Arts and culture

Oppenheimer wins an Oscar for Best Picture. Director Christopher Nolan wins Academy Award for Best Director, and lead actor Cillian Murphy wins the Best Actor award. (The Guardian) (NBC News) (BBC News)

• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/10/oscars-best-picture-oppenheimer
• https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/awards/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-best-picture-oscar-win-rcna142530
• https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68530809

Arts and culture

20 Days in Mariupol (directed by filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov), a documentary that focuses on the siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, wins an Oscar for Best Documentary. (The Guardian)

• https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/11/20-days-in-mariupol-documentary-oscar

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed after an IAI Astra 1125 private jet crashes near Hot Springs, Virginia, United States. (The Independent)

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/virginia-plane-crash-deaths-b2510688.html

Disasters and accidents

One skier is killed and two others are injured after falling in Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-tuckerman-ravine-rescue-0b5e8954f38c6fa68cef0220b0b78172

Health and environment

Following a laboratory investigation, eight children and one adult in Zanzibar are found to have died of chelonitoxism after consuming sea turtle meat, a local delicacy. Another 78 people were hospitalized. (NOS)

• https://nos.nl/artikel/2512159-negen-doden-en-tientallen-in-ziekenhuis-na-eten-zeeschildpad-op-zanzibar