Democratic, Republican Candidates Score Wins on Super Tuesday and Super Saturday

With more delegates at stake during Super Tuesday than on any other day, it is undoubtedly the most important day in the political primary season. For Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it was a day of big wins. Hillary Clinton won elections in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia while Bernie Sanders carried Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Vermont. Both candidates had landslide victories in many states, with Massachusetts being the closest race (Clinton won the state with 50.1 percent of the vote.) GOP frontrunner Donald Trump scored victories in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia and Vermont while rival candidate Ted Cruz came out victorious in Alaska, Oklahoma and Texas. Florida Senator Marco Rubio won Minnesota, his first state carried in the election. On Friday, after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday, Republican candidate Ben Carson suspended his presidential campaign. On Super Saturday, the Saturday following Super Tuesday, Clinton carried Louisiana while Sanders claimed Kansas (with 67.7 percent of the vote) and Nebraska. Trump won Kentucky and Louisiana while Cruz took Kansas (with 48.2 percent of the vote) and Maine. On Sunday, Rubio won Puerto Rico. As of March 6, Trump has 384 delegates, Cruz has 300, Rubio has 151 and John Kasich has 37, according to Bloomberg Politics. 1,237 delegates are needed to win the Republican nomination. Clinton has 1,123 delegates while Sanders has 484 delegates (including superdelegates.) 2,383 delegates are needed to win the Democratic nomination.

North Korean Ship Impounded in the Philippines

Following new sanctions on North Korea issued by the United Nations, the Philippine government prepared to seize a North Korean ship that landed on Thursday. The Philippines will begin formal procedures to impound the vessel on Monday, according to the New York Times. The sanctions requirements issued by the United Nations, which state that all cargo arriving from or destined for North Korea must be inspected, were passed on Wednesday. Manuel L. Quezon III, a member of the Philippine president’s communications team, used a local radio station to broadcast the government’s position on the issue. “The world is concerned over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and as a member of the U.N., the Philippines has to do its part to enforce the sanctions,” Quezon said. “Our obligation is essentially to impound the vessel and not allow it to leave port and the crew must eventually be deported.”

China Announces Plan to Construct Second Railroad in Tibet

On Saturday, the Chinese government announced plans to connect the capital city of Tibet with southwestern-Chinese city Chengdu. While the mayor of a Tibetan city embraced the news, many Tibetans saw the move as the latest of a series of attempts to undermine Tibetan culture. China forcibly took control of Tibet in 1951.