WORLD AGENDA
MARCH 2024

1 Mar 25, U.S.: Donald Trump will become the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial, indicted on 34 felony counts connected to hush- money payments made to a porn actress in the run-up to the 2016 election

2 Mar 10, Gaza Strip: Israel has warned it will launch an offensive in Rafah unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by the start of Ramadan on this day

3 Mar 10, Portugal: The ruling socialists remain on course to win a snap election called after Prime Minister António Costa was forced to step down in November amid a sprawling corruption probe

4  Mar 1, Iran: Voters cast their ballots for a new parliament and the Assembly of Experts,
a key body in charge of appointing the supreme leader. The election is the first since the 2022 crackdown on protests that followed the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

5 Mar 15-17, Russia: Vladimir Putin is expected to win his fifth term as president in elections that will extend his quarter- century rule and keep him in power until at least 2030

6 Mar 10, U.S.: With 13 nominations, Oppenheimer – about the scientist who helped develop the atomic bomb – leads the Oscars battle, closely followed by the fantasy drama, Poor Things and box office hit, Barbie

7 Mar 26-Jul 14, France: The Musée d’Orsay stages “Paris 1874. The Impressionist Moment” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition

8 Mar 18-27, UK:  A napkin on which 13-year-old Lionel Messi’s first contract with Barcelona was signed is auctioned in London, with a starting price of $380,000


Sources: NewsAhead, Julie Mullins
Pictures: Getty Images, Newscom
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