Portal:Current events/2023 March 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russia–United States relations
  • 2023 Black Sea drone incident
    • Russian Air Force Su-27 fighter jets "intercept and hit" a United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, with the collision damaging the drone's propeller and causing the United States to crash the drone into international waters. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least five people are killed and 11 others are injured, including Gedo governor Ahmed Bulle Gared, when a suicide car bomber drives into a guest house in Bardera, Jubaland, Somalia. (AFP via Barron's)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • Argentina's annual inflation rate increases to 102.5%, the highest recorded rate since 1991. (Reuters)
• Meta Platforms announces plans to cut 10,000 more jobs across its workforce, citing "higher interest rates in the United States, global geopolitical instability and increased regulation" as the reason for the layoffs. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Serasan landslide
  • The death toll from the landslide in Serasan, Indonesia, increases to 50 people. (CNN Indonesia)

Law and crime

• 2023 Imran Khan arrest protests
  • Protests occur in Pakistan over the possible arrest of PTI chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan. (livemint)
• Lithuania's Seimas votes to recognize Russian paramilitary force Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, citing the group's "numerous crimes" in Ukraine, including the killing and torturing of civilians. (RFE/RL)
• Ecuadorian lawmakers unanimously vote to declassify documents in continuing efforts to impeach President Guillermo Lasso for corruption. (Reuters)

International relations

• China–Honduras relations, Foreign relations of Taiwan
  • President Xiomara Castro announces that Honduras will stop recognizing Taiwan and will start recognizing the People's Republic of China as the sole Chinese state. (AP)
• Ecuador withdraws its ambassador from Argentina in protest at the latter sheltering Ecuadorian politician María de los Ángeles Duarte since 2020, refusing to give information of her whereabouts. Hours later, Argentina also withdraws its ambassador from Ecuador, escalating diplomatic tensions between the two nations. (Infobae)

Science and technology

• Timeline of artificial intelligence
  • OpenAI launches GPT-4, the next generation large language model for artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The new model can respond to images, and has the ability to process up to 25,000 words. (BBC News)