Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 

Israeli troops clash with Palestinians in Nablus, West Bank, killing ten Palestinians and injuring 102 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. (Al Jazeera) 

At least two people are killed and more than 50 others are reported missing following a collapse at a coal mine in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, China. Search and rescue operations are underway. (BBC News) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin revokes a 2012 foreign policy decree which underpinned Moldova’s sovereignty in resolving the political status of the breakaway Transnistria region. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  February , 21st 2023 

Russian forces shell the city of Kherson, killing at least six people and injuring 12 others, according to local officials. (Reuters) 

The Somali National Army kills 42 al-Shabaab jihadists in an operation in Mahaday, Middle Shabelle, Somalia, which began overnight and lasted for several hours. (Xinhua) 

Supermarkets in the United Kingdom, such as Asda and Morrisons, begin rationing fruit and vegetables, citing poor foreign harvests in Spain and North Africa, and a domestic farming crisis. The shortages are expected to last several weeks. (The Telegraph) 

The Philippine Air Force and Navy locate on Mayon Volcano, Albay, the debris of a Cessna 340 aircraft that went missing after taking off from Daraga for Manila on February 18. However, the whereabouts of the two pilots and two Australian passengers on board have yet to be located due to inclement weather. (AP via ABC News) 

The Immigration Department of Hong Kong cancels Chinese scientist He Jiankui‘s work permit and initiates a criminal investigation into his failure to declare a three-year prison sentence over his unethical genome editing research conduct while applying for the permit. (AFP via The Japan Times) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspends Russia’s participation in the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, citing the U.S.’s goal of defeating Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine. (AP) 

Monday,  February 20th, 2023 – President’s Day 

British authorities repatriate 77 pieces of Khmer jewellery from indicted art trafficker Douglas Latchford‘s family to the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia. (AFP via The Jakarta Post) 

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes southeastern Turkey and Syria, killing eight people and injuring 600 others. The earthquake is also felt in Lebanon and Egypt. This aftershock comes fourteen days after the main earthquake killed more than 47,000 people. (Associated Press) 

U.S. President Joe Biden makes an unannounced visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he meets with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (The Guardian) 

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