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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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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Friday,  February 17th, 2023 

The National Snow and Ice Data Center of the United States reports that the Antarctic sea ice decreased to 1.91 million square kilometers (740,000 sq mi) within the week, the smallest remaining ice area since records began in 1979. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 

Islamic State militants kill at least 68 people, including 61 civilians and seven soldiers, in Al-Sukhnah, Homs Governorate, Syria. (Barron’s) 

Four people are killed and two others are injured, including Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr., governor of Lanao del Sur, when their convoy is ambushed in Maguing, Philippines, by unknown gunmen. (ABS-CBN News) 

Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its operations in Burkina Faso for an “indefinite” period, except when responding to lifesaving emergencies, following the killings of two of its Burkinabé aid workers by armed men near Dédougou on 8 February. (AFP via Barron’s) 

Eighteen people who have immigrated illegally from Afghanistan are found dead in an abandoned truck in Sofia City Province, Bulgaria. Thirty-five others are hospitalized. Four people have been arrested. (Reuters via The Guardian) 

Six people are killed in a spree shooting in Arkabutla, Mississippi, United States. A suspect has been arrested. (BBC News) 

Thursday, February 16th, 2023 

The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey increases to 43,850, as the World Health Organization declares northwestern Syria as the zone of greatest concern, citing the slow delivery of humanitarian aid. (Al Jazeera) 

Lawmakers in the State Duma vote to withdraw Russia from 21 conventions of the Council of Europe. (RFE/RL) 

Armenia submits a peace treaty to Azerbaijan in an effort to end the decades-long conflict between the two countries. (Daily Sabah) 

Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country. (AP) 

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces that she will step down and will be succeeded by chief product officer Neal Mohan. (The Verge) 

The CAC 40, the benchmark stock market index for the 40 largest market caps on the Euronext Paris, Europe’s second-largest stock exchange market, reaches a record intraday value of 7,387.29 points. (CNBC) 

A Da Nang court sentences four South Korean men to imprisonment for smuggling around 200 South Koreans into Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic when the country suspended the entry of all foreigners from 2020 to 2021. (AFP via Al Arabiya) 

The Portuguese government announces the end of the Portugal Golden Visa investor program, as well as a ban on new licenses for Airbnbs, due to a severe housing shortage and rising rents. (Reuters) 

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins her seventh career alpine world championships gold medal in the women’s giant slalom of the 2023 edition in the French Alps, making her the most successful skier in the modern era with an overall tally of 13 medals from 16 career world championship races. (AP via The Guardian) 

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