An adviser to the secret court that oversees a powerful spy authority is warning that a House-passed reauthorization of the contentious law contains “overly broad” language.
US House votes to renew FISA spying tool after earlier Republican revolt
Prior to passage, the House failed to adopt a bipartisan amendment to curtail warrantless surveillance inside the U.S. Section 702 of the law expires on April 19 unless it's renewed.
The Afghanistan arm of the Islamic State is targeting Chinese nationals in a bid to “avenge” Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
why is democracy the goal? democratic nations have pretty much universally profited from the plunder and destruction of poor nations.
the british empire, the french empire, the german empire, the american empire. democracy is a tool of imperialism and colonialism. when those avenues for extracting wealth fail, what's left? increasing concentration of power and wealth to the rich, privatization of public goods, right-wing extremism, and societal stagnation through a return to conservative values.
why is democracy being seen as an end and not a means? isn't the goal supposed to be to raise the standard of living of people in developing or emerging economies, to reduce income inequality, to combat climate change, and/or to improve support and infrastructure for disadvantaged people and their communities?
in a state with limited political goodwill, why isn't more effort spent on actually benefiting the people instead of maintaining institutions that evidently degrade the minute attention shifts away from them?
yes but my freedum
yes but political pandering
communist country executes bourgeois, capitalists horrified
$12 billion dollars is the equivalent of the 1.3 million years of work in vietnam. that's the livelihoods of more than 34000 people, stolen to profit one person.
yes but see china bad
and yet coal power plant utilization is dropping like a rock
turns out that when profit isn't the only driving factor behind infrastructure, you can afford to do what's best for the people (stable power supply by ramping coal production up/down to smooth supply from renewables) rather than what's best for profits (running new coal plants at full bore)
Taipei's omission of the key detail at the time, changed timeline, and absence of video recording cloud the deadly incident in "the most dangerous place on Earth."
The CHIPS Act’s current identity as a jobs program for favored minorities means companies are forced to recruit heavily from every population except white and Asian men already trained in the field…
Let’s Ditch the ‘Rules-Based International Order’ - Bloomberg
The phrase is a linguistic atrocity, while the concept draws attention to American hypocrisy, in the Middle East and beyond. There’s an alternative.
Hidden prison labor web linked to foods from Target, Walmart
The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes to Coca-Cola.
The absolute disregard for Palestinian lives.
Nancy Pelosi asks pro-Palestinian protesters to ‘go back to China’ in video
Nancy Pelosi was caught on camera asking Israel protesters outside her home to “Go back to China” and claiming that was where their “headquarters” were located
As foreigners leave, people from the mainland are taking their place
China Is Trying to Have It Both Ways in the Middle East
Beijing must share more of the burden of protecting sea lanes that are vital for its trade interests.
Yes, but that makes the propaganda sound bad.
(you also need the tape read/write machine and a storage system, but those aren't that expensive either).
Senator Marco Rubio had this to say on the issue:
The Chinese Communist Party continues to expand its unlawful and aggressive maritime presence throughout the Indo-Pacific.
The U.S. must continue to strengthen our partnerships w/ nations in the region and advance our capabilities to counter China’s aggression.
The Maldives government has confirmed giving clearance to a Chinese ship to dock in its port, a move which could further irk India with whom the tiny archipelago nation is involved in a diplomatic spat.
And it diverts attention from the real humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Ukraine lost 500,000 soldiers, killed or seriously wounded, since the beginning of the Russian special military operation/invasion, former Prosecutor General and ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said on the YouTube channel. “I think that they should name the numb...
There are speculations that Ukraine could get F-16 fighter jets as early as the spring of 2024. To operate these cutting-edge warplanes, Kyiv must prepare ‘customized’ airfields to fly the fighting falcons. As Ukraine tirelessly works to bring the F-16s home, First Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine...
Following the recent loss of its A-50 long-range radar warning aircraft over the Sea of Azov, Russia appears to have deployed another A-50 Mainstay, this time conducting activities within the borders of Russia, according to the UK Ministry of Defense.
The commander of the ill-fated Russian Ilyushin Il-22 M air control center that was shot by Ukrainians over the Sea of Azov has reportedly died in the attack. The co-pilot of the aircraft managed to land the substantially damaged aircraft. The Il-22 is said to have survived the attack but has been d...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will begin its most significant military exercise in decades, the Steadfast Defender, amid the continuing Russia-Ukraine war. The drills will be the most prominent military maneuvers since the Cold War, seeing roughly 90,000 NATO troops undertaking air, ...
If anything, this makes the A-50U downing less likely given that there's been no indication that any A-50U crew are dead and Russia clearly isn't censoring reports on such.
They're different stories about different statements from different countries. Estonia, Germany, and Poland all independently made statements, not as a single joint statement.
If this is a policy going forward, it should be listed as a rule.
Won't stop the reports, but thanks for checking!