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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 84343" data-attributes="member: 524">Business and economics<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_World_Bank_Group" target="_blank">World Bank President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malpass" target="_blank">David Malpass</a> resigns. He is expected to step down by June. <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/business-and-tech/20230215-world-bank-chief-david-malpass-to-step-down" target="_blank">(AFP via RFI)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualaca_bus_crash" target="_blank">Gualaca bus crash</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 39 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant" target="_blank">migrants</a> are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualaca_District" target="_blank">Gualaca District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiriqu%C3%AD_Province" target="_blank">Chiriquí Province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama" target="_blank">Panama</a>, when their bus, intended to be driven to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, falls off a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff" target="_blank">cliff</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/least-33-migrants-die-pamana-bus-crash-official-2023-02-15/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_South_Pacific_cyclone_season" target="_blank">2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are killed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Gabrielle" target="_blank">Cyclone Gabrielle</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" target="_blank">New Zealand</a>. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0215/1356728-new-zealand-cyclone/" target="_blank">(AFP via RTÉ)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eleven people are killed and 73 others are missing and presumed dead after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_migrant_vessel_incidents_on_the_Mediterranean_Sea" target="_blank">a boat carrying migrants sinks</a> off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya" target="_blank">Libyan</a> coast. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64651096" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 10 people are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche" target="_blank">avalanches</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan" target="_blank">Tajikistan</a>. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-avalanches-heavy-snow/32272766.html" target="_blank">(Rferl.org)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Buffalo_shooting" target="_blank">2022 Buffalo shooting</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%2C_New_York" target="_blank">Buffalo, New York</a> grocery shooter is sentenced to life in prison without parole. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-rushes-buffalo-grocery-mass-shooter-emotional-sentencing-hearing-r-rcna70250" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An investigation by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consortium" target="_blank">consortium</a> of journalists uncovers a major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation" target="_blank">disinformation</a> campaign by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> firm named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Jorge" target="_blank">Team Jorge</a>, led by ex-Israeli <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_forces" target="_blank">special forces</a> member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Hanan" target="_blank">Tal Hanan</a>, which is alleged to have influenced the elections of several countries. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" target="_blank">Nicola Sturgeon</a> announces that she will resign as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" target="_blank">First Minister of Scotland</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_National_Party" target="_blank">Leader of the Scottish National Party</a> once a new leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Scottish_National_Party_leadership_election" target="_blank">is elected</a>. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/15/scotland-nicola-sturgeon-resigns/" target="_blank">(Washington Post)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Kazakhstan" target="_blank">Kazakh President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev" target="_blank">Kassym-Jomart Tokayev</a> signs a law annulling many privileges of his predecessor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev" target="_blank">Nursultan Nazarbayev</a>, 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. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-family-legal-immunity-stripped/32273034.html" target="_blank">(RFE/RL)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_February_15" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 84343, member: 524"] [B]Business and economics[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_World_Bank_Group']World Bank President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malpass']David Malpass[/URL] resigns. He is expected to step down by June. [URL='https://www.rfi.fr/en/business-and-tech/20230215-world-bank-chief-david-malpass-to-step-down'](AFP via RFI)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualaca_bus_crash']Gualaca bus crash[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 39 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant']migrants[/URL] are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualaca_District']Gualaca District[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiriqu%C3%AD_Province']Chiriquí Province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama']Panama[/URL], when their bus, intended to be driven to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], falls off a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff']cliff[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/least-33-migrants-die-pamana-bus-crash-official-2023-02-15/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_South_Pacific_cyclone_season']2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four people are killed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Gabrielle']Cyclone Gabrielle[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand']New Zealand[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0215/1356728-new-zealand-cyclone/'](AFP via RTÉ)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Eleven people are killed and 73 others are missing and presumed dead after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_migrant_vessel_incidents_on_the_Mediterranean_Sea']a boat carrying migrants sinks[/URL] off the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya']Libyan[/URL] coast. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64651096'](BBC)[/URL] [*]At least 10 people are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche']avalanches[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan']Tajikistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-avalanches-heavy-snow/32272766.html'](Rferl.org)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Buffalo_shooting']2022 Buffalo shooting[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%2C_New_York']Buffalo, New York[/URL] grocery shooter is sentenced to life in prison without parole. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-rushes-buffalo-grocery-mass-shooter-emotional-sentencing-hearing-r-rcna70250'](NBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]An investigation by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consortium']consortium[/URL] of journalists uncovers a major [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation']disinformation[/URL] campaign by an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] firm named [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Jorge']Team Jorge[/URL], led by ex-Israeli [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_forces']special forces[/URL] member [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Hanan']Tal Hanan[/URL], which is alleged to have influenced the elections of several countries. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon']Nicola Sturgeon[/URL] announces that she will resign as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland']First Minister of Scotland[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Scottish_National_Party']Leader of the Scottish National Party[/URL] once a new leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Scottish_National_Party_leadership_election']is elected[/URL]. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/15/scotland-nicola-sturgeon-resigns/'](Washington Post)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Kazakhstan']Kazakh President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev']Kassym-Jomart Tokayev[/URL] signs a law annulling many privileges of his predecessor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev']Nursultan Nazarbayev[/URL], 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. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-family-legal-immunity-stripped/32273034.html'](RFE/RL)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_February_15"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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