News Roundup 9/5/19

by | Sep 5, 2019

News Roundup 9/5/19

by | Sep 5, 2019

US News

  • A non-profit coding group will work to have thousands of marijuana convictions expunged in Chicago. [Link]
  • Trump plans to allocate $3.6 billion from the military budget to fund the wall. [Link]

Latin America

  • Guatemala declared a ‘state of siege – in five areas after three soldiers were killed by suspected drug traffickers. The state of siege limits protests, imposes curfews, and removes some limitations on arresting people. [Link]
  • A mayoral candidate was killed along with five other people in Colombia. Members of FARC are accused of carrying out the attack. [Link]

Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong leader says she will pull the extradition bill. The bill was the spark for protests in Hong Kong. [Link]

Middle East

  • Netanyahu pledges to annex Israeli settlements in the West Bank. [Link]
  • Iran will develop faster centrifuges in response to Trump’s maximum pressure sanctions war.  Iran gave Europe two months to save the JCPOA. [Link]
  • The US will not give any sanctions waivers for a French plan to extend a $15 billion line of credit to Iran. [Link]
  • Iran is expected to free seven members of the crew of the Stena Impero. [Link]
  • Japan will not join the US-led operation to protect ships in the Gulf. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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