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February 5, 2023
(
2023-02-05
)
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Arts and culture
65th Annual Grammy Awards
American singer
Beyoncé
sets a
Grammy Awards record
for the most wins with 32 wins, surpassing Hungarian conductor
Georg Solti
.
(NPR)
Disasters and accidents
Eight people in
Austria
and two others in
Switzerland
are killed by a series of
avalanches
.
(BBC News)
At least eight people are killed and 42 others are injured when a
bus crashes
and overturns in
Afyonkarahisar Province
,
Turkey
.
(ABC News)
Health and environment
South Africa
reports imported cases of
cholera
in two sisters who travelled to
Malawi
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
2022–2023 Peruvian protests
The
government
extends the
state of emergency
in the
Apurímac
,
Arequipa
,
Cuzco
,
Madre de Dios
,
Moquegua
,
Puno
, and
Tacna
departments
until April 7.
(AFP via VOA)
Politics and elections
2023 Cypriot presidential election
Cypriots
head to the polls to elect their new
President
.
(AFP via France 24)
A runoff is called for 12 February between
Nikos Christodoulides
and
Andreas Mavroyiannis
.
(
The Guardian
)
2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
Ecuadorians
head to the polls for a non-binding
referendum
on a
constitutional reform
.
(
Infobae
)
2023 Monegasque general election
Monegasques
head to the polls to elect the members of their
Parliament
.
(Euronews)
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Davyd Arakhamia
announces that
military intelligence chief
Kyrylo Budanov
will replace
Oleksii Reznikov
as
Minister of Defense
following a
corruption
scandal.
(AFP via ABS-CBN News)
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