🥴📹 First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken were excoriated by Twitter users for presenting a biological man from Argentina with an award for women on International Women's Day

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US House Rejects Resolution Directing Biden to Remove US Forces From Syria

The US House of Representatives rejected a resolution directing President Joe Biden to remove US military forces from Syria within 180 days.

“If Joe Biden wants to keep us in Syria’s war, then he must explain to the American people why, what the goal is, and what winning looks like. Until then, every member of the House of Representatives will vote on the record on whether they support continuing war in Syria or not,” the resolution’s sponsor, Congressman Matt Gaetz, said in a statement.

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📹 Russia's Ka-52 reconnaissance assault helicopters carried out missile launches against strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during combat missions (video courtesy of Russian MoD)

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Prominent Ukrainian Businessman Probed Over Alleged Links to Nord Stream Attacks, Reports Say

Western intelligence agencies investigating blasts on the Nord Stream gas pipelines are looking into the possible involvement of a prominent Ukrainian businessman in the attack, a UK newspaper reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The British newspaper said that it knows the name of the businessman and that some of the attack's characteristics were hinting at his involvement in the sabotage.

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Sweden Sees Record-Breaking Spike in Food Prices in February

Caught in economic turmoil, Sweden has been buckling under skyrocketing food inflation.

The price increase for food in February became the highest that Matpriskollen, an independent supermarket price comparison site, has ever measured. Baby food and gruel are among the things that have increased the most at 11.7% and 9.3% respectively in February alone.

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⚡ An assassination attempt on the head of Transnistria was prevented; all suspects have been detained, Transnistria’s Ministry of State Security says

▪️ The ministry added that the Security Service of Ukraine is behind the plot

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⚡️ Kremlin: Russia insists on transparent probe into Nord Stream terror attack amid 'media leaks'

❗️ Latest statements by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️ Accusations of Russia being at fault in the Nord Stream terrorist attacks are absurd from the very outset, compares it to "chopping off your own leg";

▪️ Russia has many questions on the grain deal, and it will continue to raise them;

▪️ Moscow has nothing to do with Georgia’s foreign agents bill nor with the nationwide unrest there.

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❗️ Key statements by Russia’s FM Lavrov at today’s presser with his Saudi counterpart Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud:

▪️ An agreement on a protective zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was close, but Kiev blocked it;

▪️ Russia is fulfilling all its obligations under the grain deal;

▪️ Given that the grain deal is only half completed, its extension is a difficult issue;

▪️ The UN chief and his staff are tight-lipped on any information regarding the Nord Stream terrorist attacks.

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❗️ Russia’s MoD on today's attacks against Ukraine: In response to terrorist attacks in the Bryansk region, the Armed Forces of Russia dealt a massive retaliatory strike

On March 2, a sabotage group from Ukraine penetrated the border into the territory of the Klimovsky district's Liubechane village. The saboteurs fired at a moving vehicle, killing two people and injuring a child. Later, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that Ukrainian nationalists had been forced back into the territory of Ukraine, where they were subjected to a massive artillery strike.

🕊🇮🇳 Fishermen off India's east coast caught a pigeon with an unknown device on its leg. The police believe that the bird could have been used for espionage purposes.

"A suspected spy pigeon fitted with a tiny camera and a chip was caught from a fishing boat off the Paradip coast in Jagatsinghpur… We are verifying whether it is the camera or something else. We will produce the pigeon with all the material before the cyber expert finds out the truth," police spokesman Nimai Charan Sethi told local media.

🧐 The bird reportedly has a text message on its wings written in an unknown language.

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Catch our Fault Lines show, where we provide updates and analysis on all the most vital stories! Here's our line-up for today:

🔺To kick things off, we’ll be discussing the FTC attempts to obtain the names of journalists who were given Twitter files
🔺Next, we’ll cover the Syria withdrawal vote in the House
🔺Finally, we’ll speak about the wave of strikes taking place all over France

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🇺🇸 Another incident with a train in the US has occurred, this time derailing in Oklahoma.

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Russian Military Deploys Kinzhals in Massive Strikes on Ukraine in Retaliation For Bryansk Terror

Russia has carried out massive missile strikes on targets inside Ukraine in retaliation for last week's terrorism in the Bryansk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.

Two civilians were killed and a 10-year-old boy was injured last week when a group of saboteurs penetrated the Russian-Ukrainian border in Russia's Bryansk region and opened fire on civilian vehicles and infrastructure. NATO-provided weapons were found at the crime scenes. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a terrorist attack.

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Journalist and political activist Kiji Noh joined us to discuss the US strategy to trigger a kinetic war in Asia as well as China’s calls for avoidance of conflict

🎧Listen to more of Noh’s analysis in our podcast Fault Lines: Xi Warns US About Encircling China Amid Increased Tensions