Current events: 2023-02-03

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • Tigrayan peace process
    • Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed meets with officials of the Tigray People's Liberation Front for the first time since the signing of a peace treaty in November 2022. (AFP via RFI)

Business and economy

• The FTSE 100 Index, the main share index of the 100 most highly capitalized companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, reaches a record intraday value of 7,906.58 points, surpassing the previous highest intraday value of 7,903.50 points on May 22, 2018. (AFP via Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed and several others are injured when a bus overturns near Murska Sobota, Mura Statistical Region, Slovenia. (AP)
• At least seventeen people are killed when a bus and a truck crash in a head-on collision in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
• Chile widens its state of emergency due to wildfires that have consumed up to 8,000 hectares and declares catastrophe in the Biobío region amid a summer heat wave. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Corruption in South Korea
  • A court in South Korea sentences former justice minister Cho Kuk to two years in prison after convicting him on charges of abuse of power and helping his children enter prestigious schools under fake credentials. (The Washington Post)

Science and technology

• The wind chill on Mount Washington, New Hampshire drops to {{convert|-104|F|C}}, marking the coldest wind chill ever recorded in the United States. (BNO News)

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