Current events: 2023-02-14

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• High-altitude object events in 2023
  • 2023 Romania and Moldova high-altitude objects
    • The Romanian Air Force unsuccessfully attempted to intercept an unidentified object detected roughly {{convert|11,000|m|mi}} above Southeast Romania. (Reuters)
    • Moldova temporarily shuts down its airspace after reports of a balloon-like object. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season
  • A state of emergency is declared in New Zealand for only the third time in the country's history as Cyclone Gabrielle affects the country. (AFP via RFI) (Al Jazeera)
• Twenty people are killed and 68 others injured by a head-on collision between a tour bus and an armoured cash-in-transit van in Makhado, Limpopo, South Africa. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Nikki Haley 2024 presidential campaign
      • Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley officially announces her run for president in the upcoming 2024 election. She is the first Republican challenger to former president Donald Trump. (CNN)
• 2024 United States Senate elections
  • California Senator Dianne Feinstein announces that she will not seek re-election in 2024 after serving for over 30 years.

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