Democratic presidential nominee Former Vice President Joe Biden is the night's big winner with victories in ten states, while Senator Bernie Sanders wins four and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wins American Samoa.
Kazakhstan A court in Kazakhstan orders the early release of Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former CEO of state nuclear firm Kazatomprom, who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption in 2010. Upon his release he will have served more than 11 years in prison.
European migrant crisis Turkish interior minister says over 130,000 refugees have crossed into Greece in the past four days.
A Twitter human resources official advises that Twitter employees work at home to prevent exposure to Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. He adds that telecommuting will be mandatory for employees based in the Twitter offices in Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea.
Two people who died in the Seattle area on February 26 are found to have died from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in the state of Washington to nine.
Iran says it will release 54,000 prisoners in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in overcrowded jails. Only inmates who test negative for COVID-19 will be allowed to leave prison and those sentenced to longer than five years will not be freed.
Spanish authorities announce that the first death from COVID-19 in the country occurred in Valencia on February 13.
Japan announces it will cancel ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus.
Myanmar turns a Silversea Cruises cruise ship away due to fears of coronavirus, a government spokesman says.
United States tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 President Trump announces he will visit Tennessee on Friday.
Three tornadoes, two at least EF 3 in strength, rip through downtown Nashville and surrounding towns, killing 25 people.
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States U.S. stocks extend their drop in response to the cuts.
In an emergency move, its first since 2008, the U.S. Federal Reserve cuts the federal funds rate by 0.5%, to a range between 1 and 1.25%.
News agency Australian news agency Australian Associated Press (AAP) announces it will be closing down at the end of June, after 85 years of operation.
Second Libyan Civil War The GNA government says all flights from Mitiga International Airport, the only functioning airport in the capital Tripoli, will be shifted to Misrata Airport after Libyan National Army forces struck the airport with rockets.
Syrian civil war Twenty-six Syrian Army troops are killed by Turkish ground and drone strikes, raising the number of pro-Syrian government forces killed by Turkey in the past five days to 139.
Four Turkish soldiers are killed and seven are wounded in Tranbeh, west of Saraqeb by Syrian Army shelling; some are transferred to Turkish hospitals in Reyhanlı by helicopter.
Syrian government sources say a Turkish drone was shot down by the Syrian Air Defense Force near Idlib; subsequent footage shared by the source shows drone to be a Bayraktar TB1.
Turkey says it will deploy its domestically-produced surface-to-air missile HISAR to Syria's Idlib Governorate next week.
A Syrian Air Force L-39 jet aircraft is shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16 near the Syria–Turkey border.