Year in review: A look at news events in February 2023

A look at news events in February 2023: 4 - The U.S. military shoots down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden. U.S. defence officials had been tracking it for about a week as it travelled over sensitive military sites across North America. They say the large balloon went into Canadian airspace before crossing back into U.S. territory over northern Idaho. China says it was a weather research “airship” that had been blown off course and denied any claims of spying. 6 - A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey and northern…