Sunday, February 12th, 2023 

A United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron near the Canada–United States border. Officials describe the object as being octagon-shaped, and was flying at roughly 20,000 feet. (Forbes) 

China says 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) 

Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen orders the closure of one of the country’s last independent news outlets, saying that its publications hurt him and his son. (Reuters) 

Cypriots head to the polls for a run-off vote 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 from the office in October. (AFP via South China Morning Post) 

Konkoly Observatory, Hungary discovers a 1-metre (3.3-foot) asteroid predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the English Channel at 3:00 AM UTC, making it the seventh asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth. JPL Center for NEO Studies 

Saturday, February 11th, 2023 

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) 

A UFO over Havre, Montana, is detected by NORAD, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a NOTAM over the area. Montana Representative Matt Rosendale says that efforts to “observe and ground” the object would continue. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

Moldovan President Maia Sandu names pro-European Union academic Dorin Recean as the next Prime Minister of Moldova. (Politico) 

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) 

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