Portal:Current events/2023 March 9

March 9, 2023 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

The Belgian government announces a ban on gambling advertising, citing an increase in gambling addiction. Beginning in 2028, gambling companies will also no longer be able to sponsor professional sports clubs. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed and at least 79 others are injured in a collision between a train and a bus transporting civil servants to work in Lagos, Nigeria. (BBC News)
The wreckage of a Cessna 206 that was reported missing on January 24 in Isabela, Philippines, is found in Divilacan, with all six people aboard confirmed dead. Retrieval operations are ongoing. (Manila Bulletin)
Three people are killed when a mine tunnel collapses in Catalonia, Spain. (AP)
Fourteen people are killed and 54 others are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the Tunisian coast. (AP)

Law and crime

2023 Hamburg shooting
- Six people and an unborn baby are killed, and eight others are injured, in a mass shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses centre in Hamburg, Germany. The perpetrator kills himself after the shooting. (The Guardian)
2023 Georgian protests
- Georgia's ruling party announces that it will withdraw a controversial bill concerning foreign agents which had prompted days of protests across the country. (MSN)
2023 Matamoros kidnappings
- Mexico's Gulf Cartel surrenders five purported perpetrators of last weekend's kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and offers an apology to the victims, their families, and society in general. (BBC News)
LGBT rights in Uganda
- The parliament of Uganda begins debate on a proposed bill that would criminalize people identifying as part of the LGBTQ community with up to 10 years in prison. The bill would also criminalize the "promotion" of homosexuality and "abetting" or "conspiring" to engage in same-sex relations. (Reuters)
Capital punishment in Belarus
- President Alexander Lukashenko signs a bill into law which allows the use of the death penalty on officials and military servicemen convicted of high treason.(CNA)

Politics and elections