Portal:Current events/2023 March 19
March 19, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Central African Republic Civil War
- Nine Chinese nationals are killed and two others are injured when suspected rebels storm the Chinese-run Chimbolo gold mine in Ouaka, Central African Republic. (AP)
Business and economy
- Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS
- UBS Group AG, supported by the Swiss government, reaches a deal to merge with Credit Suisse as the latter faces imminent insolvency. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 19 people are killed and 25 others are injured when their bus falls into a ditch in Madaripur District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. (WION)
Health and environment
- Millions of tons of Sargassum inundate coastlines around the Caribbean. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, for the first time since the invasion began. (AP)
- 2023 Montenegrin presidential election
- Incumbent president Milo Đukanović wins the first round and will face Jakov Milatović in the runoff on 2 April. (Reuters)
- 2023 Kazakh legislative election