The News Roundup For March 22, 2024
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🗓️ 22 March 2024
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In news that seems somewhat overdue, the EPA has moved to ban the most common form of asbestos, which causes cancer and kills tens of thousands of Americans a year.
Meanwhile overseas, despite warnings from U.S. President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is renewing his vow to launch an attack on the city of Rafah, where many Palestinians fled for shelter from violence elsewhere in Gaza.
In expected news, Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection to his position in another sham election.
And the U.S. is no longer one of the world's top-20 happiest countries according to the World Happiness Report, while Nordic countries, maintained their hold on the top spots.
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| 0:15.0 | Hi, it's Andira. I'm your host for this edition of the News Roundup. |
| 0:20.0 | Just a quick heads up before we start the show. The news is rapidly changing and things may be different |
| 0:25.2 | by the time you hear this episode. So stay up to date with all the latest by listening to your local |
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| 0:35.0 | Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Indira Lakshmanon and it's time for the news |
| 0:49.4 | roundup. This week a legal drama. Apple has employed a strategy that relies on exclusionary, anti-competitive conduct that hurts both consumers and developers. |
| 1:00.0 | And a movie we've all seen before. |
| 1:03.0 | Everybody is reading this quickly, they're doing that, |
| 1:05.0 | and I think we have to get this done by the weekend, |
| 1:07.0 | because I think the stakes are too high. |
| 1:09.0 | And a new kind of Bond villain. |
| 1:12.0 | The ask of Judge In Gorin is completely ridiculous. |
| 1:16.0 | He knew that, but it is intentionally to interfere in the election, to hurt President |
| 1:21.0 | Trump. |
| 1:22.0 | It's a disgrace, Martha. |
| 1:23.0 | Let's welcome our brilliant cast for this hour with us here in studio as Megan Sculli, Congress |
| 1:28.9 | editor at Bloomberg News. Megan, great to have you with us. |
| 1:32.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:33.0 | Also Alex Thompson, National Political Correspondent for Axios, |
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