Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl (MVP Patrick Mahomes pictured).
- An earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria, killing over 34,000 people and injuring more than 94,000 others.
- In the Monaco general election, the incumbent UNM party led by Brigitte Boccone-Pagès wins all 24 national council seats.
- Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf dies at the age of 79.
- A Chinese balloon suspected of surveillance and espionage is shot down after overflying Canada and the United States.
February 13, 2023
(Monday)
February 12, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- High-altitude object events in 2023
- 2023 Lake Huron high-altitude object
- A United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron near the Canada–United States border. The Department of Defense describe the object as octagonal and flying at roughly 20,000 feet. (Forbes)
- The Pentagon holds a press briefing on the shootdowns with NORAD Commander Glen D. VanHerck stating it is currently unclear how the objects were "staying aloft", and "we're calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason". (Bharat Times)
- 2023 Shandong high-altitude object
- China says that it has detected an unidentified flying object over the Yellow Sea, and warns that it is prepared to shoot down the object. The Qingdao Marine Development Bureau issues an alert to fishermen in the waters to be "on alert" and "avoid risks". (South China Morning Post)
- 2023 Lake Huron high-altitude object
Disasters and accidents
- 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season
- Thousands of people are left without power as Cyclone Gabrielle makes landfall over North Island, New Zealand. The regions of Northland and Auckland are currently under a state of emergency. (BBC News)
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey increases to 33,179. (ITV News)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Cambodia
- Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen orders the closure of one of the country's last independent news outlets, saying that its publications have hurt him and his son Hun Manet. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Cypriot presidential election
- Cypriots head to the polls to vote in a run-off for president between Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis. (AFP via France 24)
- NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg announces that he will not extend his mandate to serve a fourth term and is expected to step down in October. (AFP via South China Morning Post)
Science and technology
- Asteroid impact prediction
- Researchers at the Konkoly Observatory in Hungary discover 2023 CX1, a 1-metre (3.3-foot) asteroid predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the English Channel at 03:00 UTC, making it the seventh asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth. (JPL Center for NEO Studies)
Sports
- 2022 NFL season
- The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 in Super Bowl LVII, winning their third Super Bowl in franchise history. (CNBC)
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- 2022–23 Süper Lig
- Gaziantep becomes the 2nd club (after Hatayspor) to withdraw from the top division of Turkish football due to the earthquake. (Turkish Football Federation)
- 2022–23 Süper Lig
February 11, 2023
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- High-altitude object events in 2023
- 2023 Yukon high-altitude object
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified flying object over Yukon, which is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to collect and analyze the object. (CNN)
- 2023 Yukon high-altitude object
- Syrian civil war
- At least ten civilians and a soldier are killed in a mass shooting by Islamic State gunmen at a truffle farm in Palmyra, Homs Governorate, Syria. (AFP via VOA)
- Internal conflict in Peru
- Seven police officers are killed and another is injured when their vehicle is ambushed in Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro, Peru, in a suspected attack by remnants of Shining Path. (Infobae)
Disasters and accidents
- A passenger van collides with another vehicle in Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines, killing eight people who have attended a police training session. (Rappler)
International relations
- Armenia–Turkey relations, Humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- The Alican border crossing between Armenia and Turkey briefly reopens to allow the passage of humanitarian aid following the Turkey–Syria earthquake for the first time since 1988. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- Camp Evangelista shooting
- Four soldiers are killed and another is critically injured by a fellow soldier during a mass shooting at a barracks in Cagayan de Oro, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The perpetrator is shot dead. (Rappler)
Politics and elections
- Moldovan President Maia Sandu names pro-European Union academic Dorin Recean as the next Prime Minister of Moldova. (Politico)
Sports
- 2022 FIFA Club World Cup
- In association football, Spanish club Real Madrid win a record fifth FIFA Club World Cup title and eighth club world championship after defeating Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal 5–3 in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. With eight goals, the match was the highest scoring final in Club World Cup history. (Reuters via The Guardian)
February 10, 2023
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Moldova–Russia relations
- Moldova says that Russia has fired missiles over the country at targets inside Ukraine, condemning the missile flyover as a violation of its sovereignty, and also summons the Russian ambassador for an official explanation. (BBC News)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- A Russian Navy drone boat strikes the Zatoka railway bridge on Highway H33 near Odesa. It is believed to be the first use of the naval weapon in the war by Russian forces. (The Telegraph)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Moldova–Russia relations
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2023 Ramot Junction attack
- Three Israelis, two six and eight-year-old brothers and a 20-year-old man, are killed in a car-ramming attack in Ramot, Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
- 2023 Ramot Junction attack
- Balochistan conflict
- Two people are killed and three others are injured when a vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Kohlu District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- At least ten soldiers are killed and thirteen others are injured in an ambush by jihadists in Tillabéri Region, Niger. Sixteen others remain missing. (AFP via The Punch)
- 2023 Alaska high-altitude object
- The White House's spokesperson John Kirby announces that the United States Air Force shot down a high-altitude object over territorial waters in Alaska, just days after shooting down a Chinese balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. The object was ordered to be shot down by U.S. President Joe Biden because it posed "a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight". (The Hill)
Disasters and accidents
- Great Yarmouth explosion
- A World War II-era bomb weighing around 250kg explodes while being defused in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. No injuries are reported. (BBC News)
- Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a building collapse in Damanhour, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
- At least 35 people are injured when a bus overturns near Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
- 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
- The Permanent Assembly of the Congress of Peru approves a motion to file criminal charges against former president Pedro Castillo. The charges include criminal organization, traffic of influences, and collusion. (europapress via La Nación)
- 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
- Crime in South Africa
