Portal:Current events/2018 March 11

March 11, 2018 (Sunday)

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

Visa policy of the United Kingdom
- Far-right activist and journalist Lauren Southern is detained at Calais and prevented from entering the United Kingdom, with the reason given by the UK Home Office that her presence 'was not conducive to the public good'. (London Evening Standard), (Fox News)
2018 Vienna embassy stabbing
- An Austrian soldier was stabbed and injured in front of the Iranian embassy in Vienna. The attacker, which had Islamist sympathies according to the authorities, was shot dead. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Sports

College basketball in the United States
- The field for the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament is announced. The top overall seed is Virginia, with Villanova, Kansas, and Xavier as the other #1 seeds. (ESPN)