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Portal:Current events/2022 March 20

March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

  • Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Disasters and accidents

  • At least five people are dead and dozens more missing after a ferry collides with a vessel and sinks in Bangladesh. (Reuters)
  • Five people die after a fishing boat is hit by a rogue wave off the North Cape, New Zealand. (Stuff)
  • A mine collapse in Özgön near the Osh Region in Kyrgyzstan kills three people. (AKIPress)

International relations

  • Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Russia–Ukraine relations
        • Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says that Russia and Ukraine are nearing an agreement on certain peace issues in an effort to end the war. (Reuters)
      • According to the Daily Express tabloid, a BBC correspondent says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “finally agreed” to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Wales Online)
      • Zelenskyy says that he is ready to meet with Putin. (CNN)
    • France–Russia relations
      • France ends all attempts to negotiate with Russia and freezes financial assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation worth 22 billion. France also freezes properties owned by Russian oligarchs worth €150 million. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
    • South Korea claims that North Korea fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher into the sea. (AP) (Reuters)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

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