https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japan-jan-household-spending-logs-biggest-drop-35-months-2024-03-08/
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-top-legislators-safeguard-sovereignty-security-interests-2024-03-08/
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/07/asia/north-korea-artillery-exercise-seoul-threat-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
North Korea on Thursday showed off its long-range artillery systems, thousands of weapons that it could use to strike the South with little warning while causing tens of thousands of casualties, according to experts.
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Turkey,-minors-and-deaths-at-work:-13-in-2024,-671-in-11-years-60292.html
Data collected by İsig speak of 1932 'white deaths' last year, including 54 minors. For the current year, the double-digit figure has already been exceeded, with an upward trend compared to the past. The highest number of accidents in the summer season, when children are employed in the agricultural sector. The apprenticeship system Mesem of the Ministry of Education is in the crosshairs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68506356
In his speech to Congress, President Biden will say a temporary pier will transport supplies from ships to the shore.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/06/africa/senegal-presidential-election-date-int/index.html
Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled the country’s presidential election for March 24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/07/americas/haiti-port-terminal-violence-intl/index.html
A major port terminal in Haiti was broken into Thursday as violence in the country escalated after the government extended its state of emergency.
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Modi-back-in-Kashmir-five-years-after-ending-its-autonomy-60297.html
India's prime minister travelled to Srinagar for his first official visit since the territory, which is disputed with Pakistan, lost its special status in 2019. As union elections loom, Modi spoke about development projects, but said nothing about a return to local statehood.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/07/climate/louisiana-crawfish-disaster-us-climate/index.html
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration Wednesday for the state’s critical crawfish industry, as extreme weather disrupted this year’s harvest and triggered an industry-wide shortage of the crustaceans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ottawa-police-arrest-one-person-after-four-children-two-adults-found-dead-2024-03-07/
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