May 18, 2023 Top Stories: CIA says ‘call me,’ Ecuador Congress dissolved, and $13T climate pledge debt

Facts & Spins for May 18, 2023 Top Stories: The CIA pushes to recruit Russian spies, Ecuador's president dissolves Congress, the UK and Netherlands want a coalition for Ukraine fighter jets, four are killed in Nigeria in an attack on a US Embassy convoy, the North Carolina legislature enacts an abortion ban, Lizz Truss visits Taiwan, Maryland tests the Supreme Court’s gun laws, 8 in 10 South African children reportedly struggle to read, the Biden Admin approves a key oil pipeline, and Oxfam says wealthy nations owe a whopping $13 trillion in climate pledges.

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