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***[[President of the United States|U.S. president]] [[Joe Biden]] announces building a temporary seaport in the [[Gaza strip]] for aid delivery. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/biden-us-port-gaza-aid-delivery (The Guardian)] [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-gaza-aid-port-construction-state-union-speech-2024-03-07/ (Reuters)] |
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*[[Myanmar civil war (2021-present)|Myanmar civil war]] |
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Revision as of 05:16, 8 March 2024
March 7, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- 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)
- Operation 1027
- Haitian crisis
- 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–United States relations
- 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)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- The Alliance of Sahel States, comprised of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, announces the creation of a joint force to combat jihadist groups in the three countries. (Africanews)
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
- Former Ukrainian Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Killing of the Wickramasinghe family
- Six people, including four children and their mother, with a man, a family friend are killed, and the father of a Sri Lankan family is injured in a mass stabbing at a home in the Barrhaven neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Febrio De-Zoysa, 19, a Algonquin College student is arrested. (CBOT-DT)
Politics and elections
- 2024 State of the Union Address
- U.S. president Joe Biden delivers the 2024 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. (NPR)