Portal:Current events/2024 March 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia says that two civilians have been killed by Ukrainian shelling in the city of Belgorod. (AP)

Law and crime

• Storming of the Legislative Council Complex
  • A court in Hong Kong sentences 12 people, including actor Gregory Wong and activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow, to prison terms ranging from four to seven years in prison for storming the Legislative Council Complex in July 2019. (Reuters)
• Three people are fatally shot in Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States with the gunman fleeing to Trenton, New Jersey by commandeering a car to his house. A standoff involving several hostages ends with the gunman's arrest. (NBC News) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election
  • Vaughan Gething is elected leader of Welsh Labour with 51.7% of the vote, making him the first Black First Minister of Wales upon taking office. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, is completed. (NHK)