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-R)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="33be">Wednesday, 29 March 2023…</h1><h2 id="adfa">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="297e">ELN militants launch homemade mortar shells at a military base in El Carmen, Norte de Santander, Colombia, killing nine soldiers and wounding nine others.</p><div id="c6b5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/militants-kill-9-soldiers-attack-colombias-military-98205348"> <div> <div> <h2>Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack on Colombia's military</h2> <div><h3>BOGOTA, Colombia -- Militants in Colombia killed at least nine soldiers and injured another nine in an attack early…</h3></div> <div><p>abcnews.go.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*ebwxkgDjAH6QbpHM)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c933">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="2d05">Myanmar’s ruling military junta dissolves the National League for Democracy, the political party of former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.</p><div id="c013" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230329_04/"> <div> <div> <h2>Myanmar's military dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD party | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News</h2> <div><h3>Myanmar's military-appointed election commission has announced that the political party led by Aung San Suu Kyi will be…</h3></div> <div><p>www3.nhk.or.jp</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*4dbnPZp_mXM8vtkB)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="efbc">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="0096">President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the government’s cabinet amidst rising prices and shortages of food, due to the harsh economic situation of the country, worsened by February’s earthquake.</p><div id="03bf" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/29/syria-government-assad-reshuffle-economic-crisis/86d7f3c2-ce0a-11ed-8907-156f0390d081_story.html"> <div> <div> <h2>Assad reshuffles Syria's Cabinet amid harsh economic crisis</h2> <div><h3>DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad replaced several Cabinet ministers Wednesday amid a sharp increase in…</h3></div> <div><p>www.washingtonpost.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*232SmTfZXuOZW30y)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="9641">Tuesday, 28 March 2023…</h1><h2 id="3326">Disasters and Accidents…</h2><p id="0750">Central and South American detainees at a migrant center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, deliberately set fire to their mattresses, killing at least 39 people and injuring 29 others.</p><div id="2bcb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-fire-migrant-facility-dead-eea0b6efafd77f9868ef27ed1cf572b3"> <div> <div> <h2>Reports: Dozens feared dead at migrant facility in Mexico</h2> <div><h3>MEXICO CITY (AP) - Local media reports in Mexico say a fire killed dozens of people at a migrant facility in Cuidad…</h3></div> <div><p>apnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*DG1YUL2KEe18iGwm)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="06c6">International Relations…</h2><p id="c98b">President Bongbong Marcos announces that the country will cut ties with the International Criminal Court due to the ICC’s refusal to suspend its investigation of alleged crimes committed by the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte during the war on drugs in the country.</p><div id="ac56" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/philippines-to-cut-contact-with-international-criminal-court-1.1901291"> <div> <div> <h2>Philippines to Cut Contact With International Criminal Court - BNN Bloomberg</h2> <div><h3>(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines will cut contact with the International Criminal Court after it denied the government's…</h3></div> <div><p>www.bnnbloomberg.ca</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SF5jfRAAJHHROkkj)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="5e89">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="db7a">The Scottish Parliament votes to elect Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf as First Minister of Scotland, becoming the first person of color and Muslim to hold the position since its establishment in 1999.</p><div id="b678" class="link-block"> <a href="https://news.stv.tv/scotland/humza-yousaf-becomes-scotlands-sixth-first-minister-after-majority-vote-at-scottish-parliament"> <div> <div> <h2>Humza Yousaf elected First Minister of Scotland after Holyrood vote</h2> <div><h3>Humza Yousaf has been voted in as First Minister of Scotland with help from Green MSPs. Labour, Tory and LibDem leaders…</h3></div> <div><p>news.stv.tv</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*rvwZSFmfyIjhqitd)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="c1ab">Monday, 27 March 2023…</h1><h2 id="b363">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="e54e">The head of the Blagodarnensky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, announces the death of Dmitry Lissitzky, commander of a battalion of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment who participated in the 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk. Ukraine says that he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say that he committed suicide.</p><div id="646a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/03/27/umer-rossiiskii-komandir-dmitrii-lisitskii-ego-nazyvaiut-odnim-iz-organizatorov-ilovaiskogo-kotla-na-vostoke-ukrainy-v-2014-godu-news"> <div> <div> <h2>Умер российский командир Дмитрий Лисицкий. Его называют одним из организаторов "Иловайского котла"…</h2> <div><h3>"Огромная утрата для Ставрополья. Дмитрий Лисицкий за время службы не раз принимал участие в боевых операциях, проявляя…</h3></div> <div><p>novayagazeta.eu</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*nx1ssdwyzl-rR6Rk)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="5970">Disasters and Accidents…</h2><p id="bcf5">At least 16 people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.</p><div id="c5b3" class="link-block"> <a href="http

