Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 

A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences Polish–Belarusian activist Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison for criticising president Alexander Lukashenko. (RFE/RL) 

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) 

Following his UK visit, Zelenskyy visits France to meet President Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AFP via RFI) 

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) 

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) 

Munster Technological University in the Republic of Ireland confirms that the incident affecting its computers is a ransomware attack. (The Journal) 

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 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) 

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally concluded that the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft will likely lead to substantial loss of competition in the console market and might strengthen Microsoft’s position in cloud gaming. (CNBC) 

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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally concluded that the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft will likely lead to substantial loss of competition in the console market and might strengthen Microsoft’s position in cloud gaming. (CNBC) 

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visits the United Kingdom in his second trip outside Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  February 7th, 2023 

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) 

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) 

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) 

The Peruvian environment ministry 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) 

The Federal Police arrest the military police officer in charge of security during the January 8 attack against the Brazilian Congress. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

Tuesday,  February 7th, 2023 

At least 2,316 people are killed in Turkey and more than 1,340 others are killed in Syria as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Gaziantep Province. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) 

A second earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurs in Kahramanmaraş nine hours after the first quake. (Bloomberg) 

The Peruvian environment ministry 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) 

The Federal Police arrest the military police officer in charge of security during the January 8 attack against the Brazilian Congress. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

The Federal Police arrest the military police officer in charge of security during the January 8 attack against the Brazilian Congress. (Reuters) 

Two of four Japanese gang leaders based in the Philippines are deported on suspicion of ordering around 2,300 cases of robberies and phone fraud activities worth ¥3.5 billion (US$26.4 million) in Japan. (AFP via The Manila Times) 

Police use tear gas to disperse protesters after the governor of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani, is ousted in a no-confidence vote. Suidani was one of the strongest critics of the government’s approach to China. (The Guardian) 

Monday,  February 6th, 2023 

The largest trial for the national security law against 47 pro-democracy activists begins in Hong Kong two years after their arrest. (DW) 

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces that the church will switch to the Revised Julian calendar on 1 September 2023 following the decision by the Synod of Bishops. (UGCC) 

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the ban on Wikipedia to be lifted, after it was banned three days ago for alleged anti-Muslim and blasphemous content. (ProPakistani) 

Five Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades members are killed, three more injured and eight arrested during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. (BBC News) 

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