Portal:Current events/2016 February 28

February 28, 2016 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

Vorkuta mine explosion
- Thirty-six people are believed to have died at a coal mine where a methane gas ignition triggered three explosions and the collapse of the mine in Vorkuta, Russia. (NDTV)

Law and crime

2016 Thane stabbing
- A man fatally stabs 14 family members before taking his own life in the Indian city of Thane. (India Today)
A Virginia police officer is killed during her first day on the job (and another two are wounded) in a domestic related shooting in Lake Ridge, Virginia. (CNN)
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
- Cardinal George Pell, the third most senior person in the Roman Catholic Church, gives evidence to the Royal Commission in Rome dealing with his time as a priest in the Australian cities of Ballarat and Melbourne. (News Limited)

Politics and elections

South Korean opposition lawmakers' anti-terrorism bill filibuster, which stops all other legislative business, extends its world record to 115 hours Sunday afternoon, easily besting Canada's 58-hour session in 2011. The major issue is giving South Korea's intelligence agency powers to monitor private communications. This parliamentary session is set to end March 11, with elections on April 13. (Reuters)
Swiss referendums, 2016
- Swiss citizens vote on four referenda, including one, proposed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, that would automatically expel foreigners who commit two minor crimes. Current law calls for deportation of non-citizens convicted of murder or sexual violence. (BBC) (AFP via The Guardian)
2016 United States presidential election
- Tulsi Gabbard resigns as vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee and endorses Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. (Reuters)

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