptoms.
Central and South American detainees at a migrant center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, deliberately set fire to their mattresses, killing 38 people and injuring 28 others.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
facility directly owned and operated by or for the military
diplomatic relations between Burkina Faso and North Korea
French overseas region and department located in the Indian Ocean
international governing body of association football
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
series of earthquakes that occurred in Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023
Tank designed to conduct primary combat missions on the battlefield
Near Evangelismos, Tempi, Larissa, Thessaly
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
association football tournament for under-20 national teams
Three people are killed, thirteen others are missing and 14 are rescued after a boat carrying Cameroonian migrants capsizes near Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
global international and intergovernmental organization
List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom
Clive Palmer sues Australia for AUD$296 billion over an iron ore project, over which his company, Mineralogy, had previously lost a lawsuit.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
joint resolution of the United States House of Representatives and Senate
At least 25 people are killed when Boko Haram gunmen storm a fishing village in Dikwa, Borno, Nigeria.
A man accused of being the perpetrator of an explosion at the Megiddo Junction which injured a civilian two days ago is shot and killed by Israeli soldiers.
List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
intentional act of causing one's own death
New Zealand records its first case of rabies in a human. A patient who had been in hospital since early March died from the disease, which did not spread further.
Two people are killed and ten others are injured by suffocation in a freight train in the U.S.
Brazil and China sign an agreement to trade in their own currencies, ceasing the usage of the United States dollar as an intermediary.
unmanned aerial vehicle that is usually armed
forgiveness of a crime and the cancellation of the relevant penalty
Beginning in 2028, gambling companies will also no longer be able to sponsor professional sports clubs.
bilateral relations between Brazil and Israel
Serasan Island, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia
The United States Department of Justice finds "reasonable cause to believe" that the Louisville Metro Police Department violated citizens' civil rights. The investigation was started in response to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after Gallant called on the government to pause discussions on a controversial judicial reform bill.
Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war
Three people are killed by heavy snow and rainfall in Afghanistan.
2022–2023 season of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup
Around three new cases of mpox are discovered in Thailand.
county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
warehouse where perishable goods are refrigerated
severe weather and tornado outbreak in the United States
A Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the city of Zaporizhzhia kills three civilians and injures at least four others, according to Ukrainian police.
Nine people, including Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, are killed by unknown gunmen in Degamo's home in Pamplona, Philippines.
2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion
West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
One person is killed in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States, and more than 310,000 people are left without power across five states due to a system of storms affecting the area.
shrine complex in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site
2022–2023 blockade of the Republic of Artsakh
The Iraqi Parliament passes 206–12 a series of amendments reducing the electoral districts in each governorate to one, ahead of local elections in November.
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
capital city of Zaporizhzhya Oblast in southeastern Ukraine
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
transition from a sexually immature child to a sexually mature adult
crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey counties will be the main recipients.
Ten people are killed and nine others are missing after a tractor-trolley falls into a canal in Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan.
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
Thirty-four people are killed after a boat carrying migrants from Madagascar to the island of Mayotte sinks.
President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014
Cyclone Freddy kills at least 99 people in Malawi, including 85 people in Blantyre.
legal representative of the state in criminal trials
Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021
Southeastern and Northeastern United States
clandestine acquisition of confidential information
language model built with large amounts of texts
Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinian gunmen near Nablus, West Bank, after coming under fire.
aviation incident in the Black Sea on March 14, 2023, in which a Russian fighter jet intercepted and likely brought down an American drone
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential commissioner for children's rights, for alleged war crimes involving the abduction and forced adoption of children from Ukraine.
The Taliban kill several Islamic State – Khorasan Province insurgents and seize weapons and ammunitions during raids at hideouts in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province.
Ten volunteers and four Burkina Faso Armed Forces soldiers are killed during an ambush in Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso. Twenty attackers are killed.
The death toll from the landslide in Serasan, Indonesia, increases to 50 people.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules that the United States violated its 1955 friendship treaty with Iran when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies, but said that the ICJ does not have jurisdiction over the US$1.75 billion worth of frozen assets held by the Central Bank of Iran.
religion originating in the Punjab region
expendable weapons or weapon components dispersed from a weapon system, such as bombs, missiles, mines and projectiles
The World Baseball Classic concludes with Japan defeating the United States for the championship.
