- In Italy former Premier Silvio Berlusconi was found not guilty of witness tampering in a trial related to the sexually charged "bonga bonga" parties he held at his villa near Milan while he was in office.
- Former Governor Nikki Haley launched her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination with a call for generational change in Washington and a rejection of what she derided as identity politics dividing the United States.
- Infatuable robber boat carrying migrants wrecked off the coast of Libya and 73 people were missing and presumed dead. The United Migration Agency said Wednesday it was the latest tragedy involving migrants seeking better lives in Europe.
