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Revision as of 06:58, 16 February 2023
February 15, 2023 (2023-02-15) (Wednesday)Business and economy
- World Bank President David Malpass announces he will resign by the end of June. (AFP via RFI)
- The FTSE 100 Index, the main share index of the 100 most highly capitalized companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, ends its trading day at a record value of 8,003.65 points, surpassing the previous record value of 7,906.58 points recorded on February 3, 2023. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
Disasters and accidents
- Gualaca bus crash
- At least 39 migrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, Panama, when their bus, heading to the United States, falls off a cliff. (Reuters)
- 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season
- Four people are killed by Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand. (AFP via RTÉ)
- Eleven people are killed and 73 others are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the Libyan coast. (BBC News)
- At least 10 people are killed by avalanches in Tajikistan. (RFE/RL)
- Two people are killed after a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Madison County, Alabama, United States. (AP)
International relations
- Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
- A United Nations report says that former Egyptian Army colonel Saif al-Adel has become the new leader of Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, and is being harboured in Iran, allegedly under house arrest. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
- 2022 Buffalo shooting
- Payton Gendron receives ten life sentences without the possibility of parole. (NBC News)
- An investigation by a consortium of journalists uncovers a major disinformation campaign by an Israeli firm named Team Jorge, led by ex-Israeli special forces member Tal Hanan, which is alleged to have influenced the elections of several countries. (The Guardian)
- One person is killed and three others are injured after a mass shooting in a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, United States. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Nicola Sturgeon announces that she is resigning as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party once a new leader is elected. (The Washington Post)
- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signs a law annulling many privileges of his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev, including lifetime financial support from the state, and the right to address the nation and propose ideas to officials, and also deprives Nazarbayev's immediate family of legal immunity. (RFE/RL)