Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 

Intuitive Machines Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus successfully touches down on the Moon, near the lunar south pole, making it the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. (BBC News) 

A Palau-flagged cargo ship en route to Egypt is set on fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. No casualties are reported. (AP) 

Forty people are killed and 100 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) 

One Israeli is killed and 11 others are seriously injured in a shooting attack by three Palestinians near Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank. Two gunmen are killed by Israeli soldiers, while a third is injured and arrested. (The National News) 

The World Food Programme releases a report stating that more than 95% of Sudan’s population cannot afford a meal a day. (Barron’s) 

Five people are killed when a barge collides with a bridge in Guangzhou, China. (Reuters) 

At least four people are killed and at least 14 others are injured in a fire at a 14-storey residential building in Valencia, Spain. (BBC News) 

At least eight people are killed during floods and landslides in the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (AP) 

An Alaskan jury finds Brian Smith guilty of the murder of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. (ABC News) 

A court in Panama orders the arrest of former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is under protection of the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City. (ABC News) 

More than 71,000 customers of US mobile carrier AT&T experience network outages. Some Verizon and T-Mobile users also report outages. (CNN) 

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko calls for armed security patrols on streets and in workplaces, claiming the possibility of “extremist” crimes. (Reuters) 

United States Navy chief petty officer Bryce Pedicini, assigned to the USS Higgins, is charged with four counts of espionage. (BBC News) 

Reports emerge that clashes between rival Shia militias, primarily Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Saraya al-Salam, have killed at least 200 fighters across Iraq in the past two months. (The Medialine) 

A bridge under construction in Lochem, the Netherlands, collapses, killing two workers and injuring two others. (AP) 

At least 33 people are injured after a tornado strikes the town of Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia. (Reuters) 

Fourteen people are killed and eleven more injured during the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Angostura, Venezuela. (AP) 

The Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Alabama rules that frozen embryos in test tubes are legally considered children.  (BBC News) 

Fifteen people are killed while two others survive after a truck falls off a cliff in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines. (AFP via Hindustan Times) 

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges. (ABC News) 

In ice hockey, Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League wins their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League 3–2 in the final. (Tribune de Genève) 

Tuesday,  February 20th, 2024 

Astronomers identify the most luminous object ever observed, QSO J0529-4351, a quasar that accretes around one solar mass per day. (The Guardian) (Nature Astronomy) 

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrests Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-American citizen, on suspicion of treason. (BNO News) (The Moscow Times) 

Sweden donates its largest military aid package to date to Ukraine with $680 million in aid. (Reuters) 

The Pa-O National Liberation Army claims that shelling by the Tatmadaw kills seven refugees in Hsi Hseng. (Radio Free Asia) 

Monday,  February 19th, 2024 

In stock car racing, William Byron wins the 66th Daytona 500. It is team owner Rick Hendrick’s ninth victory in the event. 

The Senate of Pakistan rejects a bill that would allow public hanging of rapists. (The News Pakistan) 

Capital One announces a deal to acquire Discover Financial for $35.3 billion. (CNBC) 

The Houthis claim to have shot down a United States MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Red Sea. (Fox News) 

Rwanda rejects the United States’ calls to withdraw troops and missile systems from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing threats from an alleged Congolese military build-up near the border. (AP) 

Twelve gunmen are killed in a shootout with the Mexican Army at the border with the United States. (AP) 

Four people are killed, three are injured, and 17 are missing after a building collapses in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP) 

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says that Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a persona non grata in Israel until he retracts his comments comparing the war between Israel and Hamas to the Holocaust. In response, Brazil recalls its ambassador to Israel. (Reuters) 

The International Court of Justice holds public hearings on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. (Reuters) 

Sunday, February 18th, 2024 

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen announces that the country will donate all of its artillery shells to Ukraine. (The Telegraph) 

The Cabinet of Israel adopts a resolution opposing unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, following comments from France and the United Kingdom stating that they would consider unilateral recognition. (The Times of Israel) 

Channel 12 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will restrict Palestinian citizens of Israel’s access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan due to security concerns. (The Times of Israel) 

At least 64 people are killed during inter-tribal fighting between the Ambulin and Sikin tribes near Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (France 24) 

Six soldiers and three Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute Group militants are killed in a series of military encounters in Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. (Anadolu Agency) (The Philippine Star) 

Two police officers and a paramedic are killed while responding to a domestic dispute in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States. The perpetrator is also killed. (CNN) 

