Editing 2023 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 2]] – The [[National Assembly of Vietnam]] declares [[Võ Văn Thưởng]] as the country's new president after receiving 98.38% votes from the Vietnamese parliament.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vu |first1=Khanh |last2=Guarascio |first2=Francesco |date=2023-03-02 |title=Vietnam parliament elects Vo Van Thuong as new state president |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-parliament-elects-vo-van-thuong-new-state-president-2023-03-02/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302201335/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-parliament-elects-vo-van-thuong-new-state-president-2023-03-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 4]] 
** UN member states agree on a legal framework for the [[High Seas Treaty]], which aims to protect 30% of the world's [[ocean]]s by 2030.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64815782 |date=5 March 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305084347/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64815782 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un |date=5 March 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305085854/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Kivu conflict]]: [[Burundi]] deploys 100 [[National Defence Force (Burundi)|troops]] to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] to help fight [[insurgencies]] by [[militia]]s, including [[March 23 Movement|M23]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-04 |title=Burundi to deploy 100 soldiers to eastern DR Congo |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/burundi-to-deploy-troops-to-east-drc-4145612 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The East African |language=en |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425060046/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/burundi-to-deploy-troops-to-east-drc-4145612 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – The [[2023 Estonian parliamentary election]] is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4023/ |title=IFES Election Guide &#124; Elections: Estonia Parliament 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215233833/https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[March 8]] – [[Allied Democratic Forces]] jihadist insurgents use machetes to [[Mukondi massacre|kill]] about 35 people in the village of Mukondi, [[North Kivu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Islamist militants kill at least 35 in east Congo village, army says|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-36-killed-east-congo-village-attack-local-official-civil-society-survivor-2023-03-09/|date=10 March 2023|access-date=11 May 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316151811/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-36-killed-east-congo-village-attack-local-official-civil-society-survivor-2023-03-09/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[March 21|21]] – [[2023 World Baseball Classic]] is held and won by [[2023 World Baseball Classic championship|Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hall of Famer Mike Piazza to manage Italy when World Baseball Classic returns in 2023|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-to-manage-italy-when-world-baseball-classic-returns-in-2023/|date=23 March 2022|access-date=27 June 2023|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627022155/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-to-manage-italy-when-world-baseball-classic-returns-in-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 10]]
**The [[2023 Chinese presidential election]] is held with the [[National People's Congress]] unanimously re-electing [[Xi Jinping]] as the [[President of the People's Republic of China]] to an unprecedented third term.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Xi Jinping handed unprecedented third term as China's president|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/xi-jinping-handed-unprecedented-third-term-as-chinas-president|work=The Guardian|date=2023-03-10|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-date=March 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310115320/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/xi-jinping-handed-unprecedented-third-term-as-chinas-president|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Iran]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] agree to resume diplomatic relations which were severed in 2016, at talks mediated by [[China]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/iran-saudi-arabia-agree-restore-ties-china-talks|title=Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to restore ties after China-brokered talks|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|date=March 10, 2023|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314180558/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/iran-saudi-arabia-agree-restore-ties-china-talks|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Silicon Valley Bank]], the 16th largest bank in the United States, [[Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank|fails]], creating then the [[2023 United States banking crisis|largest bank failure]] since the [[2007–2008 financial crisis|2008 financial crisis]], affecting companies around the world.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Karl |last2=Zhang |first2=Christine |date=2023-03-11 |title=The Second-Biggest Bank Failure |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/10/business/bank-failures-silicon-valley-collapse.html |access-date=2023-03-12 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311091407/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/10/business/bank-failures-silicon-valley-collapse.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aby Jose |first=Koilparambil |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Factbox: Which companies are affected by SVB collapse? |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-firms-with-exposure-collapsed-svb-2023-03-13/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=Reuters |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314000653/https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-firms-with-exposure-collapsed-svb-2023-03-13/ }}</ref>
** [[Kivu conflict]]: [[Angola]] announces the deployment of [[Angolan Army|troops]] to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], following the failure of a [[ceasefire]] between [[Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|government forces]] and [[March 23 Movement|M23 rebels]] in [[North Kivu]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-11 |title=DR Congo's M23 ceasefire: Angola to deploy troops after failed truce |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64927180 |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214658/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64927180 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[March 14]] – [[OpenAI]] launches [[GPT-4]], a large language model for [[ChatGPT]], which can respond to images and can process up to 25,000 words.<ref>{{Cite news|title=OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64959346|date=14 March 2023|access-date=11 May 2023|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515221328/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64959346|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] – The [[International Criminal Court]] issues [[ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova|an arrest warrant]] for Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], the first against a leader of a [[Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council|permanent member]] of the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Putin arrest warrant: Biden welcomes ICC's war crimes charges |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64998165 |date=18 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318093636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64998165 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Russia-Ukraine war live: Biden welcomes Putin arrest warrant as UK says Moscow likely to expand conscription |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-xxxxx |date=18 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318093613/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-xxxxx |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – In a deal brokered by the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss government]], investment bank [[UBS]] [[Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|agrees to buy]] [[Credit Suisse]] for {{CHF|link=yes|ISO=yes}} 3 billion ({{USD|3.2 billion}}) in an all-stock deal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Capoot |first=Ashley |date=19 March 2023 |title=UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion as regulators look to shore up the global banking system |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-as-regulators-look-to-shore-up-global-banking-system.