Portal:Current events/2023 February 7

Health and environment

• Global spread of H5N1
  • Peru's Ministry of Environment reports that the H5N1 influenza A virus has killed 585 sea lions and more than 55,000 birds within its protected areas in recent weeks. (AFP via Hindustan Times)

Law and crime

• 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
  • The Federal Police arrest the military police officer in charge of security during the January 8 attack against the Brazilian Congress. (Reuters)
• Luffy robberies
  • Two of four Japanese gang leaders based in the Philippines are deported on suspicion of ordering around 2,300 robberies and phone fraud activities with a total value of ¥3.5 billion (US$26.4 million) in Japan. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• Munster Technological University ransomware attack
  • Munster Technological University in the Republic of Ireland announces that it is investigating an incident involving its computer and telephone systems, saying that campuses in County Cork will be closed as a result. (RTÉ)
• Nduga hostage crisis
  • The Free Papua Movement, led by Egianus Kogoya, burn a Susi Air plane and take 15 passengers hostage in Paro Airport, Nduga Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. (SCNOW)

Politics and elections

• Politics of the United Kingdom
  • 2023 British cabinet reshuffle
    • British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carries out the first significant reshuffle of his majority government. The reshuffle filled the vacancy left by Nadhim Zahawi after he was dismissed as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2023. (BBC News)
• 2023 Solomon Islands protests
  • Police use tear gas to disperse protesters after the governor of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani, is removed in a no-confidence vote. Suidani was one of the strongest critics of the government's approach to China. (The Guardian)
• 2023 State of the Union Address
  • U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the 2023 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. It was Biden's second State of the Union Address, and his third speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. (CNN)

Sports

• 2022–23 NBA season
  • During a regular-season game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James records his 38,388th career NBA point, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA all-time scoring leader. (ESPN)