February 16, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2018–2023 Haitian crisis
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Armenia submits a peace treaty to Azerbaijan in an effort to end the decades-long conflict between the two countries. (Daily Sabah)
Business and economy
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces that she will step down and will be succeeded by chief product officer Neal Mohan. (The Verge)
- The CAC 40, the benchmark stock market index for the 40 largest market caps on the Euronext Paris, Europe's second-largest stock exchange market, reaches a record intraday value of 7,387.29 points. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
- The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey increases to 43,850, as the World Health Organization declares northwestern Syria as the zone of greatest concern, citing the slow delivery of humanitarian aid. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- Climate change in Antarctica
- The National Snow and Ice Data Center of the United States reports that the Antarctic sea ice decreased to 1.91 million square kilometers (740,000 sq mi) within the week, the smallest remaining ice area since records began in 1979. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
Law and crime
- A Da Nang court sentences four South Korean men to imprisonment for smuggling around 200 South Koreans into Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic when the country suspended the entry of all foreigners from 2020 to 2021. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- Russia in the Council of Europe
- Lawmakers in the State Duma vote to withdraw Russia from 21 conventions of the Council of Europe. (RFE/RL)
- The Portuguese government announces the end of the Portugal Golden Visa investor program, as well as a ban on new licenses for Airbnbs, due to a severe housing shortage and rising rents. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023
- American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins her seventh career alpine world championships gold medal in the women's giant slalom of the 2023 edition in the French Alps, making her the most successful skier in the modern era with an overall tally of 13 medals from 16 career world championship races. (AP via The Guardian)
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023