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**[[Government of the State of Washington|Washington Governor]] [[Jay Inslee]] announces he will join the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] primaries in 2020 and cites [[Climate change mitigation|fighting climate change]] as a reason. [http://time.com/5539302/jay-inslee-climate-change/ (''Time'')] [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/jay-inslee-2020.html (''The New York Times'')] |
**[[Government of the State of Washington|Washington Governor]] [[Jay Inslee]] announces he will join the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] primaries in 2020 and cites [[Climate change mitigation|fighting climate change]] as a reason. [http://time.com/5539302/jay-inslee-climate-change/ (''Time'')] [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/jay-inslee-2020.html (''The New York Times'')] |
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*[[SpaceX]]'s Crew Dragon capsule will make its debut when it launches atop a [[Falcon 9 rocket|Falcon 9]] from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] early on Saturday. [https://www.foxnews.com/science/spacexs-crew-dragon-capsule-set-for-historic-test-flight (Fox News)] |
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Revision as of 06:08, 2 March 2019
March 1, 2019 (Friday)
Business and economy
- Amazon announces plans to open dozens of proprietary grocery stores in several major U.S. cities. (The Wall Street Journal) (Fortune)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus overturns on the Qom–Tehran Highway in Iran, killing eight people (including the driver) and injuring more than thirty others. Officials claim the driver fell asleep. (France 24)
- A Russian cargo ship collides with a motorway bridge in the city of Busan, South Korea. The captain is reported to be drunk. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque tells the United Nations Security Council that his country will no longer accept Rohingya refugees fleeing violence across the border in Rakhine State, and accuses Myanmar of "hollow promises" regarding repatriation. (BBC)
- South Korea–United States relations
- The United States Armed Forces is preparing to announce that annual large-scale joint exercises conducted with South Korea every spring will no longer be held. (NBC News)
- North Korea–Vietnam relations
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un kicks off an official visit to Vietnam, three days after arriving in the country for a nuclear summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended in deadlock. (The Straits Times)
- 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
- The Trump administration announced Friday it is revoking the visas of 49 Maduro-aligned officials and their families and sanctioning several top military and security officials, part of a major U.S. campaign to push contested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. (Fox News)
Politics and elections
- 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- Washington Governor Jay Inslee announces he will join the Democratic Party primaries in 2020 and cites fighting climate change as a reason. (Time) (The New York Times)