Ongoing news of reaction of foreign countries to the Ukraine invasion, starting with
Read our story here: Olaf Scholz announced major boost to German military spending — the latest in a series of dramatic policy shifts by Berlin in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine.https://t.co/MB7OHKc1DR
#EuropeCrime | A shootout in Rio de Janeiro. A last-minute getaway in Paraguay. And the arrest of racehorse traders and former football stars. Outcomes of Operation Turf, which exposed a massive transatlantic cocaine ring. https://t.co/S3bJbz8Eiu
Chanting “death to Putin,” a crowd of Iranians defied their government, an ally of Russia, by protesting outside the Ukrainian Embassy in Tehran on Saturday night, according to videos posted on social media.[....]
Breaking News: President Biden selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would become the first Black woman to serve as a justice.
BREAKING: Infamous hacker activist organization "Anonymous" takes down Russian state propaganda outlet https://t.co/o13eUF1aBF in reprisal for Putin's bloody invasion of Ukraine. RT TO THANK ANONYMOUS!
Explosions have been reported on Thursday in multiple cities in Ukraine and at least 40 people have been killed, according to an adviser of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a televised speech early Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has ordered a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Zelenskyy has since cut diplomatic ties with Russia and has declared martial law.
The top House Republican is attempting a series of political contortions to try to secure his place in a party that has shifted under his feet.
McCarthy has told donors Trump has not made up his mind on running for prez and that he has advised him to see whether Biden runs for re-election. When asked about Trump, he also often mentions Tim Scott + Ron DeSantis as serious presidential candidates.https://t.co/bZABjX00P0
[But what the heck, why not continue to deny reality and push the narrative that it's a systemically racist country? Let's keep pushing that line until stuff happens like the Dem party is dead and every single person in the U.S. owns a loaded gun.]
I'm concerned that, without an immediate course correction, Democrats are headed for a wipeout in November up-and-down the ballot. https://t.co/oGAmVYTVV0
Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician who championed global health and sought to bring modern medical science to those most in need around the world, died unexpectedly in his sleep in Rwanda, according to Partners in Health, the nonprofit organization he founded. https://t.co/ohYceERbel
Funny: a neoliberal Taliban. It “spelled out its economic ideas, which included low taxes and light regulation” and “inviting international investment” The Deputy Finance Minister is 39, a former University of Kentucky Fulbright scholar. https://t.co/3awqfrgehj
#MS13andCompany | The MS13’s complex evolution from street kids in LA to ruthless businessmen in Central America has been a long one. And did not come without a lucrative sidestep into Mexico. https://t.co/cHbsZNMgHM
"Trump oversaw more than 1,600 air and artillery strikes in Iraq and Syria during his first 11 months in office, Airwars reports just 4 during Biden's term. Strikes in Somalia fell from roughly 75 last year to <10 this year, no civilian casualties."https://t.co/fCVETpcUYn
BREAKING NEWS: “U.S. prosecutors are exploring whether they can use a federal law originally enacted to take down the mafia, in a sprawling probe of hedge funds and research firms that bet against stocks..”#AMChttps://t.co/Rh0iLqrSYv
"When I first visited Ukraine, in 2002, I couldn’t see past its Soviet-era dinge or shake off the admittedly overwrought—if historically informed—suspicion that every person I met might wish me dead," @FranklinFoer writes: https://t.co/e7jX6REu1O an extraordinary and moving essay
NEW: The NFL has hired former U.S. AG Loretta Lynch to defend it in a high-profile race discrimination case filed earlier this month by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores (via @bbgEquality) https://t.co/O0Nioolbhf
Three people were shot and critically wounded and a fourth was killed in an ambush-style shooting in Northwest Miami-Dade late Wednesday afternoon, according to Miami-Dade police.