- Two people, including South African rapper AKA, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The assailants fled the scene on foot, according to police. (BBC News)
- A Hong Kong court awards an Indonesian domestic worker more than HK$860,000 (US$110,000) in damages for the abuse she received from her former employers, who were convicted and imprisoned in 2013. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Politics and elections
- Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilița resigns amid an economic crisis and the collateral effects of the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Toronto mayor John Tory announces he will be resigning following revelations he had an extramarital affair with a staffer during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CBC)
Sports
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- 2022–23 Süper Lig
- Hatayspor withdraws from the top division of Turkish football due to the earthquake. (Reuters)
- 2022–23 Süper Lig
- 2023 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
- The men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, scheduled to be held from 17 to 19 February in Alanya, Turkey, is cancelled due to the impact of the earthquake. (La Libre), (European Hockey Federation)
February 9, 2023
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches drone and cruise missile strikes across the south and east of Ukraine with large explosions reported in the Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. (The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) suspends its operations in north-west Burkina Faso following the killings of two of its Burkinabé aid workers near Dédougou. (Africanews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria increases to 21,051. (AFP via RFI)
- Four people are killed and several houses and buildings are destroyed by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Papua, Indonesia. (Xinhua via The Star)
- Seven people are killed and nine others are injured in a gas explosion at a residential building in Novosibirsk, Russia. (AP)
- Four people are injured after a PAC 750-XL aircraft crashes in Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea. (The National)
Health and environment
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea resumes the issuance of short-term travel visas to Chinese citizens following a one-month suspension due to China's COVID-19 surge. (AFP via The Business Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
International relations
- Belarus–Poland relations
- Poland announces the closure of a major border crossing with Belarus "until further notice" amid heightened tensions between the two countries. There are currently only two checkpoints open between the two nations. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- Three inmates are killed and 12 others are injured after soldiers open fire during a prison riot in Hatay Province, Turkey. The prisoners were demanding to see their families who were affected by the recent earthquake. (Gazete Duvar)
- The government of Nicaragua releases 222 political prisoners and sends them to the United States. (Reuters)
February 8, 2023
(Wednesday)
Business and economy
- Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
- The UK Competition and Markets Authority provisionally concludes that the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft will likely lead to a substantial loss of competition in the console market and could strengthen Microsoft's position in cloud gaming. (CNBC)
- The Supreme Court of Nigeria postpones the demonetization of the old naira banknotes initially scheduled for January 31, then later rescheduled to February 11, citing a supply shortage of the redesigned banknotes. (CNN)
International relations
- International presidential trips made by Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- 2023 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United Kingdom
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the United Kingdom in his second trip outside Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, meeting with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and addressing Parliament at Westminster Hall. (Reuters)
- France–Ukraine relations, Germany–Ukraine relations
- Following his UK visit, Zelenskyy visits France to meet President Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AFP via RFI)
- 2023 visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United Kingdom
Law and crime
- Munster Technological University ransomware attack
- Munster Technological University in the Republic of Ireland confirms that the incident affecting its computers is a ransomware attack. (The Journal)
- Laval daycare attack
- Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus crashes into a daycare centre in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The driver is arrested and charged with homicide and dangerous driving. (La Presse)
- A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences Polish–Belarusian activist Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison for criticising president Alexander Lukashenko. (RFE/RL)
Politics and elections
- Seoul Halloween crowd crush
- Lee Sang-min, the Minister of the Interior and Safety of South Korea, is impeached for his handling of the 2022 Seoul Halloween crowd crush. He is the first cabinet member of South Korea to be impeached. (AP)
Science and technology
- A data center outage leaves Twitter users in the United States and Canada unable to send messages and receiving an error message informing them that they have "exceeded the daily limit for sending tweets". (Fortune)
February 7, 2023
(Tuesday)
Health and environment
- Global spread of H5N1
- Peru's Ministry of Environment reports that the H5N1 influenza A virus has killed 585 sea lions and more than 55,000 birds within its protected areas in recent weeks. (AFP via Hindustan Times)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
- The Federal Police arrest the military police officer in charge of security during the January 8 attack against the Brazilian Congress. (Reuters)
- Luffy robberies
- Two of four Japanese gang leaders based in the Philippines are deported on suspicion of ordering around 2,300 robberies and phone fraud activities with a total value of ¥3.5 billion (US$26.4 million) in Japan. (AFP via The Manila Times)
- Munster Technological University ransomware attack
- Munster Technological University in the Republic of Ireland announces that it is investigating an incident involving its computer and telephone systems, saying that campuses in County Cork will be closed as a result. (RTÉ)
- Nduga hostage crisis
- The Free Papua Movement, led by Egianus Kogoya, burn a Susi Air plane and take 15 passengers hostage in Paro Airport, Nduga Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. (SCNOW)
Politics and elections
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- 2023 British cabinet reshuffle
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carries out the first significant reshuffle of his majority government. The reshuffle filled the vacancy left by Nadhim Zahawi after he was dismissed as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2023. (BBC News)
- 2023 British cabinet reshuffle
- 2023 Solomon Islands protests
- Police use tear gas to disperse protesters after the governor of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani, is removed in a no-confidence vote. Suidani was one of the strongest critics of the government's approach to China. (The Guardian)
- 2023 State of the Union Address
- U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the 2023 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. It was Biden's second State of the Union Address, and his third speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. (CNN)
Sports
- 2022–23 NBA season
- During a regular-season game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James records his 38,388th career NBA point, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA all-time scoring leader. (ESPN)
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