The wreckage of a Cessna 206 that was reported missing on January 24 in Isabela, Philippines, is found in Divilacan, with all six people aboard confirmed dead.
village in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States
Six people are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The suspect is later killed by responding police officers.
island sovereign state off of Africa in the Indian Ocean
land warfare branch of Australia's defence forces
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (1921–2021)
Date: May 27, 1964 – present (58 years, 10 months and 3 days)
percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
bilateral relations between Brazil and China
5 km mountain pass connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia
The Somali National Army and pro-government militants kill 30 al-Shabaab jihadists and injure many others while defending a military base in the south of the country.
The group's leader Amritpal Singh is still wanted.
Armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă unveils an AI-run "honorary advisor" named Ion, which will synthesize submissions by Romanians relating to their "opinions and desires". Ciucă says that this makes Romania the first country in the world to have an AI government advisor.
Fazil Mustafa, an opposition member of Azerbaijan's National Assembly, is shot multiple times outside his home in Baku by unknown assailants in an assassination attempt.
A police raid in a favela in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, results in the deaths of 13 people and the capture of two Comando Vermelho gang leaders from the northern states of Pará and Sergipe.
Military's council formed after 2021 coup
Fifteen people are killed and 40 others are kidnapped in Hama Governorate during an ambush on truffle hunters by Islamic State members.
age at which a person is expected or required to retire
OpenAI launches GPT-4, the next generation large language model for artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.
A Palestinian man is shot dead by an Israeli settler near a farm in Karnei Shomron, in the West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claims that the Palestinian man was armed at the time.
Russian Air Force Su-27 fighter jets "intercept and hit" a United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, with the collision damaging the drone's propeller and causing the United States to crash the drone into international waters.
former district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work
program or set of instructions that simulates conversation with humans
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland
Category 5 Pacific hurricane and typhoon in 1994
List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates
large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed
Three Armenian police officers and two Azerbaijani soldiers are killed during border clashes near the Lachin Corridor. Both countries accuse the other of opening fire first.
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
non-periodic tiling with the additional property that it does not contain arbitrarily large periodic patches
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Tanzania)
The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs. Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country.
He becomes the first Latin American to win this prize.
practice of destroying or otherwise abusing the quran for anti-islamic purposes, whether political or religious
Islamist insurgency in the DR Congo and Uganda
Colombian municipality of the department of Norte de Santander
Twenty people are killed and around 29 others are injured after a bus crashes and overturns in 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia.
Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, on Deelbögestrasse, Hamburg, Germany
eastern portion of the Southern United States
Operators of traditional public jeepneys and minivans that are opposed to the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program organize a weeklong nationwide strike in the Philippines.
Promotion of gambling by casinos, lotteries, bookmakers or other organisations that provide the opportunity to make bets
A drone strike on a Iranian-backed weapons factory by an unknown attacker in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven people and injures 15 others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which describes the dead as three Afghan fighters, three Syrian civilians and one unidentified Syrian.
The bill includes the charges of "aggravated homosexuality" and "attempted homosexuality" with sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
Six people are killed and at least 79 others are injured in a collision between a train and a bus transporting civil servants to work in Lagos, Nigeria.
province of the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh
A United States contractor is killed and five others are injured when a drone hits a U.S.
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
American artificial intelligence research organization
Date: January 13, 1999 c. 3:15 p.m. (EST)
U.S. President Joe Biden approves an emergency declaration for the state of Mississippi following a storm that killed at least 26 people and caused significant damage, granting federal aid to affected areas of the state.
presidential election to be held in Montenegro
head of state and head of government of Honduras
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles
borough of New York City, New York, United States
opposition to the planned arrest of Imran Khan
American commercial bank and cryptocurrency services provider Silvergate Bank winds down its operations and liquidates its assets.
Ciucă says that this makes Romania the first country in the world to have an AI government advisor.
The parliament of Uganda begins debate on a proposed bill that would criminalize people identifying as part of the LGBTQ community with up to 10 years in prison. The bill would also criminalize the "promotion" of homosexuality and "abetting" or "conspiring" to engage in same-sex relations.
