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16,174 storiesThe Pentagon holds a press briefing on the shootdowns with NORAD Commander Glen D.
VanHerck stating it is currently unclear how the objects were "staying aloft", and "we're calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason".
China says that it has detected an unidentified flying object over the Yellow Sea, and warns that it is
prepared to shoot down the object. The Qingdao Marine Development Bureau issues an alert to fishermen in the waters to be "on alert" and "avoid risks".
Gaziantep becomes the 2nd club (after Hatayspor) to withdraw from the top division of Turkish football due to
Armenia–Turkey relations, Humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
Seven police officers are killed and another is injured when their vehicle is ambushed in Valle de los Ríos
Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro, Peru, in a suspected attack by remnants of Shining Path.
A passenger van collides with another vehicle in Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines, killing eight people
who have attended a police training session.

A suicide bomber blows himself up near a security forces' vehicle in North Waziristan District, Pakistan,
killing three soldiers and wounding 20 more.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified flying object over Yukon, which
is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to collect and analyze the object.

At least ten civilians and a soldier are killed in a mass shooting by Islamic State gunmen at a truffle farm
Four soldiers are killed and another is critically injured by a fellow soldier during a mass shooting at a
barracks in Cagayan de Oro, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The perpetrator is shot dead.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu names pro-European Union academic Dorin Recean as the next Prime Minister of
In association football, Spanish club Real Madrid wins a record fifth FIFA Club World Cup title and eighth
club world championship after defeating Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal 5–3 in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. With eight goals, the match was the highest scoring final in Club World C
The Alican border crossing between Armenia and Turkey briefly reopens to allow the passage of humanitarian
aid following the Turkey–Syria earthquake for the first time since 1988.
A 16-year-old British transgender girl, is murdered in a premeditated attack by Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie
Ratcliffe. After being lured into Culcheth Linear Park by Jenkinson, Ghey is fatally stabbed.
Hatayspor withdraws from the top division of Turkish football due to the earthquake.

2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Moldova–Russia relations

Moldova says that Russia has fired missiles over the country at targets inside Ukraine, condemning the
missile flyover as a violation of its sovereignty, and also summons the Russian ambassador for an official explanation.

A Russian Navy drone boat strikes the Zatoka railway bridge on Highway H33 near Odesa.
It is believed to be the first use of the naval weapon in the war by Russian forces.
A World War II-era bomb weighing around 250kg explodes while being defused in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,
The Permanent Assembly of the Congress of Peru approves a motion to file criminal charges against former
president Pedro Castillo. The charges include criminal organization, traffic of influences, and collusion.
Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilița resigns amid an economic crisis and the collateral effects of the
Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a building collapse in Damanhour, Beheira Governorate,
Two people, including South African rapper AKA, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
The assailants fled the scene on foot, according to police.
At least 35 people are injured when a bus overturns near Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Toronto mayor John Tory announces he will be resigning following revelations he had an extramarital affair
with a staffer during the COVID-19 pandemic.