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**The [[European Parliament]] votes to strip [[Carles Puigdemont]], [[Toni Comín]] and [[Clara Ponsatí]]'s parliamentary immunity, allowing Spanish prosecutors to [[extradite]] them to Spain and prosecute them for [[sedition]] and [[embezzlement]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/09/eu-parliament-strips-carles-puigdemont-and-two-other-catalans-of-immunity (The Guardian)] |
**The [[European Parliament]] votes to strip [[Carles Puigdemont]], [[Toni Comín]] and [[Clara Ponsatí]]'s parliamentary immunity, allowing Spanish prosecutors to [[extradite]] them to Spain and prosecute them for [[sedition]] and [[embezzlement]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/09/eu-parliament-strips-carles-puigdemont-and-two-other-catalans-of-immunity (The Guardian)] |
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*Spanish [[Núria Calduch]] becomes the first female Secretary of the [[Pontifical Biblical Commission]] named by [[Pope Francis]]. [https://www.catalunyareligio.cat/ca/papa-nomena-nuria-calduch-primera-secretaria-comissio-biblica (''Catalunya Religió'')] |
*Spanish [[Núria Calduch]] becomes the first female Secretary of the [[Pontifical Biblical Commission]] named by [[Pope Francis]]. [https://www.catalunyareligio.cat/ca/papa-nomena-nuria-calduch-primera-secretaria-comissio-biblica (''Catalunya Religió'')] |
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**The [[China National Space Administration]] and [[Roscosmos]] sign a [[memorandum of understanding]] to establish a joint lunar [[space station]]. Roscosmos Director General [[Dmitry Rogozin]] says the space station will be a "complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface or in the orbit of the [[Moon]]", and will be available for use by "international partners". [https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210309-russia-and-china-agree-to-build-joint-moon-space-station (France 24)] |
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Revision as of 23:33, 9 March 2021
March 9, 2021 (Tuesday)
Disasters and accidents
- European migrant crisis
- At least 39 people are dead while 165 others are rescued when two boats sank off Tunisia while trying to reach Lampedusa, Italy. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
- Prime Minister Hun Sen orders temporary closure of the country's civil institutions and reduces its on-site employees by 90% for at least a week, with the exception of military and health workers amid rise of COVID-19 cases. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority approves the emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Philippines surpasses 600,000 total COVID-19 cases. (ABS-CBN News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia
- Estonian government approves a new measures to lockdown the entire country from March 11 until April 11 amid the spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2, which means that non-essential shops will be close, primary schools will shifted to remote learning and groups more than two people will be banned. (ERR)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
- Italian president Sergio Mattarella gets the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (Il Messaggero)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia
- Prime Minister Zoran Zaev confirms that government will impose a nationwide curfew from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am local time from tomorrow until March 22 and mandatory 14-day quarantine for all travellers from Africa to curb the spread of COVID-19. (N1)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan
- Sudan begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 starting with medical workers. (Al-Arabiya English)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
- Tunisia receives the first major delivery of 30,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine. (Africanews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe grants the emergency use authorisation for four COVID-19 vaccines, including China's Coronavac and BBIBP-CorV, Russia's Sputnik V, and India's Covaxin. (News24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- United States–Venezuela relations, Immigration policy of the Joe Biden administration
- The Biden administration grants temporary protected status (TPS) to Venezuelans living in the United States. The decision will allow thousands of Venezuelan migrants to stay and work legally in the U.S., and will remain in effect for 18 months. (BBC)
- 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- Myanmar recalls its Ambassador to the United Kingdom Kyaw Zwar Minn after he publicly called for the release of jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
- The European Parliament votes to strip Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí's parliamentary immunity, allowing Spanish prosecutors to extradite them to Spain and prosecute them for sedition and embezzlement. (The Guardian)
- Spanish Núria Calduch becomes the first female Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission named by Pope Francis. (Catalunya Religió)
Science and technology
- Exploration of the Moon
- The China National Space Administration and Roscosmos sign a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint lunar space station. Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin says the space station will be a "complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface or in the orbit of the Moon", and will be available for use by "international partners". (France 24)