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March 2026

15 questions Β· Current events

March 2026 swung between glamour and global crisis. In Hollywood, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" swept the 98th Academy Awards: six Oscars, including Best Picture. In Milan and Cortina the Paralympics took over the Olympic venues, indoor athletics world champions were crowned in Poland, and Formula 1 entered a new era: Audi and Cadillac lined up as brand-new works teams alongside radically new regulations. In cricket, India celebrated a third T20 World Cup title. World politics, meanwhile, allowed no pause for breath: in Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his killed father as Supreme Leader while US bombers struck the oil island of Kharg. In Denmark, Mette Frederiksen lost her majority, Italy rejected a sweeping justice reform by referendum, and Kazakhstan adopted a new constitution with 90 percent approval. And in Silicon Valley, OpenAI pulled the plug: the once-celebrated video model Sora was discontinued. Fifteen questions walk you through a month in which cinema halls and crisis rooms shared the headlines and in which the world quietly kept reordering itself.

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Which Paul Thomas Anderson film won the Oscar for Best Picture in March?

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One Battle After Another

Its wins also included Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? It was the 98th Academy Awards ceremony.

Who was chosen as Iran's new Supreme Leader in March?

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Mojtaba Khamenei

He is only the third Supreme Leader in the history of the Islamic Republic.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? The Assembly of Experts elects the head of state for life.

Which team won the T20 Cricket World Cup in March by beating New Zealand in the final?

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India

The tournament was held in India and Sri Lanka.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Cricket is among the most-followed sports on the planet.

Which well-known text-to-video model did OpenAI announce it was shutting down in March?

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Sora

The app went offline for good at the end of April.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? "Sora" is the Japanese word for sky.

Which Danish prime minister lost her governing majority in March's election?

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Mette Frederiksen

Frederiksen had governed Denmark since 2019.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Denmark's parliament, the Folketing, has 179 seats.

In which country did a constitutional referendum on separating judges' and prosecutors' careers fail in March?

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Italy

Turnout was higher than expected.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Constitutional referendums in Italy need no turnout threshold and still rarely pass.

Which two new works teams joined the Formula 1 grid for the 2026 season?

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Audi and Cadillac

Audi took over the Sauber team; Cadillac entered as the eleventh team.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? The new power units run on 50 percent electric power and e-fuels.

In which Polish city were the World Athletics Indoor Championships held in March?

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ToruΕ„

The action took place at the Arena ToruΕ„.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? ToruΕ„ is also famous for its gingerbread.

Which Central Asian country adopted a new constitution by referendum in March, with about 90 percent in favour?

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Kazakhstan

A parliamentary election was also scheduled for the summer.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country.

In which East African country did floods kill at least 66 people in early March?

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Kenya

River regions were hit hardest after days of heavy rain.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Kenya's capital Nairobi sits almost 1,800 metres above sea level.

Where were the 2026 Winter Paralympics held in March?

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Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo

They ran from 6 to 15 March.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? The first Winter Paralympics took place in Sweden in 1976.

Which Iranian oil export island did the US Air Force bomb in mid-March?

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Kharg

Most of Iran's oil exports previously passed through the island.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Kharg lies in the Persian Gulf, about 25 kilometres off the coast.

Which party of young politician Balen Shah won Nepal's general election in March?

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Rastriya Swatantra Party

Before politics, Shah was known as a rapper.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Nepal only abolished its monarchy in 2008.

In which country did a C-130 military plane crash in March, killing 69 people?

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Colombia

It was one of the worst military accidents in the country's history.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? The C-130 "Hercules" has been flying since the 1950s.

Slovenia's PM Robert Golob won March's election. What is Slovenia's capital?

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Ljubljana

Slovenia was one of several EU countries voting that spring.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Ljubljana roughly translates as "the beloved".

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