Nigeria: 287 pupils are kidnapped by gunmen when they raid a school.
The headmaster told authorities that this was the nation's second major kidnapping in less than a week. Gunmen broke into a school in the northwest of the country on Thursday, March 7, and took at least 287 people hostage.
Russia-Ukraine war: attack in Donetsk, Russia-held, killing at least 27 people in a famous market
At least 27 people were killed on Sunday when artillery shells, shattered stores, shattered glass, and human deaths hit a district of Russian-occupied Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine.
The UK fails another round of nuclear missile tests.
Last month, a nuclear missile called Trident misfired and fell into the ocean close to the submarine that fired it, causing great humiliation for the UK Royal Navy. This was not the first time a Trident nuclear missile had failed; this test firing was carried out off the coast of Florida.
"Systematic torture": In an Israeli jail, being a Palestinian
Israel increased the number of arrests it made in the occupied West Bank and the abuse of its overcrowded jail system. Former Palestinian inmates describe how Israeli jail guards routinely mistreated them, forcing them to kneel, depriving them of necessities, and torturing them. Concerning trends are shown in the growing number of Palestinian inmates, including women and children. The Palestine Prisoners' Society draws attention to the extent of mistreatment and dehumanization committed by Israeli security personnel, who even brag about their acts in video footage that Israeli TV's Channel 13 broadcasts, exposing appalling circumstances within the jails. Families of inmates suffer because of this; some of them never make it out alive. The anguish that the families of deceased Palestinians go through is made worse by Israeli authorities' refusal to release their bodies.
Former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, was released.
After hospitalization, Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, was granted parole. An uncertain return to public life could spark protests. Though others believe Thaksin hasn't paid his fair share of taxes and fear his homecoming will spark new demonstrations, his followers have remained neutral. In the previous election, Perth Thai, Thaksin's winning party, was threatened by an unknown party that promised reform.
Furious Sun unleashes enormous solar flare; most significant flare hits Earth in ten years.
The Sun's unpredictable activity peaked late Tuesday when the giant sunspot AR3664 emitted a gigantic solar flare, the most powerful explosion of this solar cycle. Stay tuned for further details!
At least 21 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike on a designated 'safe zone' in al-Mawasi.
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah claim there are no "safe" zones in the whole Gaza Strip. An Israeli airstrike on a camp in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, killed at least 21 individuals. It occurred less than 48 hours after an incident in Rafah that killed 45 people on Sunday.
Singaporean workers can now request more work-from-home days and 4-day work weeks. They can also have flexible work schedules and spaced-out work hours at the end of the year. The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices has released this new guideline.
The billionaire's passing brought attention to Tesla's gears.
The terrible incident involving millionaire Angela Chao, who lost her life when her SUV inadvertently entered reverse and backed into a pond on her Texas estate, has brought back complaints over Tesla vehicles' reverse gear. See more by watching the video.
The United States is to send $1 billion in fresh military aid to Israel, according to reports.
According to media reports, the Biden administration has informed Congress that it intends to give a $1 billion package of military aid to Israel, despite the US' objections to a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza and worries over mounting civilian casualties. According to Reuters, the US Department of State sent the package to Congress for consideration on Tuesday, citing two anonymous US officials. According to congressional aides, the package, which has yet to be approved, contains approximately $700 million in tank ammo, $500 million in tactical vehicles, and $60 million in mortar rounds. The request for approval for the transfer of lethal weapons comes a week after President Joe Biden halted a single shipment of bombs due to concerns about Israel's offensive in Rafah, in Gaza's southernmost tip, from which the UN estimates that nearly half a million people have fled.
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