June, 2022

• 15 June

  Is Russia inching towards victory in Ukraine’s Donbas region?

  

  Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos examines whether new tactics and objectives are giving Russia an advantage in the Ukraine war. In the battle for the Donbas, the fight over Severodonetsk has entered a crucial stage. Ukrainian units are locked in a desperate struggle with Russian infantry and armour intent on taking …

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• 15 June

  Biden’s New Policy Funds China’s Military, Supports Slavery, Achieves Nothing

  

  Previously, U.S. policy was that Americans were forbidden to invest in companies included in a “blacklist” of Chinese companies directly involved in China’s military, and in producing applications used by the Communist regime to oppress its own people and threaten its neighbors. The new “answers” amount to a wholesale abandonment …

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• 15 June

  Ukrainalaiset joutuivat kärsijöiksi Suomen byrokratiassa

  

  Ukrainasta sotaa Suomeen paenneille pitää saada henkilötunnukset pikavauhtia. Tuhannet sotaa Suomeen jo kuukausia sitten paenneet ukrainalaiset eivät ole saaneet henkilötunnusta. Sen puuttuminen vaikeuttaa esimerkiksi työntekoa ja asunnon saamista. Tilanne on kohtuuton. Ihmisiä pompotellaan tiskiltä toiselle, mikä on tavallisellekin suomalaiselle uuvuttavaa, saati ukrainalaiselle, joka ei osaa viranomaisten käyttämää kieltä. Euroopan unioni …

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• 15 June

  Jerzy Haszczyński: Unijny przekaz dla Kijowa

  

  Zmniejszające się gwałtownie zainteresowanie wojną znajdzie prędzej czy później odzwierciedlenie w działaniach europejskich polityków. Niestety, raczej prędzej. Gdy widzę w gazecie nazwisko kończące się na »ić«, to przewracam stronę” – tak po miesiącach wojny jugosłowiańskiej powiedział mój kolega, też dziennikarz, również interesujący się sprawami zagranicznymi. Nie jest cynikiem, to człowiek …

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• 15 June

  Ukraine Increasingly More Desperate, Calls For Modern Weapons

  

  Ukrainian forces are suffering painful losses in the fight against Russian troops in the east of the country as they await the delivery of promised weapons from Western countries, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on June 14 in a late-night address. Ukraine needs modern anti-missile weapons now, he said, adding there …

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• 15 June

  Arrival Of High Inflation Sets Up Stagflationary Debt Crisis

  

  Americans are experiencing the worst inflation they have in over four decades. The Federal Reserve is gearing up for a series of big interest rate hikes to try to slow it. Those rate hikes mean big trouble lies ahead for the fiscal health of the U.S. government. Through June 9, …

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• 15 June

  Hayat Tahrir al-Sham holds massive military maneuvers in Idlib

  

  The Syrian jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is boosting readiness in anticipation of new government offensive. Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), which controls Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, held during the last week of May major combat military drills. The exercises were conducted in the various fighting fronts with the Bashar …

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• 15 June

  Iraqi-KRG counterterrorism cooperation increases in response to attacks

  

  Joint operations between Iraqi Counterterrorism Services and their counterparts in some areas of the Kurdistan Region continue to target Islamic State cells, while other armed groups attack Erbil. As discord at other levels grows more acute between the central government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), coordination in …

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• 15 June

  Maritime dispute with Lebanon threatens Israeli natural gas drilling

  

  Israel hopes that a solution can be found to the maritime border dispute with Lebanon so Energean can start drilling in the Karish field in the third quarter of 2022. After five weeks of traveling at sea, the natural gas platform Karish FPSO arrived June 5 at its designated location, …

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• 15 June

  Calls to abolish Canada terror list at event on Ottawa city property

  

  PFLP-tied Canadian Khaled Barakat complained that Hezbollah, Hamas and PFLP were seen by Canada as terrorist organizations. Canada’s list of terrorist organizations should be abolished, said Khaled Barakat — The subject of controversy in Canada for his alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist …

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