Sunday, February 19th, 2023 

The 76th British Academy Film Awards are held in London, with the German film All Quiet on the Western Front winning the most awards with seven, including Best Film. (BBC News) 

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the 65th running of the Daytona 500. (ESPN) 

The South Korean military reports that North Korea has fired a presumed long-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. (AFP via The News) 

The Carter Center announces that former United States President Jimmy Carter has begun receiving hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. (CNN) 

The African Union announces the organization of a peace conference to address the instability in Libya. (AFP via France 24) 

Fourteen people are killed and 63 others are injured when a bus crashes and overturns near Kallar Kahar, Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. (AP) 

Saturday, February 18th, 2023 

JAXA aborts the first launch attempt of the H3 rocket after some of its boosters failed to ignite during the first stage. It is Japan’s second failed rocket launch since 2003. (AFP via The Korea Times) 

Five people are killed and fifteen others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on Kafr Sousa, Damascus Governorate, according to Syrian media. (Yahoo! News) 

Iran International suspends all broadcasting from its London headquarters due to a security threat. (The Telegraph) 

Russian forces shell Bakhmut with artillery and Grad rockets, killing five people and injuring nine others. (The Kyiv Independent via Yahoo! News) 

The South African Navy hosts a ten-day joint military exercise in the Indian Ocean with Russia and China. The exercise is named “Mosi II” after the Tswana word for “smoke”. (BBC News) 

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