Portal:Current events/2019 March 19
March 19, 2019 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War, International military intervention against ISIL, Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
- Syrian Democratic Forces declares progress in Syria after an ISIL camp on the outskirts of Baghuz is captured. (NPR) (Fox News)
Health and environment
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Sage Therapeutics' Zulresso, also known as allopregnanolone or brexanolone, for treatment of postpartum depression. It is the first drug approved to specifically target the disease, which is the most common complication of childbirth. (STAT News) (US FDA)
International relations
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- North Korea and South Korea express interest in jointly hosting the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. (Reuters UK) (Yonhap News Agency)
Politics and elections
- The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, announces his resignation after 29 years in office. (Reuters)
- 2019 Guatemalan general election
- A judge issues an arrest warrant against presidential candidate Thelma Aldana; however, as the Supreme Electoral Tribunal registered Aldana as a presidential candidate, she enjoys immunity and can not be arrested. (Arab News)
Science and technology
- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards this year's Abel Prize to Karen Uhlenbeck for "her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems." Uhlenbeck is the first woman to win this prize. (The New York Times via MSN.com)