Portal:Current events/2019 March 29
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March 29, 2019 (Friday)
Health and environment
- In the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, those infected by cholera jump to 139 confirmed cases in Mozambique. (The Washington Post) (CBS News)
Law and crime
- Same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands
- Cayman Islands legalises same-sex marriage after a judge rules that a law defining marriage as a relationship between a man and woman is unconstitutional. (The Independent)
Politics and elections
- Brexit negotiations
- UK Prime Minister Theresa May suffers another defeat of 286–344 on her Withdrawal Agreement. European Council President Donald Tusk schedules an emergency summit on April 10, two days before Brexit is scheduled to happen. (CNN)
- 2019 Algerian protests
- Algerians protest in the capital of Algiers against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in an effort to make him resign. It is estimated that tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands attended. (The New York Times) (BBC News) (Channel NewsAsia)