However, no hazardous materials are known to be involved in the Clark County derailment.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of Russian Federation
fluid mixture contained within the petroleum reservoir rock
speech that expresses hatred towards individuals or groups
Utah adopts a new flag after the governor officializes it. It will come into official use in March of 2024.
overview of Internet censorship in France
Scientists find the presence of uracil, one of the components of RNA, and vitamin B3 in the samples from asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
president of the United States since 2021
Premier Dominic Perrottet concedes defeat and resigns as Liberal leader.
city in the Palestinian National Authority
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
type of disaster that occurs due to overcrowding
accession process of new countries to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Five Palestinians are injured by Israeli settlers attacking a family on a street in Huwara, in the West Bank. Twenty-five Palestinians are injured by tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during the attack.
A collision between a Pwani University bus and a minibus in Naivasha, Kenya, kills 14 people.
One person is killed and three others are injured in a train crash at Galați railway station in Romania.
exercises executive authority in the State of Israel
coordinated military actions of a state or a non-state actor in response to a developing situation
Province in Central Visayas, Philippines
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
South African left-wing pan-Africanist political party
Violent protests occur in Georgia in opposition of a new law regarding foreign agents.
Ten people are killed and three others are injured by a house fire in Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Mukondi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fourteen people are killed and 54 others are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the Tunisian coast.
Transport groups in the Philippines decide to end a one-week strike on its second day, following a meeting with Palace officials in relation to the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.
No. 1 seed Purdue is defeated 58–63 by No 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson, only the second time a 16 seed has defeated a 1 seed in the tournament's history and the first time since 2018.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government survives a second vote of no confidence presented by far-right party Vox, with independent Ramón Tamames as its candidate.
Date: 2 March 2023 Timing of Russian reports: 11:30–14:30 (MSK, UTC+3)
fifth and current republican constitution of the French Republic
North Germanic ethnic group native to Denmark; citizens or residents of Denmark
Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies within the next two months, following diplomatic talks in Beijing brokered by China.
topic regarding the appropriate collection, use and dissemination of personal data in products and services, as well as their protection and related legal and political issues
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity
act in which an individual kills one or more other persons as well as oneself
neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Three Armenian police officers and two Azerbaijani soldiers are killed during border clashes near the Lachin Corridor.
A patient who had been in hospital since early March died from the disease, which did not spread further.
dukedom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence says that a Russian shipment of Kalibr cruise missiles was blown up as it was being transported by rail in Dzhankoi, Crimea. At least one person is reportedly injured.
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
A pipeline leak causes an oil spill at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, in which more than 200 barrels of reservoir fluids, including oil, leak into a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The RSPB reported sightings of oiled birds. (BBC News)
Burkina Faso formally resumes diplomatic relations with North Korea after suspending them in 2017 over the country's nuclear weapons program.
Legislature Body of the Republic of Turkey
money used by entrepreneurs and businesses to buy what they need to make their products or provide their services
Cyclone Freddy kills at least 99 people in Malawi, including 85 people in Blantyre. It is the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record, according to the WMO, having formed on February 4.
ground-launched missile designed to attack aerial targets
person who is not white, mostly used in the United States
company providing armed security services
The nuclear missiles will be operated by Russian forces.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
highest political office in Ecuador; head of state and head of government of Ecuador
The Finnish Parliament votes 184–7 to formally approve the country's accession to NATO, and to adopt the military alliance's founding documents.
Two Portuguese women are killed in a stabbing attack at an Isma'ilism Shia religious centre in Lisbon, Portugal. Police shoot the suspect, an Afghan man, in the leg at the scene, before arresting him and taking him to a hospital.
ELN rebels launch homemade mortar shells at a military base in El Carmen, Norte de Santander, Colombia, killing nine soldiers and injuring nine others.
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
best screenplay not based upon previously published material
act of giving up or quitting an office or position
Nineteen people are killed by suspected Islamist insurgents in Kirindera, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
military base in Syria in retaliation for retaliatory airstrikes from the United States hours earlier.
3rd president of the United Arab Emirates
Ten volunteers and four Burkina Faso Armed Forces soldiers are killed during an ambush in Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso.
consolidated city-county in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, and the state capital of Tennessee
Police are reported to be using water cannons and tear gas to control the protesters.
Colombian municipality of the department of Cundinamarca
type of jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought
metropolitan and ceremonial county in England
land force component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
With assets totalling US$209 billion, the bank's closure is the second-largest bank failure in American history.
