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Portal:Current events/2022 March 24

March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24) (Thursday)

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Health and environment

International relations

  • Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia–Ukraine relations
      • Ukrainian Presidential Administration head Andriy Yermak says that progress has been made in ongoing talks between Russia and Ukraine, and expresses a "cautious optimism" that a ceasefire could be reached to end the war. (Axios)
    • Belarus–Ukraine relations
      • In retaliation for Belarus's expulsion of Ukrainian diplomatic staff yesterday, Ukraine orders a reduction of Belarusian staff in Ukraine to only five diplomats and also orders the closure of the Belarusian consulate in Lviv. (Interfax-Ukraine)
    • Belarus's bid to join the World Trade Organisation is blocked by a group of mostly Western countries. (Reuters)
  • 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
    • North Korea–South Korea relations
      • The South Korean military says that it has conducted multiple missile drills in response to North Korea launching a missile. (The Independent)
    • North Korea is suspected of testing an ICBM for the first time since November 2017, when they tested the Hwasong-15. The missile, which is said to be capable of reaching Guam, was launched towards the Sea of Japan. (NPR)
    • White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki condemns the North Korean missile launch. (Korea Herald)
  • Foreign relations of Mali
    • The UEMOA court orders sanctions against Mali to be suspended. The sanctions were imposed on the junta in January after elections were delayed. (Reuters)

Law and crime

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