Portal:Current events/2014 March 28

Current events of March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) (Friday)

Business and economy

• Russia announces that it will raise the price Ukraine pays for Russian natural gas by 80%. (Reuters)
• General Motors recalls 172,000 Chevrolet Cruzes, citing faulty front axle shafts. (CNN)
  • Also recalled are Chevrolet Cobalts, Chevrolet HHRs, Saturn Ions, Saturn Skys, Pontiac G5s, and Pontiac Solstices from 2003 to 2011 due to faulty ignition switches. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• An Indian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules plane crashes near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, killing all five onboard. (NDTV)

International relations

• South Korea sends the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers that fought during the Korean War back to be buried in China as a gesture of friendship and healing between the two countries. (Yonhap News Agency)
• South Korea captures a North Korean fishing boat that had crossed into their waters amid rising tensions between the two neighboring countries. (CNN)
• Former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg is appointed to succeed Denmark's Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the next Secretary General of NATO. (BBC)

Law and crime

• Buddhist mobs in western Myanmar reportedly target foreign aid groups and workers in reaction to supposedly disrespectful treatment of a Buddhist flag. (CNN)
• A shooting occurs at a courthouse in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with one shooter dead and a police officer injured. (Associated Press)