Monday 24 March 2025

Disasters

Twenty-two people are killed in a road accident in Gondola District, Manica, Mozambique.

Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland

Greenlandic prime minister Múte Bourup Egede says a planned visit to the island by senior American officials, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Second Lady Usha Vance, is "highly aggressive" and was designed to "demonstrate power over us".

Business

American genetic testing company 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces plans to sell its assets.

Impeachment of Han Duck-soo

The Constitutional Court of South Korea dismisses the impeachment motion of prime minister Han Duck-soo by the National Assembly of South Korea in a 7–1 vote.

2025 Turkish protests

Over 1,100 Turkish anti-government protesters have been detained since the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan accusing the demonstrations of being a "movement of violence".

Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ninety people are injured, including 17 children, in a Russian missile attack on a hospital, a school, and a residential area in Sumy, Ukraine.

Luhansk Oblast campaign

A Ukrainian artillery strike kills six people, including several journalists from Russia's Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda state media network in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The United States and Russia conclude talks focusing on a ceasefire for the Black Sea between Kyiv and Moscow.

United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis

British supermarket chain Morrisons announces that it will permanently close 52 cafés and 17 stores as part of cost-cutting measures, with the loss of at least 365 jobs expected.

United States government Signal group chat leak

A Signal group chat containing many of President Trump's cabinet, discussing several topics including potential strikes in Yemen, is discovered after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is accidentally added to it.

March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen

The U.S. military launches air raids across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen overnight, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others in the capital city Sanaa.

Crime & Justice

One man is killed and another person wounded in a combined ramming, stabbing, and shooting attack by an Israeli Arab assailant at a bus stop in Yokneam Illit, Israel.