Portal:Current events/2018 March 2
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2018 Ouagadougou attacks
- A terrorist attack at the French embassy and military headquarters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, leaves 28 people dead and at least 50 others injured. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43257453 (BBC)]
- Ituri conflict
- An attack on a village, part of the unrest between ethnic Lendu and Hema communities, leaves 49 people dead in the Ituri Province of DR Congo. [https://www.news18.com/news/world/49-dead-in-new-flare-up-of-ethnic-unrest-in-dr-congos-ituri-1677257.html (News18)]
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- A suicide car bomber kills one person and injures fourteen others near the Australian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. [http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/03/deadly-explosion-near-australian-embassy-in-kabul.html (Reuters via Newshub)]
;Disasters and accidents
- 2017–18 European windstorm season
- An avalanche near Entraunes in southeastern France, kills at least four people and leaves another one missing. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43256491 (BBC)]
- March 1–3, 2018 nor'easter
- A massive winter storm occurs in the East Coast of the United States, leaving millions without power and cancelling thousands of airplane flights. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/bomb-cyclone-forms-as-flood-threat-sparks-life-and-death-warning/ar-BBJM3UF (CNN via MSN)]
- 2018 Baku fire
- At least 25 people are killed in a fire at a drug-rehabilitation clinic in Baku, Azerbaijan. [https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-fire-baku-decrepit-drug-rehab-center-deaths-update/29072372.html (RFE/RL)]
;International relations
- Russia–United States relations
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders' claim that Russia breached any international arms control pacts, after President Vladimir Putin's March 1 speech on nuclear weapons. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-nuclear-kremlin/kremlin-rejects-u-s-charge-russia-in-breach-of-arms-control-treaties-idUSKCN1GE1BF (Reuters)]
- Cuba–United States relations
- The United States permanently downgrades their embassy in Havana, making its status 'unaccompanied', meaning a post at which no family members are permitted to reside. The status change comes after alleged health attacks. [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article203114054.html (Miami Herald)]
;Law and crime
- 2016–2018 investigations involving Benjamin Netanyahu
- An Israel Police anti-corruption unit questions Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-corruption/israeli-police-question-netanyahu-in-corruption-case-idUSKCN1GE0RF (Reuters)]
- Cannabis in Greece
- The Hellenic Parliament passes a bill legalising the use of medical cannabis in Greece. New Democracy, Communist Party, Golden Dawn and the Union of Centrists voted against the government-sponsored bill. [http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/03/02/greece-approves-medicinal-cannabis-law/ (Greek Reporter)]
- Central Michigan University shooting
- A student shoots his parents dead in a dorm at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/central-michigan-university-shooting-leaves-two-wounded-gunman-loose-n852611 (NBC)], [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43262245 (BBC)]
;Politics and elections
- Italian general election, 2018
- Antonio Tajani, the current President of the European Parliament, accepts the offer of Silvio Berlusconi to stand as a candidate for Prime Minister of Italy for Forza Italia. [https://www.thelocal.it/20180302/silvio-berlusconi-announces-forza-italia-candidate-for-italian-prime-minister-election-european-parliament-president-antonio-tajani (The Local)]
- Politics of the European Union
- European Union lawmakers strike a deal on opening up the 3.6 and 26 GHz bandwidths by 2020 to make room for the new 5G network. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-telecoms-spectrum/eu-countries-lawmakers-strike-deal-to-open-up-spectrum-for-5g-idUSKCN1GE2IB (Reuters)]
- Politics of Germany, SPD party member vote on the 2018 coalition agreement of Germany
- Postal ballots of the 2018 SPD coalition party member vote are due. The vote will determine if the SPD is allowed to form a coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-spd-vote-factbox/factbox-what-happens-if-germanys-spd-votes-against-coalition-with-merkel-idUSKCN1GE26C (Reuters)]
;Sports
- Long-distance swimming
- The Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden sets the 24-hour swimming record in a 25-meter pool at {{convert|102.8|km}}. [https://swimswam.com/olympic-champion-maarten-van-der-weijden-breaks-24-hour-swim-wr/ (SwimSwam)]
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