The Belgian government announces a ban on gambling advertising, citing an increase in gambling addiction. Beginning in 2028, gambling companies will also no longer be able to sponsor professional sports clubs.
New York-based commercial bank Signature Bank is closed down after a bank run on its deposits, and is taken into receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's baby's remains are found hidden in a shed two days after the couple were found and arrested.
The city's deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko says that "not a single building" has remained untouched by fighting, and that the city is "almost destroyed".
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
More than 100 Sikh separatists are arrested during a three-day hunt by police in Punjab, India. The group's leader Amritpal Singh is still wanted.
The derailment comes just over one month after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio.
President Xiomara Castro announces that Honduras will stop recognizing Taiwan and will start recognizing the People's Republic of China as the sole Chinese state.
company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight
art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states
digital medium of exchange using cryptography on a ledger to secure transactions and to verify transfer of ownership
Six Houthis and five Yemeni soldiers are killed during clashes in government-controlled Lahj Governorate, Yemen.
intergovernmental organization and international tribunal
head of state and government of Argentina
US government agency providing deposit insurance
Protests occur in Pakistan over the possible arrest of PTI chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country.
A Palestinian man is shot dead by an Israeli settler near a farm in Karnei Shomron, in the West Bank.
Separatist movement for independent Khalistan
The United Kingdom confirms that it will provide Ukraine with depleted uranium armour-piercing shells, alongside its Challenger 2 main battle tanks, saying that there is a "low risk" of radiation contamination. Russian president Vladimir Putin says Russia would be "forced to react" to the British move.
Adnan Syed's murder conviction is reinstated by Maryland's appeal court, less than six months after Baltimore prosecutors presented new evidence in the 1999 fatal strangulation of Hae Min Lee.
right to communicate one's opinions and ideas and right to speak
small town in Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia
generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters
Voting blocs and independent members who boycotted the vote claim the amendments make it more difficult for the opposition to get elected.
organized force, possibly armed, other than the regular military
ethnic group native to Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Scientists discover ruins of a pearling town near Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. The town is considered to be the oldest ever found in the country, dating back to the 6th century.
work people are employed in against their will
French state-owned international news television network based in Paris
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
district in North Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia
The United Kingdom confirms that it will provide Ukraine with depleted uranium armour-piercing shells, alongside its Challenger 2 main battle tanks, saying that there is a "low risk" of radiation contamination.
4th largest city in Russia, administrative center of Ural Federal District
region to the center-east of America composed of many islands / coastal regions surrounding the Caribbean Sea
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991
authorizing the Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm
annual awards for cinematic achievements
bilateral relations between China and Russia
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts. Eight villages have been affected by volcanic ash.
March 2023 mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses' Kingdom Hall in Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Six people are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Two people are killed and nine others are injured when a truck strikes a group of pedestrians in Amqui, Quebec, Canada.
Both countries accuse the other of opening fire first.
severe weather effect in the Southern United States
Three people are wounded by a shooting on Dizengoff Street, in Tel Aviv.
disaster involving one or more trains (for train colliding with a pedestrian, animal or other objects, see Q19403959)
economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within the Earth's crust
meeting between China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Putin
urban park and statistical area in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Mexico's Gulf Cartel surrenders five purported perpetrators of last weekend's kidnapping of four U.S.
Louisville, Kentucky law enforcement agency
2018 murder in Deerfield Beach, Florida, US
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Isabela
human settlement in Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
national baseball team representing Japan
presidential commissioner for children's rights
ceremonial county in South West England, UK
The Iraqi Parliament passes 206–12 a series of amendments reducing the electoral districts in each governorate to one, ahead of local elections in November. Voting blocs and independent members who boycotted the vote claim the amendments make it more difficult for the opposition to get elected.
Six people and an unborn baby are killed, and eight others are injured, in a mass shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses centre in Hamburg, Germany.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
central district and city in Adıyaman province, Turkey
Premier of the People's Republic of China
ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan announces that he has named his son Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan as the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince. City Football Group owner Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is also appointed as Vice President.
Violent protests occur in Georgia in opposition of a new law regarding foreign agents. Police are reported to be using water cannons and tear gas to control the protesters.
An armed Zaidi Shiite religious movement seeks to seize power in Yemen by force of arms (supported by Iran)
metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
type of military offensive where armed forces of one polity forcibly enter another
The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkey will begin the process of ratifying Finland's membership of NATO without Sweden, which Turkey accuses of supporting the PKK.
