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- World Bank President David Malpass resigns. He is expected to step down by June. (AFP via RFI)
Disasters and accidents
- Gualaca bus crash
- At least 39 migrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, Panama, when their bus, intended to be driven 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)
- At least 10 people are killed in avalanches in Tajikistan. (Rferl.org)
Law and crime
- 2022 Buffalo shooting
- The Buffalo, New York grocery shooter is sentenced to life in prison without 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)
Politics and elections
- Nicola Sturgeon announces that she will resign as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party once a new leader is elected. (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, the right to address the nation and propose ideas to officials, and deprives his immediate family of legal immunity. (RFE/RL)
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