Portal:Current events/2023 February 28

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • An Israeli-American man is killed in a drive-by shooting on a highway in Jericho, in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • The Taliban kill the leader of operations and intelligence of Islamic State – Khorasan Province during a raid in Kabul. (The Express Tribune)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
    • Grocery inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a record high of 17.1%, according to market research group Kantar Worldpanel, amid high levels of inflation, supply chain issues and high energy costs impacting the economy. (Sky News)

Disasters and accidents

• Tempi train crash
  • A passenger train and a freight train collide in Tempi, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, killing over 50 people and injuring more than 80 others. (BNO News)

International relations

• Finland–Russia relations
  • Finland begins construction of a border barrier on its border with Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Nigerian presidential election
  • Opposition parties call for a rerun of this year's presidential election after the Independent National Electoral Commission projected Bola Tinubu of the incumbent All Progressives Congress to be the next president, claiming voting irregularities and electoral violence. (BBC News) (NPR)
• 2023 Chicago mayoral election
  • Lori Lightfoot loses her re-election bid as Mayor of Chicago, becoming the first one-term mayor in 40 years. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Censorship of TikTok
  • Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app. (BBC News)