EVENTS DESCRIBED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Honduran government orders all Taiwanese diplomats to leave the Taiwanese embassy in 30 days ahead of Honduras switching recognition from Taiwan to mainland China
• Former Taiwanese president reported as having paid an apparently friendly visit to cities in China, generating controversy within Taiwanese government
• Mass shooting occurs at American Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee; 7 dead including shooter
• Train derails near Wyndmere, North Dakota, spilling potentially hazardous material into surrounding area
• Hungary's National Assembly approves Finland's accession into NATO, leaving only Turkey to approve its application
• In response to protests, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu temporarily pauses discussions on controversial judicial reform bill
• French government announces prohibitions of several social media apps like Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok citing safety concerns
• Chinese scientists apparently discover several tiny pockets of water in glass-like beads in lunar dirt samples

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This is the sixty-seventh episode, detailing noteworthy world events that happened during March 27th, 2023.

Sources consulted during production:

https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwan-told-vacate-embassy-honduras-after-ties-severed-2023-03-27/ (Honduras ejects Taiwanese diplomats)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/former-taiwan-leader-arrives-in-china-first-such-trip-in-decades (Former Taiwanese president visits China)

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-03-27-23/index.html (Nashville/Covenant school shooting)

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/train-derailment-hazardous-materials-in-north-dakota/89-35ea8e28-b5c9-46fd-b190-4779c85fe225 (North Dakota train derailment)

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230327-hungarian-parliament-approves-finland-s-nato-membership-bid (Hungary approves Finland's NATO application)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/27/israel-netanyahu-strikes-protests-judicial-reform-defense-minister/11548472002/ (Netanyahu pauses judicial reforms)

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-france-ban-cybersecurity-china-4c48564fbfe7b86bf44c30969902c293 (France social media bans)

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/new-source-water-found-moon-samples-china-mission-98162299 (Water sources found in lunar dirt)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/blast-near-afghanistan-foreign-ministry-kills-at-least-two-ngo (Kabul suicide bombing)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65088388 (Ecuador landslide)

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-teen-stabs-teacher-death-wounds-five-others-school-2023-03-27/ (Brazil school stabbing)

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