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s://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65088388"> <div> <div> <h2>Ecuador landslide: More than a dozen killed in Alausí</h2> <div><h3>Rescue teams are combing the mud for families whose homes were buried in the landslide.</h3></div> <div><p>www.bbc.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*4AwzdPC3TAPcYC6o)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="876b">International Relations…</h2><p id="88bf">Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou becomes the first Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, meeting with China’s Taiwan Affairs Office deputy chair Chen Yuanfeng in Shanghai. Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party criticized this visit as “endorsing” China’s position on Taiwan.</p><div id="42d7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/former-taiwan-leader-arrives-in-china-first-such-trip-in-decades"> <div> <div> <h2>Ex-Taiwan leader visits China, first such trip since civil war</h2> <div><h3>Taiwan's ex-President Ma Ying-jeou has become the first sitting or former Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China…</h3></div> <div><p>www.aljazeera.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*KmXNFFEJ37roeARM)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="df0f">Sunday, 26 March 2023…</h1><h2 id="09e9">Disasters and Accidents…</h2><p id="c961">At least 19 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when their boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia.</p><div id="066e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230326-at-least-19-african-migrants-killed-in-latest-migrant-boast-disaster-off-tunisia"> <div> <div> <h2>At least 19 African migrants killed in latest boast disaster off Tunisia</h2> <div><h3>At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the…</h3></div> <div><p>www.france24.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*TgbMwZuFyL9Jr-q5)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="1667">International Relations…</h2><p id="f03b">Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of “China” from the Republic of China to the People’s Republic of China.</p><div id="e2fd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/honduras-government-says-ending-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-2023-03-26/"> <div> <div> <h2>Honduras ends decades-long diplomatic ties with Taiwan</h2> <div><h3>TEGUCIGALPA/TAIPEI, March 25 (Reuters) - Honduras said on Saturday it was ending its decades-long diplomatic relations…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*eZVEjtsimZJsACVj)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="9aa6">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="2018">Cubans head to the polls to elect members of the National Assembly of People’s Power. Voters in each constituency are restricted to either approving or rejecting the single candidate approved by the Communist Party.</p><div id="e8cb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/cuba-holds-stacked-election-amid-120000306.html"> <div> <div> <h2>Cuba Holds a Stacked Election Amid the Biggest Population Exodus Since the Revolution</h2> <div><h3>(Bloomberg) -- Cuba is holding elections Sunday to pick lawmakers at a time when the ruling communist party is…</h3></div> <div><p>news.yahoo.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*rcK5972_BycwX5vG)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="f413">Previously…</h1><div id="eaeb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxv-ae8a3dd64314"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXV</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 19 March to Saturday, 25 March 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*73DcAAwEuoFKu7vT)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="e9d4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxiii-4c659f00e885"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXIV</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 12 March to Saturday, 18 March 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*xpm6ObnMds1gio7U.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="708c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxii-df1b377038f"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXIII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 5 March to Saturday, 11 March 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*SRE-29iMWFd0n9AorgpNTw.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="1ab1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxii-8f44cfb8a010"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 26 Feb. to Saturday, 4 March 2023</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*cd3Ps-mWjruFOiiN.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="b1d4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxxi-85225680b90c"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXXI</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 13 Nov. to Saturday, 19 Nov. 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*WrD1viNE2vojDuYv.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A WEEK IN BRIEF

A Week in Brief: Volume XXXVI

A Week in Brief: Sunday, 26 March to Saturday, 1 April 2023

Myanmar’s ruling military junta dissolves the National League for Democracy, the political party of former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Saturday, 1 April 2023…

Disasters and Accidents…

Destructive tornado, causing significant widespread damage, strikes Little Rock.

Hospitality & Tourism…

A critical incident has been declared at Dover, as coach passengers face hours-long delays caused by long border processing times and bad weather.

Law and Crime…

Former United States President Donald J. Trump and Stephanie G. “Stormy Daniels” Clifford Stormy Daniels, after indictment, cash in on merchandise opportunities.

Friday, 31 March 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Pirates kidnap some crew members of a Danish-owned ship which they later abandon near São Tomé and Príncipe.

Disasters and Accidents…

At least 35 people are killed and 18 others injured after a stepwell collapses during prayers at a Hindu temple in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Thursday, 30 March 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Eight people are killed by a bombing in a village in Chin State, Myanmar.

Health and Environment…

New Zealand records its first case of rabies in a human. A patient who had been in hospital since early March died from the disease, which did not spread further.

Law and Crime…

A grand jury in Manhattan, New York City, indicts former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding a hush payment he made while he was a candidate in 2016.

Wednesday, 29 March 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

ELN militants launch homemade mortar shells at a military base in El Carmen, Norte de Santander, Colombia, killing nine soldiers and wounding nine others.

Law and Crime…

Myanmar’s ruling military junta dissolves the National League for Democracy, the political party of former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Politics and Elections…

President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the government’s cabinet amidst rising prices and shortages of food, due to the harsh economic situation of the country, worsened by February’s earthquake.

Tuesday, 28 March 2023…

Disasters and Accidents…

Central and South American detainees at a migrant center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, deliberately set fire to their mattresses, killing at least 39 people and injuring 29 others.

International Relations…

President Bongbong Marcos announces that the country will cut ties with the International Criminal Court due to the ICC’s refusal to suspend its investigation of alleged crimes committed by the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte during the war on drugs in the country.

Politics and Elections…

The Scottish Parliament votes to elect Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf as First Minister of Scotland, becoming the first person of color and Muslim to hold the position since its establishment in 1999.

Monday, 27 March 2023…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

The head of the Blagodarnensky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, announces the death of Dmitry Lissitzky, commander of a battalion of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment who participated in the 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk. Ukraine says that he was killed in battle while pro-Russian sources say that he committed suicide.

Disasters and Accidents…

At least 16 people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.

International Relations…

Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou becomes the first Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, meeting with China’s Taiwan Affairs Office deputy chair Chen Yuanfeng in Shanghai. Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party criticized this visit as “endorsing” China’s position on Taiwan.

Sunday, 26 March 2023…

Disasters and Accidents…

At least 19 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when their boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia.

International Relations…

Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of “China” from the Republic of China to the People’s Republic of China.

Politics and Elections…

Cubans head to the polls to elect members of the National Assembly of People’s Power. Voters in each constituency are restricted to either approving or rejecting the single candidate approved by the Communist Party.

Previously…

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