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319193819/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-as-regulators-look-to-shore-up-global-banking-system.html |archive-date=19 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Halftermeyer |first1=Marion |last2=Bazelou |first2=Myriam |date=2023-03-19 |title=UBS Agrees to Buy Credit Suisse in Historic Deal to End Crisis  |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-in-historic-deal-to-end-crisis |url-status=live |access-date=2023-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319172338/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-in-historic-deal-to-end-crisis |archive-date=19 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Massoudi |first1=Arash |last2=Morris |first2=Stephen |last3=Fontanella-Khan |first3=James |last4=Noonan |first4=Laura |last5=Walker |first5=Owen |date=19 March 2023 |title=UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse for more than $2bn |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ec4be743-052a-4381-a923-c2fbd7ea9cfd?sharetype=gift |url-status=live |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319193829/https://www.ft.com/content/ec4be743-052a-4381-a923-c2fbd7ea9cfd?sharetype=gift |archive-date=19 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) releases the synthesis report of its [[IPCC Sixth Assessment Report|Sixth Assessment Report]] on [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=ipcc.ch |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320151942/https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – [[World Athletics]], the global governing body for athletics, bans [[trans women]] who have gone through male [[puberty]] from competing in female events.<ref>{{Cite news |title=World Athletics bans trans women from female events |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/65051900 |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722001357/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/65051900 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – 27 — A [[Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023|tornado outbreak]] kills at least 26 people in Mississippi and Alabama. This includes a [[2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado|violent tornado]] which devastated the city of [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]] and the town of [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]] in Mississippi, killing 16 people and injuring 165 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/weather/us-severe-storms-saturday/index.html|title=At least 26 dead after tornado-spawning storms roll through Southeast. One town is 'gone,' mayor says|first=Aya Elamroussi,Joe Sutton,Rebekah Riess,Sharif Paget,Mallika Kallingal,Alaa|last=Elassar|date=March 25, 2023|website=CNN|access-date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325133048/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/weather/us-severe-storms-saturday/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=[[National Weather Service]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]] |title=The Intense Mississippi Tornadoes of March 24, 2023 |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/498732c9fda04e6c85118c8e96e47de7 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923031603/https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/498732c9fda04e6c85118c8e96e47de7 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |language=English |format=[[Graphic organizer|StoryMap]] |date=22 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] 
** [[Honduras]] switches its formal [[One China|diplomatic recognition of "China"]] from the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] to the [[China|People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cash |first1=Joe |last2=Palencia |first2=Gustavo |last3=Blanchard |first3=Ben |date=2023-03-26 |title=China opens ties with Honduras, Taiwan decries monetary demands |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/honduras-government-says-ending-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-2023-03-26/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607013344/https://www.reuters.com/world/honduras-government-says-ending-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-2023-03-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2023 Israeli judicial reform protests]]: Large-scale spontaneous protests erupt across Israel in the wake of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] firing his defense minister who criticized the government's [[2023 Israeli judicial reform|judicial overhaul plan]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Netanyahu fires defense minister Gallant for calling to stop judicial overhaul|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-26/ty-article/netanyahu-fires-defense-minister-gallant-for-calling-to-stop-judicial-overhaul/00000187-1f31-d4ca-afff-1f39e2be0000|date=26 March 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326230726/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-26/ty-article/netanyahu-fires-defense-minister-gallant-for-calling-to-stop-judicial-overhaul/00000187-1f31-d4ca-afff-1f39e2be0000|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel: mass protests after sacking of minister who opposed judicial overhaul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-fires-defence-minister-yoav-gallant-judicial-overhaul|date=26 March 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327032000/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-fires-defence-minister-yoav-gallant-judicial-overhaul|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands of Israelis march on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence as tensions reach boiling point|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/26/israelis-break-past-security-barrier-near-benjamin-netanyahus/|date=26 March 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327034351/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/26/israelis-break-past-security-barrier-near-benjamin-netanyahus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] 
** [[Brazil]] and [[China]] sign an agreement to trade in their own currencies, ceasing the usage of the [[United States dollar]] as an intermediary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-30 |title=China, Brazil strike deal to ditch dollar for trade |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0585-3923 |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402041137/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Burkina Faso]] formally resumes [[Burkina Faso–North Korea relations|diplomatic relations]] with [[North Korea]] after suspending them in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burkina Faso to resume diplomatic relations with North Korea |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/burkina-faso-to-resume-diplomatic-relations-with-north-korea/2859013 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=www.aa.com.tr |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403212929/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/burkina-faso-to-resume-diplomatic-relations-with-north-korea/2859013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 30]] – The [[International Court of Justice]] rules that the [[United States]] violated its [[Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights|Treaty of Amity]] with [[Iran]] when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berg |first=Stephanie van den |date=2023-03-30 |title=World Court rules US illegally froze some Iranian assets |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/world-court-rule-iran-us-frozen-assets-claim-2023-03-30/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609055308/https://www.reuters.com/world/world-court-rule-iran-us-frozen-assets-claim-2023-03-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref>