Portal:Current events/2018 March 9
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;Arts and culture
- Media of the United Kingdom
- British music journalism magazine New Musical Express (NME) issues its final print edition after 66 years, becoming a purely digital medium. [https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/nme-closes-print-edition-25-iconic-covers-through-the-years-a3784026.html (London Evening Standard)]
;International relations
- 2017–18 North Korea crisis
- 2018 North Korea–United States summit
- White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that the White House needs to see "concrete and verifiable steps" toward the denuclearization of North Korea before meeting with Kim Jong-un. [http://www.businessinsider.sg/trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-meeting-white-house-backtracking-2018-3/ (Business Insider)]
- Australia–North Korea relations, Australia–United States relations
- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urges U.S. President Donald Trump to be cautious in North Korea talks. Turnbull also said that Australia must retain sanctions on North Korea. [http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/there-have-been-many-false-dawns-malcolm-turnbull-urges-caution-on-talks-with-north-korea-20180310-p4z3r1.html (Canberra Times)]
- France–North Korea relations, France–United States relations
- French President Emmanuel Macron says that Trump should hold tough talks with North Korea. [http://www.firstpost.com/world/emmanuel-macron-urges-donald-trump-to-hold-tough-talks-with-north-korea-to-pave-way-for-denuclearisation-4384163.html (First Post)]
;Law and crime
- Yountville hostage crisis
- An Afghan War veteran and recently expelled resident takes an executive director and two psychologists into a room at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, California. Seven hours later, California Highway Patrol officers find all of them shot dead. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/yountville-veterans-home-shooting.html (The New York Times)]
- Crime in New York
- A Brooklyn federal court sentences Martin Shkreli to seven years in prison for securities fraud in his hedge fund and pharmaceutical companies. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison.html (CNBC)]
- Federal pardons in the United States
- U.S. President Donald Trump pardons Kristian Saucier, who had served a one-year sentence for unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-pardons-former-navy-sailor-convicted-of-retaining-submarine-pictures-in-case-that-drew-comparisons-to-clinton/2018/03/09/401eae26-23e2-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html (The Washington Post)]
;Politics and elections
- Politics of Mauritius
- Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is to resign over a financial scandal, where she was accused of using a charity bank card to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands of dollars. [https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1GL23H (Reuters)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43343550 (BBC)]
;Science and technology
- 2018 in spaceflight
- Arianespace launches mission VS18 from the Guiana Space Centre, a Soyuz rocket carrying a payload of four O3b communications satellites for SES. [https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/03/arianespace-soyuz-st-b-latest-o3b-launch/ (NASASpaceFlight.com)]
;Sports
- 2018 Winter Paralympics
- The opening ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Games in South Korea takes place. [https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/43342711 (BBC)]
- Figure skating in the United States
- American figure skating coach Richard Callaghan is suspended by the United States Center for SafeSport for alleged inappropriate sexual conduct with a 15-year-old pupil in 1985, first reported in 1999. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/figure-skating-coach-richard-callaghan-suspended-following-sex-misconduct-allegations/2018/03/09/66b0b91c-23ce-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html (The Washington Post)]
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