Portal:Current events/2014 March 28
March 28, 2014 (Friday)
Business and economy
- Russia announces that it will raise the price Ukraine pays for Russian natural gas by 80%. (Reuters)
- General Motors recalls 172,000 Chevrolet Cruzes, citing faulty front axle shafts. (CNN)
- Also recalled are Chevrolet Cobalts, Chevrolet HHRs, Saturn Ions, Saturn Skys, Pontiac G5s, and Pontiac Solstices from 2003 to 2011 due to faulty ignition switches. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- An Indian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules plane crashes near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, killing all five onboard. (NDTV)
International relations
- South Korea sends the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers that fought during the Korean War back to be buried in China as a gesture of friendship and healing between the two countries. (Yonhap News Agency)
- South Korea captures a North Korean fishing boat that had crossed into their waters amid rising tensions between the two neighboring countries. (CNN)
- Former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg is appointed to succeed Denmark's Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the next Secretary General of NATO. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Buddhist mobs in western Myanmar reportedly target foreign aid groups and workers in reaction to supposedly disrespectful treatment of a Buddhist flag. (CNN)
- A shooting occurs at a courthouse in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with one shooter dead and a police officer injured. (Associated Press)
Science
- The US Geological Survey records a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in the Los Angeles area of California. (RTÉ News)