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Facts & Spin for March 25, 2023 top stories: The US conducts air strikes in Syria after a contractor is killed, Canada and the US agree to roll back asylum access, a Ukrainian commander says Russia is 'losing steam' in Bakhmut, North Korea claims to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone, World Athletics bans trans women from competing, the jailed ‘Hotel Rwanda' hero has his sentence commuted, the US House GOP passes the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act, Utah passes a law requiring parental consent for child social media use, French protesters set Bordeaux City Hall on fire, and a Michigan Appeals Court rules the parents of a mass shooter can be tried for manslaughter.
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Facts & Spin for March 24, 2023 top stories: TikTok’s CEO testifies before Congress, Israel's Knesset passes a law making it harder to remove a prime minister, Biden is accused of feeding the media 'false stories' on the Nordstream pipeline blasts, Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is jailed over a Modi comment, the New York grand jury investigating Trump is postponed for a week, ex-UK prime minister Boris Johnson is grilled by MPs over “Partygate,” Yemen sees renewed fighting after ten months of relative calm, a US Judge Orders a $1.68 billion payout over the 1983 Beirut bombing, the Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.25%, and Canada sees a record 1 million in population growth.
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Facts & Spin for March 23, 2023 top stories: At least 13 are killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, Uganda passes a bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ+, at least 4 are killed in a Russian drone attack on the Kyiv region, Israel allegedly strikes Syria’s Aleppo airport again, US home prices fall for the first time in 11 years, Beijing's population falls for the first time since 2003, a US court rules against an ex-Haitian mayor for $15 million, Google launches its ChatGPT rival, Bard, in the US and UK, a deadly fungus sweeps across the US, and the UN warns against 'vampiric' global water use.



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Facts & Spin for March 22, 2023 top stories: Biden orders the release of intel potentially linking COVID to a Wuhan Lab, Nigeria’s Peter Obi petitions a court to challenge last month’s presidential election, Sri Lanka secures a $2.9 billion bailout from the IMF, A report finds the UK's Met Police to be institutionally 'racist, misogynistic, and homophobic,' Ukraine launches a drone attack on Crimea, The US concludes that war crimes were committed by all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, Saudi Arabia releases a jailed US citizen, The GOP Freedom Caucus opposes guaranteeing bank deposits above $250,000, A Fox producer sues the network over alleged coaching before her Dominion testimony, and Texas adds HSBC to to its energy sanctions list.



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Facts & Spin for March 21, 2023 top stories: Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse for $3.24 billion, France’s Macron survives a no confidence vote, Xi Xingping arrives in Moscow for a state visit, The latest Twitter Files reveal a US government-backed initiative to censor COVID information, A former Taiwan president announces a historic trip to China, An ex-Australian soldier is charged with war crimes in Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine agree to reduce tensions ahead of Ramadan, Amazon announces plans to cut another 9,000 jobs, and scientists release a 'survival guide' to avert a climate disaster.



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Facts & Spin for March 18, 2023 top stories: The ICC issues an arrest warrant for Putin, Turkey's Erdoğan approves Finland's NATO bid, France’s Macron overrides Parliament and passes a pension reform, First Republic secures $30B from 11 banks, Iran agrees to stop arming Houthis in Yemen, 440K gallons of radioactive water leaks from a Minnesota nuclear plant, at least 22 are killed in an alleged massacre at a Myanmar monastery, Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief appears before a corruption hearing, FDA advisers back full approval of Pfizer’s Paxlovid COVID treatment, and EU countries seek to weaken livestock emission limits.
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