Italy's Data Protection Authority blocks ChatGPT for allegedly breaching data protection rules and failing to verify that its users are at least 13 years old.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules that the United States violated its 1955 friendship treaty with Iran when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies, but said that the ICJ does not have jurisdiction over the US$1.75 billion worth of frozen assets held by the Central Bank of Iran. Both countries claimed victory in the ruling.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence says that a Russian shipment of Kalibr cruise missiles was blown up as it was being transported by rail in Dzhankoi, Crimea.
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
most populous city in the United States of America
restrictions to accessing online resources in New Zealand
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
expendable two-stage, 3D-printed, small-lift launch vehicle
fan that transmits rotational motion into thrust
international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons
city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
sovereign state which officially declares itself to be neutral towards the belligerents in a war
species of filamentous virus responsible of hemorrhagic fever
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
combined military forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Twenty people are injured by severe turbulence on a Condor flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Mauritius.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
The British government bans far-right Danish activist Rasmus Paludan from entering the United Kingdom over a threat to burn a Quran in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
South Africa prepares for a "nationwide shutdown" as the military is deployed ahead of protests by the Economic Freedom Fighters.
American commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank is forcibly shut down by regulators for the U.S. state of California, and its assets controlled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the bank failed to raise enough capital and a subsequent bank run occurred. With assets totalling US$209 billion, the bank's closure is the second-largest bank failure in American history.
deliberate, subversive action aimed at weakening another entity
At least 22 people are killed and two others are reported missing after a boat heading to Mayotte capsizes off the coast of Madagascar.
overview of the use of capital punishment in Iran
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company
New Zealand records its first case of rabies in a human.
sub-agency of the United States National Weather Service
The parliament of Uganda approves a bill with harsher provisions against homosexual relationships. The bill includes the charges of "aggravated homosexuality" and "attempted homosexuality" with sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
Date: 12 December 2022 – present (3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
act of mass impulse among herd of animals or a crowd of people
The town is considered to be the oldest ever found in the country, dating back to the 6th century.
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
annual award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
explosion resulting from mixing a flammable gas with air in the presence of an ignition source
The executive of Ukraine, consisting of the prime minister and cabinet ministers.
A Norfolk Southern train derails in Clark County, Ohio, United States, with local residents advised to shelter in place.
The Burkinabé government accused France 24 of being a "mouthpiece for terrorists" and "hate speech", which the agency denies as "unfounded".
Provincial Court House of Punjab, Pakistan
munition containing multiple submunitions meant to disperse effects of the munitions
The Syrian transport ministry says that the delivery of humanitarian aid to Idlib will be rerouted to Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in Latakia Governorate following the strike.
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (14 years and 2 months)
intergovernmental report on climate change
upper house of the United States Congress
military forces of the South African Government
Classification of same-sex sexual acts as a criminal offence
North Korea conducts drills simulating a nuclear counterattack in response to joint amphibious landing exercises by the United States and South Korea.
Belarusian politician, educator, and pro-democracy activist
Thirty-one people are killed and more than 200 others are rescued after a sea vessel catches fire near an island in Basilan, Philippines.
movement that claims the Baloch people are a distinct nation
A court in Belarus sentences five opposition politicians after a trial in absentia.
location where key leadership and coordination functions take place, often recognized as the central home for a disparate organization
policy of only recognizing one state of China
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
tactic employed in response to an attack
American multinational technology corporation
second-largest bank failure in American history
protests against the Borne government pension reform
lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic
violent group of individuals claiming control over a territory
respiratory syndrome and infectious disease in humans, caused by SARS coronavirus 2
attacks after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Ecuador withdraws its ambassador from Argentina in protest at the latter sheltering Ecuadorian politician María de los Ángeles Duarte since 2020, refusing to give information of her whereabouts.
scandal involving Donald Trump and pornographic actress Stormy Daniels around sexual relations and an alleged hush payment by lawyer Michael D. Cohen in 2016
Twenty-one Venezuelan government officials and businessmen are arrested in an anti-corruption probe targeting state oil company PDVSA and cryptocurrency regulator Sunacrip.
overview of the foreign relations of the Republic of China on Taiwan
Labor is declared the winner after Chris Minns wins at least 47 seats.
