Portal:Current events/2017 March 28

Current events of March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) (Tuesday)

Disasters and accidents

• Cyclone Debbie
  • A Category 4 severe tropical cyclone travels over the Whitsunday Islands and crosses the coast of Queensland, Australia, near the town of Airlie Beach. (ABC)

International relations

• Georgia–European Union relations
  • Georgia's visa-free regime, which allows travel to most member states of the European Union, with the exception of Ireland and the United Kingdom, enters into force. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Law and crime

• The bodies of US citizen Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan are found dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
  • Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament vote in favor of holding a second independence referendum for the country within two years. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• In association football, the Argentina forward Lionel Messi is banned for four matches, five and a half hours before his team's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bolivia kicks off. (BBC)