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Belgium
Four officers were injured after shots were fired during a Brussels police raid linked to the November 2015 Paris attacks.
One suspect has been “neutralised” and two others fled over rooftops and are still at large.
Washington DC
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced that the entire rail system will be shut down on Wednesday. The shutdown is to allow crews to check more than 1,200 power cables throughout the system for safety problems.
Myanmar
Myanmar’s parliament elected its first civilian president in more than 50 years on Tuesday, ending decades of military rule.
Htin Kyaw, a longtime confidant and ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, secured 360 of the 652 votes cast in the two houses of parliament.
Germany
A bomb is suspected to be the cause of the explosion that destroyed a car in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, killing the driver.
The Volkswagen Passat exploded at around 8.00 a.m. on Bismarkstrasse, near the Deutsche Oper subway station, during the morning rush hour.
Elsewhere
Top NFL official acknowledges link between football and brain disease https://t.co/q7FHoxmuMF pic.twitter.com/CyXiGRgmbQ
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 15, 2016
Inside Myanmar's Rohingya camps: What it looks like to be a refugee in your own country https://t.co/LUQLsCkrJ8 pic.twitter.com/GNJ1gtshrb
— GP Investigations (@GlobalPost) March 15, 2016
More loosening of Cuba business and travel regulations https://t.co/vfzsrCg8qa
— Arash Aziz آرش (@87films) March 15, 2016
In case you missed it
A joint European and Russian mission to Mars successfully took off on Monday.
Eight cars from an Amtrak Southwest Chief train derailed overnight on Sunday, approximately 20 miles west of Dodge City.
Australia’s Westpac Bank has closed all 1,400 of its branches, forcing locals in the Australian outback to travel long distances to manage their banking.
In other news
Record-breaking temperatures 'have robbed the Arctic of its winter' https://t.co/r9zOYiJcU3
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 15, 2016
“It feels fantastic". Fermat’s last theorem mathematician Andrew Wiles wins Abel prize. https://t.co/tjCeb6kPvX pic.twitter.com/HHfKLwlhAg
— New Scientist (@newscientist) March 15, 2016
@wallyshow @netflix https://t.co/vCBkep4298
— Greg Bays (@GregBays) March 14, 2016
General interestingness
Do you know the formula for estimating desired word count to fit space limits? https://t.co/sGUnzuRqQg
— SfEP Official (@TheSfEP) March 15, 2016
The perfect #Chrome extension to frustrate the grammar nazi in you're life (your welcome) pic.twitter.com/qqBxDZHPO8 https://t.co/UN0FVfOgnM
— Vocativ (@vocativ) March 15, 2016
In lieu of text
A final thought …
Interested in a horse wearing a three-piece suit? Here you go. You're welcome.https://t.co/967t6y1X49
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 15, 2016