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March 30, 2023 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Vatican officially repudiates the discovery doctrine, writing that the 15th-century papal bulls which promoted it were "manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers in order to justify immoral acts against indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesiastical authorities".
Four people are killed and six others are injured by two roadside bombings targeting police in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Disasters and accidents
Two Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters collide over Fort Campbell in Kentucky, United States, killing all nine people on board.
Fourteen people are killed and dozens of others are injured by a mine collapse in Northern state, Sudan.
Health and environment
New Zealand records its first case of rabies in a human. A patient who had been in hospital since early March died from the disease, which did not spread further.
International relations
The Turkish Parliament unanimously votes to accept Finland's NATO application, becoming the last member to do so.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules that the United States violated its 1955 friendship treaty with Iran when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies, but said that the ICJ does not have jurisdiction over the US$1.75 billion worth of frozen assets held by the Central Bank of Iran. Both countries claimed victory in the ruling.
Lawmakers from the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria walkout from the lower house of Austria's parliament during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a protest against the violation of Austria's national principle of neutrality.
Law and crime
A grand jury in Manhattan, New York City, indicts former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding a hush payment he made while he was a candidate in 2016.
The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech.
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