Two policemen are killed and 12 more people are injured during a mass shooting by two Islamic State gunmen at a bus stop in Hadera, Haifa District, Israel. The attackers are shot dead.
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March 27, 2022 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
CODA star Troy Kotsur wins Best Supporting Actor, becoming the first deaf male actor to win an Academy Award.
Dune wins the most awards in six, mostly untelevised categories.
West Side Story star Ariana DeBose wins Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first queer woman of colour to win an Academy Award
Will Smith wins Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in King Richard, while Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress for her portrayal of Tammy Faye Messner in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Disasters and accidents
Ukrainian Human Rights commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova warns that around 10,000 hectares of forest fires are currently burning near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Health and environment
Shanghai imposes a lockdown in the Pudong area and other parts of the city. Additionally, areas near the Huangpu River will undergo four days of COVID-19 testing beginning tomorrow.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces that Hong Kong will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations at home for elderly people in the coming weeks in order to increase the vaccination rate.
International relations
Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia announces that in-person ceasefire talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations will occur in Turkey. The talks are expected to occur from March 28 to March 30.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the U.S. and their Gulf allies will deter Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, regardless if a deal to revive the 2015 agreement has been reached or not.
Law and crime
El Salvador declares a state of emergency after 62 people were murdered in the country yesterday, making it the most violent 24-hour period since the end of the civil war in 1992.
Russian artist Yevgenia Isayeva douses herself in fake blood during an anti-war protest in Saint Petersburg. She is later detained by police.
Politics and elections
A referendum is held in Uruguay on whether to repeal the Urgent Consideration Law, which gives the government more power to dismantle protests and increased security measures after record high crime rates in Uruguay in 2017.
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