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Sunday, February 18th, 2024 

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen announces that the country will donate all of its artillery shells to Ukraine. (The Telegraph) 

The Cabinet of Israel adopts a resolution opposing unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, following comments from France and the United Kingdom stating that they would consider unilateral recognition. (The Times of Israel) 

Channel 12 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will restrict Palestinian citizens of Israel’s access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan due to security concerns. (The Times of Israel) 

At least 64 people are killed during inter-tribal fighting between the Ambulin and Sikin tribes near Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (France 24) 

Six soldiers and three Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute Group militants are killed in a series of military encounters in Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. (Anadolu Agency) (The Philippine Star) 

Two police officers and a paramedic are killed while responding to a domestic dispute in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States. The perpetrator is also killed. (CNN) 

Saturday, February 17th, 2024 

Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announces the full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka, following months of heavy fighting and Russian attempts to capture the city. (The Kyiv Independent) 

The United States military destroys a Houthi unmanned underwater vehicle and a Houthi unmanned surface vehicle while also conducting three strikes against Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles. (CNN) 

Twelve people are killed when a man opens fire on his relatives during a family dispute at a village in Kerman province, Iran. (AP) 

Four people are killed in a shooting at a car wash in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. (CBS News) 

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Saturday, February 17th, 2024 

Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announces the full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka, following months of heavy fighting and Russian attempts to capture the city. (The Kyiv Independent) 

Twelve people are killed after a man opened fire on his relatives during a family dispute at a village in Kerman province, Iran. (AP) 

Friday,  February 16th, 2024 

Ukraine announces the withdrawal of its troops from positions in the south of Avdiivka amid heavy clashes with Russian forces for control of the city. The withdrawal comes a day after Russian soldiers entered the city from multiple directions. (Kyiv Post) 

Two people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a bus station near Kiryat Malachi, Israel. The perpetrator is killed by an off-duty IDF reservist. (Al Arabiya) (Times of Israel) 

U.S. officials confirm that a cyberattack was carried out on the MV Beshad, an Iranian spy ship in the Red Sea, to prevent the ship from sharing intelligence with Houthi forces in Yemen. (NBC News) 

Five workers are killed and three others are injured after a supermarket under construction collapses in Florence, Italy. (AP) 

One firefighter is killed and 11 other people are injured after a house explodes in Sterling, Virginia, United States. (CNN) 

Alexei Navalny, one of the most prominent Russian opposition leaders and a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, dies while serving a 19-year sentence at the Polar Wolf penal colony in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. (CNN) 

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is fined over $350 million by the New York Supreme Court and temporarily barred from business in New York as a result of The Trump Organization‘s alleged financial fraud. (The New York Times) 

The Supreme Court of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rejects a challenge to the colonial anti-gay laws in the country. (Reuters) 

Thursday, February 15th, 2024 

Israeli special forces raid Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, the largest hospital still functioning in the Gaza Strip. At least one person is killed and eight others are reportedly injured during the raid. (The Guardian) 

The United Kingdom enters a technical recession, as a report issued by the Office for National Statistics stated that the economy shrunk in two consecutive quarters amid a slowdown in consumer spending. (CNBC) 

Eleven people are killed and four more injured during a fire at a paint factory in New Delhi, India. (AP) 

Nine firefighters are injured when a truck fuel tank explodes in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. (The Guardian) 

The Kremlin dismisses a warning by the United States that Russia intends to imminently place nuclear weapons in space as a “malicious fabrication”. The claims were widely circulated yesterday by ABC News and the New York Times after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson warned of a “serious national security threat”. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) 

Reuters reports that it is highly unlikely that Russia intends to put a nuclear warhead in space. The antisatellite weapon is more likely a nuclear-powered space-based device that utilizes electronic warfare to blind, jam or fry the electronics inside targets. (Reuters) 

The Hellenic Parliament votes 176–76 to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption, making it the first Eastern Orthodox country to do so. (The Guardian) 

In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party‘s Gen Kitchen and Damien Egan respectively flip the seats of Wellingborough and Kingswood from the Conservative Party in two by-elections. (BBC News) 

Odysseus, the first US lunar lander since the unsuccessful Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the Kennedy Space Center Florida, United States. (Space.com) 

In US women’s college basketball, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark becomes the career scoring leader in NCAA Division I, surpassing the record previously held by current WNBA and former Washington star Kelsey Plum during Iowa’s 106–89 win over Michigan. (AP) 

The End