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Finland and the Republic of Turkey
failed commercial bank based in Santa Clara, California, United States, that focused on lending to technology companies in Silicon Valley
prefecture of the Central African Republic
2022–23 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team
water molecules present on the Moon, either as ice in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles, or as vapor in the thin lunar atmosphere
American business-focused daily newspaper
unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft built by General Atomics
More than a dozen people are injured in separate incidents after two trains derail during a storm in Switzerland.
Illegal immigration to the United States
immigration to the U.S.A. in violation of American law
group of people from one state present in another state to represent the sending state
At least six members of the Palestinian militant group Jenin Brigades are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank.
2023 Scottish National Party leadership election
Ukrainian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
Date: 2 June 2004 – 27 February 2009 (First phase) 4 April 2012 – 7 November 2013 (Second phase) 31 January 2015 – present (Third phase) (19 years)
Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou becomes the first Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, meeting with China's Taiwan Affairs Office deputy chair Chen Yuanfeng in Shanghai.
The United States responds with airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets, killing eleven people.
collapse of 3 US banks (Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank) in March 2023
airline or shipping company that enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by a government for international operations
state of being unable to pay the debts at maturity by a person or company
constituent political entity of the United States of America
second-most populous Islamic denomination
human settlement in Klimovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia
broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword
Riots occur across France a day after President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech on pension reform.
2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince
employment of military resources in training for military operations
bilateral relations between China and Canada
first-level administrative division of Russia
nonlinear second-order partial differential equation of special kind
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă unveils an AI-run "honorary advisor" named Ion, which will synthesize submissions by Romanians relating to their "opinions and desires".
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
The Vatican officially repudiates the discovery doctrine, writing that the 15th-century papal bulls which promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesiastical authorities".
province of Indonesia, western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands
planned secondFlag carrier of Saudi Arabia
efforts to prevent the microblogging social network from being accessible
List of the main opposition leaders of Turkey
2019 Canadian Parliament infiltration plot
abduction and forced adoption of children
Tanzania reports that five people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus.
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
vitamin; class of chemically related vitamers
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime
supersonic combustion of an explosive material
city in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine
President of the People's Republic of China
Tanzania reports that five people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Health Ministry added that three others are being treated and that 161 people are being tracked by authorities, although the ministry stated that this is not of serious concern for the country.
unmanned guided missile with atmospheric engine and a combat charge
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
List of national monuments of the United States
person who is not a legitimate member of the military
refugee Camp in Jenin Governorate, State of Palestine
formal accusation of wrongdoing in common law
bilateral relations between Russia and Belarus
Date: 2 February 2015 – present (7 years, 10 months and 5 days)
Hungary and Turkey have yet to approve Finland's membership.
More than 2,000 shelters are destroyed in a fire in Kutupalong refugee camp, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Scientists discover ruins of a pearling town near Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates.
Date: 10 December 2012 – present (10 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Prince Edward is named as the new Duke of Edinburgh by King Charles III.
person assigned male at birth who identifies as a woman
city and federal state in the North of Germany
political alignment favoring traditional politics
Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights
armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents
An earthquake strikes Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 300.
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
Brazilian criminal organization engaged primarily in arms and drug trafficking
district headquarter / city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
lower house of parliament of Turkmenistan
Means of public transportation in the Philippines
military tactics to attack the enemy by surprise
human settlement in Richland County, North Dakota, United States of America
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2023 murder of the governor of Negros Oriental, Philippines
commission of an unlawful act in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties
collision of two trains in Greece, 28 February 2023
fire at an immigration detention center on the U.S.-Mexico border
form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain
language given special status in some polity
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party criticized this visit as "endorsing" China's position on Taiwan.
Ground warfare branch of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Russia launches cruise missiles at targets across Ukraine. Buildings and critical infrastructure are damaged, and at least five civilians were killed in Lviv Oblast when a missile destroyed their home, according to the region's governor Maksym Kozytskyy.
