The New York Times reports the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded the Departments of State and Defense are failing to track how frequently US weapons are being used to kill civilians in Yemen.
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News Roundup 6/7/2022
US News The US has wasted 82 million covid vaccinations. [Link] Three Arizona police officers were placed on paid leave after watching a man drown. [Link] President Joe Biden will use the Defense Production Act to boost solar panel production. [Link] Mexico’s...
News Roundup 6/5/2022
Venezuela The US will allow two European companies to ship Venezuelan oil to Europe. [Link] Russia NATO head Jens Stoltenburg says the alliance needs to prepare for a long war in Ukraine. [Link] He added that Ukraine shouldn’t stop trying to push Russia from Crimea....
Putin Threatens MLRS Transfers to Ukraine Will Provoke Strikes, UK Announces Shipment of M270 Rocket Launchers
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Western shipments of long-range rockets to Kiev will compel Moscow to hit several targets around Ukraine. In recent days the US announced it would send rockets with a range of 50 miles to Kiev. On Sunday, London announced it would also send long-range M270 rocket launchers to Ukraine.
NATO Chief Says Ukraine Shouldn’t Drop Goal of Driving Russia Out of Crimea
In an interview with the Washington Post, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine shouldn’t avoid declaring ambitious war aims of driving Russia out of the eastern Donbass region and the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has controlled since 2014.
Bipartisan House Bill Pushes to End US Intervention in Yemen
US lawmakers have introduced a measure to end all American involvement in the war in Yemen, where Washington has heavily backed a Saudi-led military coalition despite repeated charges of indiscriminate civilian bombings for years on end.
News Roundup 6/3/2022
Assange A Spanish court summons former CIA Director Mike Pompeo to testify about the agency’s plan to kidnap and assassinate Julian Assange. [Link] Germany Germany will buy 60 Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopters from Germany for $4 billion. [Link] Russia The US...
Ukraine Sacks Human Rights Commissioner
Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to remove human rights commissioner Lyudmila Denisova, accusing the official of doing too little to protect citizens amid an ongoing Russian invasion, and of tarnishing Kiev’s reputation abroad with unverified atrocity stories.
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