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Portal:Current events/2017 March 10
March 10, 2017
(
2017-03-10
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
A
Saudi-led coalition
airstrike on a market in
Al Hudaydah Governorate
,
Yemen
, kills at least 20 civilians and six
Houthi
militants.
(AFP via
Daily Mail
)
Disasters and accidents
A helicopter crashes in
Istanbul
's
Büyükçekmece
district, killing at least seven people.
(
Daily Sabah
)
2017 Guatemala orphanage fire
The death toll at the fire at an orphanage in
San José Pinula
,
Guatemala
, rises to at least 35 children.
(Reuters)
International relations
Pope Francis
donates 100,000
euros
for the poor of
Aleppo
.
(Reuters)
Stephen O'Brien
, head of the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
, reports that the world is experiencing its most severe
humanitarian crisis
since
World War II
, with over 20 million people suffering from severe lack of
food security
in
Yemen
,
South Sudan
,
Somalia
, and Northeast
Nigeria
.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
South Korea
's
Constitutional Court
upholds the impeachment of
President
Park Geun-hye
, removing her from office.
Hwang Kyo-ahn
assumes powers as Acting President.
(Reuters)
Subsequent riots in
Seoul
kill at least three people.
(CNN)
2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys
United States Attorney General
Jeff Sessions
requests the resignations of 46
Barack Obama
-era
chief federal prosecutors
, including
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Preet Bharara
, who was previously told to stay on by then
President-elect
Donald Trump
in November.
(Reuters)
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