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Long-period comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to Earth after reaching its perihelion on

Eight people are killed by a winter storm in Texas, United States.

A search team from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and WA Fire and Emergency

Services announces that they have found the missing caesium-137 capsule around south of Newman.

Four people are killed and five others are injured after a mass shooting in KwaMashu, Durban, South Africa.

Two years after Myanmar's military overthrew the country's democratically-elected government, the State

Administration Council extends the country's state of emergency for another six months, thereby postponing the general election initially scheduled for August 1.

More than 500,000 workers across multiple public sectors go on strike in the United Kingdom, forcing

thousands of schools to close and many services to be delayed or cancelled, amid disputes over pay and working conditions. It is the largest industrial action in the UK since 2010.

Two people are injured after a magnitude 6 earthquake hits Monkayo, Davao de Oro, Philippines.

The East Epi submarine volcano in Vanuatu erupts for the first time since 2004, sending ash 90 meters into

the air, with a 10 kilometer radius danger zone.

M23 insurgents capture the town of Kitshanga in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after days of

heavy fighting. The DRC army confirms the withdrawal of its troops from the town, saying that it was a "tactical move to protect civilians".

One person is injured after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits Banjar, West Java, Indonesia.

A YouTuber is killed in Iraq; her father confesses to the honour killing.

The death toll from a boat capsize at the Tanda Dam in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on 29

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker announces that the state will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation after

Pope Francis begins his first papal visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He will also visit South Sudan on the same trip.

The Salvadoran government opens the Terrorism Confinement Center, a prison with a capacity of 40,000, amidst

a gang crackdown which has arrested over 62,000 people since March 2022.

A second day of strikes and demonstrations occurs throughout France against the government's pension reform

project, which proposes to increase the retirement age to 64.

Chelsea F.C. sign Argentinian central midfielder Enzo Fernández from Primeira Liga club Benfica in a £106.8m

deal to break the British football transfer fee record.

The Namibian environment ministry announces that 61 black rhinoceros and 26 white rhinoceros were killed in

the country in 2022 as a result of poaching, including 46 in Etosha National Park.

At least 100 people are killed and 225 others are injured when a suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt

at a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counter-terrorism department.

Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that Kiribati will rejoin the Pacific Islands Forum after

leaving the organization last year due to a dispute.

The Chinese province of Sichuan announces the abolition of its three-child policy and the restrictions on

birth registration for single parents on February 15, citing the country's population decline.