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy increases to over 300, with most of the deaths occurring in Malawi.
sudden release of energy through high temperatures and gas expansion
Date: 13 November 1996 – present (27 years)
Russia accuses a Ukrainian sabotage group of attacking the villages of Lyubechane and Sushany in Bryansk Oblast and taking hostages.
overview of censorship in the United Kingdom
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Negros Oriental
The couple are charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
Date: 24 February 2022 – present (1 year, 1 month, 1 week and 2 days)
Date: 24 February 2022 – present (1 year, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
violent act where the offender pulls up a knife
One person is killed and five others are injured in a mass stabbing at a school in São Paulo, Brazil.
rise in price level in an economy over time
States, federal district and territories of the United States of America
organised illegal international movement of people from MENA to Europe
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
Hungary announces that a vote on Finland's membership application will take place on March 27.
ongoing global surge of higher-than-average inflation
Mexico's Gulf Cartel surrenders five purported perpetrators of last weekend's kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and offers an apology to the victims, their families, and society in general.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
crime or tort of harming the reputation of a legal person through false or misleading statement
combined military forces of Burkina Faso
Buildings and critical infrastructure are damaged, and at least five civilians were killed in Lviv Oblast when a missile destroyed their home, according to the region's governor Maksym Kozytskyy.
Eight villages have been affected by volcanic ash.
Police shoot the suspect, an Afghan man, in the leg at the scene, before arresting him and taking him to a hospital.
The RSPB reported sightings of oiled birds.
industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
violent public disturbance against authority, property or people
one day after the country established diplomatic relations
active volcano in Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
monuments assigned protected status by presidents of the United States
Israel criticizes the government of Brazil for allowing two Iranian warships to dock in Rio de Janeiro and urges Brazil to send the warships away calling it a "dangerous and regretful development".
deadly viral disease, transmitted through animals
field of computer science and engineering practices for intelligence demonstrated by machines and intelligent agents
conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom
Czech general and politician, 4th president of the Czech Republic
layer-by-layer additive process used to make a three-dimensional object
It will come into official use in March of 2024.
1 seed Purdue is defeated 58–63 by No 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson, only the second time a 16 seed has defeated a 1 seed in the tournament's history and the first time since 2018.
Child abductions in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date: Sporadic airstrike waves since 9 October 2022
town on the south coast of Great Britain
List of largest bank failures in the United States
city and seat of Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua
Ismaili Muslim Centre in Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity
head of state and of government of Turkey
ethnic group in the Sahel from Senegal, east to Cameroon
Mustafa's condition is described as satisfactory, and his life is not reported to be in danger.
collision of a vehicle with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, or other object
conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States
The suspect is later killed by responding police officers.
area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert
capital and most populous city of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July.
Three surface-to-air missiles are misfired by the Indian Army during an exercise in the Pokhran ranges in the western Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India.
2022–23 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
It is believed the baby was dead for some time before it was found.
crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation
component of the criminal justice system of Pakistan
2023 Israeli anti-judicial reform protests
island in Natuna Regency, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
indirect presidential election in Vietnam
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
human settlement in United Arab Emirates
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
person/entity held by a belligerent party to another or seized for carrying out agreement
Australian war crimes investigation and report
provincial-level municipality in China, the largest city in the PRC
uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claims that the Palestinian man was armed at the time.
Palestinian Islamist terror organization
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
various governmental agencies and private businesses's imposed bans on the video sharing service TikTok.
The parliament of Uganda approves a bill with harsher provisions against homosexual relationships.
video-focused social media and social networking service owned by ByteDance
American commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank is forcibly shut down by regulators for the U.S. state of California, and its assets controlled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the bank failed to raise enough capital and a subsequent bank run occurred.
tropical sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located east of Central America, south of the Greater Antilles and north of South America
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN)
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
regency in Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
113 countries and territories (111 with confirmed cases, 2 with suspected cases only)
Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care
portfolio in the Scottish Government (2007-2011)
Among those killed is the killer of two Israeli settlers last month.
armed conflict in Western Asia since 2013
administrative division (oblast) in western Russia
It will be the first time that Russian nuclear weapons have been deployed abroad since 1996.
accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 8 months and 29 days)
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
administrative territorial entities of Iraq
Daud Muzamil, the Taliban-appointed governor of Balkh Province, is killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber at his office in Mazar-i-Sharif.
overview of the security and law enforcement apparatus of Israel
The man is believed to have crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon.
Heavy street fighting takes place between Russian and Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine says that he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say that he committed suicide.
conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and rebels
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
wildlife conservation organisation in the United Kingdom
The new model can respond to images, and has the ability to process up to 25,000 words.