Portal:Current events/2016 March 10

Current events of March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10) (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

• Two days of heavy rain in the American state of Louisiana has caused at least three deaths and caused more than a thousand people to evacuate their homes. (Fox News)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations
  • Venezuela recalls its chargé d'affaires from its Embassy in Washington, D.C. after U.S. President Barack Obama renewed a decree imposing sanctions on several top Venezuelan officials. (Reuters)
• North Korea fires two missiles into the sea and announces its intention to liquidate all remaining South Korean assets on its territory. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

• Former Russian Minister Mikhail Lesin was found by a American investigation to have died of blunt force injuries in Washington D.C. in November last year. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Three candidates are put forward to become President of Myanmar - Htin Kyaw and Sai Nyunt Lwin from the National League for Democracy and Khin Aung Myint from the military. (ABC News Australia)
• The Irish Dáil Éireann (parliament) fails to elect a new taoiseach (Prime Minister) with incumbent Enda Kenny carrying on as a caretaker. (BBC)