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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 

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) 

A Romanian court rules that social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate can be extradited to the United Kingdom to face charges of sexual aggression. (BBC News) 

Former President Donald Trump officially surpasses the 1,215 delegate threshold needed to win his third consecutive Republican Party nomination for President, joining Richard Nixon as the only people in U.S. history to win the Republican nomination thrice. (NBC News) 

An explosion caused due to a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in the city of Langfang, China, kills 2 people and injures 26. (China Daily) 

The Freedom of Russia Legion, the Sibir Battalion, and the Russian Volunteer Corps enter Belgorod and Kursk oblasts. Russia claims to have repelled the attacks. (The Guardian) 

Ukraine launches 25 drones at Russian cities, hitting a major oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. (The Guardian) 

A Russian Aerospace Forces Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane with 15 people on board crashes in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. (The Guardian) 

Three people are killed and at least 36 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on apartment buildings in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The opposition politician Leonid Volkov was attacked outside his home in Vilnius, Lithuania, apparently on orders by Vladimir Putin. The incident is being investigated as a terror-related hate crime. (Al Jazeera) 

Tuesday,  March 12th, 2024 

Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, striking “Hezbollah military command centers”. Hezbollah says that two of its members were killed in the airstrikes. (Reuters) 

Hezbollah launches more than 100 Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, targeting several Israeli military outposts. (The New York Times) 

About 20 armed pirates hijack a Bangladeshi bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean that was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is under the control of the pirates and is heading towards the coast of Somalia. (The National News) 

The Sudanese Army says that it has taken control of the national television and radio broadcaster in Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters) 

Argentina announces diplomatic actions against Venezuela after president Nicolás Maduro banned Argentina-licensed aircraft from entering Venezuelan airspace amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. (The San Diego Union-Tribune) 

Israel Police kill a 12-year-old boy who fired fireworks at them in Shuafat, East Jerusalem. (Al Arabiya) 

A court in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, overturns the death sentence of Yakuza Kudo-kai leader Satoru Nomura and sentences him to life in prison. Nomura had originally been sentenced to death for a 1998 murder. (The Mainichi) 

Three Coptic Christian monks from Egypt are killed during a mass stabbing at a monastery in Cullinan, South Africa. (Reuters) 

The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Mississippi, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington. Democrats Abroad also concludes its primary. (AP) 

Incumbent President Joe Biden officially surpasses the 1,968 delegate threshold needed to become the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President. (The Washington Post) 

The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington. (AP) 

A scientific expedition to the Bounty Trough off the coast of New Zealand reports the discovery of more than one hundred new species. (The New York Times) 

Saudi Arabia‘s Public Investment Fund announces a $2 billion offer to buy both professional tennis tours, the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour. (The Telegraph) 

Monday,  March 11th, 2024 

The European Union evacuates all diplomatic staff from Haiti. (Politico) 

The Caribbean Community holds an emergency summit in Kingston, Jamaica, in response to the deteriorating security situation in Haiti. (Al Jazeera) 

Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry agrees to resign when a transitional presidential council is formed. (AP) 

Houthi officials say that at least 17 U.S. and British airstrikes across western Yemen, including in Al Hudaydah, have killed eleven people and injured 14 others. (Reuters) 

A LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 enroute between Sydney and Auckland loses altitude due to a technical issue, injuring 50 passengers and crew. (BBC News) 

Former Conservative Party deputy chairman and Ashfield MP Lee Anderson defects to Reform UK, becoming the party’s first member of parliament. Anderson was suspended by the Conservatives after claiming that London mayor Sadiq Khan was “controlled” by radical Islamists. (BBC News) 

A man fatally stabs his wife and three children in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. (The Guardian) 

In Switzerland, five skiers are found dead after they went missing two days ago en route from the town of Zermatt to the village of Arolla. A sixth person is still missing. (AP) 

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

Two New Zealand skiers are killed and another is injured during an avalanche on Mount Yotei in Hokkaido, Japan. (The Guardian) 

Five skiers are found dead after they went missing two days ago while travelling from the town of Zermatt to the village of Arolla in Switzerland. A sixth skier is still missing. (AP) 

Sunday, March 10th, 2024 

Oppenheimer wins an Oscar for Best Picture(The Guardian). Director Christopher Nolan wins Academy Award for Best Director(NBC News), and lead actor Cillian Murphy wins the Best Actor award. (BBC) 

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 an 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) 

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

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) 

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