Sunday, March 10th, 2024 

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul deploys 750 national guard troops to the New York City subways to counter crime and a recent spike in violent assaults. (Reuters) 

U.S. president Joe Biden announces the construction of a temporary pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip to facilitate large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid. (The Guardian) 

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that the upcoming local elections in Turkey will be his last election as president as he will not run in the upcoming 2028 presidential election, bringing an end to his presidency after two decades. (Reuters) 

The U.S. military airlifts non-essential personnel from the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, amid escalating violence in the country. (Reuters) 

The 20 Days in Mariupol (directed by filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov), a documentary that focuses on the Siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, wins a Oscar for Best Documentary. (The Guardian) 

The painting Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife in a White Hat by Vincent van Gogh is sold at auction for more than €4.5 million. (NOS) 

One skier is killed and two are injured after falling on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. (AP) 

Following a laboratory investigation, eight children and one adult on Zanzibar are found to have died of chelonitoxism after consuming sea turtle meat, a local delicacy. Another 78 people were hospitalized. (NOS) 

Citizens in Portugal vote for the 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic. (DW) 

Saturday, March 9th, 2024 

Five people are killed when an aid package airdropped from a C-17 aircraft into the Gaza Strip fails to deploy its parachute and subsequently crushes them. (BBC News) 

Canada and Sweden resume funding for UNRWA, which had been suspended following the UNRWA October 7 controversy. (BBC News) 

Nineteen people are killed and seven others are missing during flash floods in villages in the Pesisir Selatan Regency of West Sumatra province, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera) 

Nine people are killed and one is injured after a van crashes into a semi truck in Wisconsin, United States. (ABC News) 

Voters in Ireland reject two constitutional referendums on the family and care. (Sky News) 

Votes are counted in Ireland with the Irish government admitting defeat in twin referendums. (Sky News) 

Friday,  March 8th, 2024 

Lithuania strips Russian ballerina Ilze Liepa of her Lithuanian citizenship after she openly shows her sympathies for President Vladimir Putin. (The Moscow Times) 

Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. (Reuters) 

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York, United States. (AP) 

Former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses. (ABC News) 

Brenda Dacres is elected Mayor of Lewisham, becoming the first black woman directly elected mayor in England. (BBC News) 

Armenia Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says Armenia is considering applying for membership in the European Union. (Reuters) 

A UN fact-finding mission probe finds that the government of Iran committed violations amounting to crimes against humanity during the Mahsa Amini protests. (Times of India) 

Thursday, March 7th, 2024 

Former Ukrainian Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Reuters) 

U.S. president Joe Biden delivers the 2024 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. (NPR) 

The Kachin Independence Army launches a large offensive against junta outposts near Laiza and on the highway between Bhamo and Myitkyina. Five outposts are seized with fighting ongoing at five other outposts. (ABC News) 

Local People’s Defence Force groups capture the town of Kani in Sagaing Region. (The Irrawaddy) 

Haiti’s main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest. (BBC News) 

Iran confiscates the cargo of the American oil tanker Advantage Sweet in response to U.S.-led sanctions restricting the sale of medication for epidermolysis bullosa to Iran. (Barron’s) 

The Alliance of Sahel States, composed of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, announces the creation of a joint force to combat jihadist groups in the three countries. (Africanews) 

Gunmen kidnap at least 287 school children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. (CNN) 

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