Portal:Current events/2015 March 3

Current events of March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) (Tuesday)

Business and economy Norwegian Air Shuttle will ground all passengers in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden as the result of an industrial dispute. The action leaves 35,000 people stranded. (Norway local) The Royal Bank of Scotland will fire 14,000 staff as they retreat from geographic positions in US and Asian markets. (The Guardian) Target Corporation, a major U.S. retail chain, announces cuts that will mean the loss of thousands of jobs, part of a revival plan adopted by CEO Brian Cornell. (press release) Disasters and accidents The Villarrica volcano explodes in southern Chile leading to the evacuation of 3,000 people. (Xinhua) International relations Assassination of Boris Nemtsov Russian authorities refuse entry into Russia at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport to a Latvian lawmaker and vice-chair of the biggest bloc in the EU, Sandra Kalniete. Having received no reasonable explanation for the ban, she flies back to Brussels. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Russia's authorities deny Poland's Senate speaker Bogdan Borusewicz entry into Russia for the funeral of slain Kremlin critic Nemtsov. (ABC News) North Korea lifts restrictions on entry into the country imposed ostensibly to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. (BBC) Law and crime Former CIA director and U.S. Army officer David Petraeus pleads guilty in federal court to a charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information. (Reuters vis MSN) A Turkish court orders President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to pay 10,000 lira ($4,000) in compensation for the mental anguish caused to artist Mehmet Aksoy for having called his sculpture Monument to Humanity — meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia — a "monstrosity" in 2011. (Fox News) China detains Jing Chunhua, a senior official from Hebei province of China, for investigation by the Communist Party's anti-graft agency for violating party discipline and breaking the law. Jing is the second provincial-ranked official from Hebei province to undergo investigation since the wider anti-corruption campaign began in 2013. (CRI) Same-sex marriage in Slovenia Slovenia becomes the 11th EU member state and the first post-communist state to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption of children by same-sex couples, after a parliamentary vote of 51–28. (Reuters) Politics and elections Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the United States Congress over the nuclear program of Iran. (BBC) (The New York Times) Myanmarese students on a march to Yangon to protest an academic bill defy a police order to disperse in Letpadan Township. (BBC) Norwegian Nobel Committee For the first time in its 114-year-old history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee (which awards the Nobel Peace Prize) replaces against his will its head, Thorbjørn Jagland. Kaci Kullmann Five succeeds Jagland who will still remain a member of the committee. (AFP via ABC) Science and technology An archaeological expedition claims to have found the legendary White City in northeastern Honduras, with artifacts that range in dates from the 11th to 14th century. (National Geographic)