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March 19, 2019
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2019-03-19
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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)
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