Portal:Current events/2024 March 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Russian Navy patrol ship Sergey Kotov is sunk in the Black Sea after being struck by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 naval drones. (The Guardian)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • Four Philippine Coast Guard sailors are injured in contested waters when watercannons are deployed by the Chinese Coast Guard. The vessels were escorting a resupply convoy to a Philippine outpost in disputed territory at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, claimed by several nations. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Turbo Lance II crash
  • Five people, with 3 children including pilot killed in a plane crash on Interstate 40 near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (CBC)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Sweden–NATO relations
    • Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signs a bill formally authorizing the Foreign Ministry to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine
    • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Sergey Kobylash, the commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, for their involvement in Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure. (Reuters)
• An appeals court in Montenegro overturns a decision to extradite South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon to the United States on fraud charges. Kwon was arrested in March 2023 in Montenegro. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Super Tuesday
    • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. (ABC News)
    • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. (ABC News)
    • U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump win their respective contests on Super Tuesday with one-third of the delegates. Former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley wins the Vermont primary, securing her first statewide victory in the Republican parties. Jason Palmer wins the American Samoa Democratic Presidential caucus. (The Washington Post)

Science and technology

• Meta Platforms experiences a large-scale outage of most of its services, including Facebook and Instagram. Isolated outages are also reported by users of Google, X, and Microsoft Teams. (The Guardian)