Portal:Current events/2018 March 22
March 22, 2018 (Thursday)
Armed attacks and conflicts
- Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast. (AP via MSN.com)
- Atlanta, Georgia powergrid destroyed by Russian cyberattack. (WRBL)
Business and economy
- Economic policy of Donald Trump
- US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer tells a Senate panel that President Trump has decided to "pause" tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea. (BBC)
- China–United States relations
- President Trump imposes tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese goods, while also limiting China’s ability to invest in the U.S. technology industry. (The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Unipetrol explosion
- Six people are dead after an explosion at a Unipetrol plant in Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic. (BBC)
- History of autonomous cars
Law and crime
- Murder of Maria Ladenburger
- Afghan immigrant Hussein Khavari is convicted of rape and murder in a case that provoked widespread discussion of refugee immigration to Germany. (BBC)
- Ukrainian crisis
- Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko is arrested in Parliament over an alleged plot to attack Parliament and overthrow the government. (BBC)
- Alleged Libyan influence in the 2007 French elections
- In a statement to French investigating magistrates, ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy refutes corruption charges relating to alleged receipt of funding from the then President of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, in 2007. (The Telegraph)
Politics and elections
- Protests against Emmanuel Macron
- People in 150 places across France take to the streets peacefully in a general strike to protest President Macron's economic reforms. Railways, airways, schools and power generation are affected. (Reuters)
- Cyprus dispute
- Turkey announces it is to send a drilling boat to disputed waters claimed by both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. (The Guardian)
- Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
- Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, wounded when he came to the aid of the poisoned Russian dissidents, is discharged from hospital. (BBC)
- UK Prime Minister Theresa May calls the incident "part of a pattern of Russian aggression against Europe" and promises to raise the matter at an upcoming European Union summit. (BBC)
- An inquest is opened into the death of murdered Russian exiled dissident Nikolai Glushkov in London. (The Independent)
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- John Dowd, the most senior lawyer advising U.S. President Donald Trump on allegations of Russian electoral interference, resigns. (BBC) (CNN)