Foreign policy experts in Washington said the Biden administration’s approach risked transgressing democratic principles in the name of security. Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, said, “This appears to be an example where the administration is allowing its security relationship with...
“People held in this system are facing large-scale violations of their rights, some of which amount to war crimes,” Nicolette Waldman, Amnesty’s senior crisis advisor, told journalists....
María Dolores Miño, director of Ecuador’s independent Law and Justice Observatory and a law professor at the International University of Ecuador, said the raid was not only “extremely embarrassing” for Ecuador but also opens up the possibility of serious repercussions....
Although the White House has insisted that President Biden has the legal authority to take military action against the Houthis, several members of Congress have refuted its claims. At a Senate hearing in February, several senators called attention to the War Powers Resolution, which establishes that the president cannot continue...
Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison (theintercept.com)
Foreign policy experts in Washington said the Biden administration’s approach risked transgressing democratic principles in the name of security. Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, said, “This appears to be an example where the administration is allowing its security relationship with...
‘Blatantly illegal’: Zelenskyy admin under fire for denying services to Ukrainian men abroad (www.politico.eu)
French national library quarantines books believed to be laced with arsenic (www.theguardian.com)
Poland: We’re ready to host nuclear weapons (www.politico.eu)
‘Quiet on Set’ Survivors Say Docuseries Exploited Their Trauma, Then Shut Them Out (www.indiewire.com)
Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract (www.nbcnews.com)
Tesla Cybertruck: A Tragedy On Four Wheels (www.youtube.com)
Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria (apnews.com)
“People held in this system are facing large-scale violations of their rights, some of which amount to war crimes,” Nicolette Waldman, Amnesty’s senior crisis advisor, told journalists....
Hundreds could die if Boeing fails to handle quality issues, whistleblower says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Exclusion Zone’ Blocked Journalists Covering Vancouver Tent City Teardown (www.readthemaple.com)
We don't all smoke weed in Germany, Scholz assures Chinese students (www.reuters.com)
Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Germany to give Holocaust survivors $236 payout to help them cope with October 7 attacks (edition.cnn.com)
Iraqi PM says 'timetable set' to end presence of US-led coalition (thecradle.co)
Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case (apnews.com)
US Slams Strikes on Russia Oil Refineries as Risk to Oil Markets (www.bloomberg.com)
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Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom (www.bloomberg.com)
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The Big China Con ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
UK will not suspend arms exports to Israel, David Cameron says (www.theguardian.com)
German army sets up first overseas bases since Second World War (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Germany to Order Ships, Armored Vehicles Worth Up to €7 Billion (www.bloomberg.com)
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Nicaragua to ICJ: End Germany’s support of Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito (apnews.com)
María Dolores Miño, director of Ecuador’s independent Law and Justice Observatory and a law professor at the International University of Ecuador, said the raid was not only “extremely embarrassing” for Ecuador but also opens up the possibility of serious repercussions....
An illegal war with Houthis isn't stopping the Red Sea crisis (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Although the White House has insisted that President Biden has the legal authority to take military action against the Houthis, several members of Congress have refuted its claims. At a Senate hearing in February, several senators called attention to the War Powers Resolution, which establishes that the president cannot continue...
Meet Centuria, Ukraine’s Western-trained neo-Nazi army (thegrayzone.com)