❗️ Kiev Critics Accuse Zelensky Govt of Using Military Draft as Political Weapon to Silence Them

Ukrainian investigative journalists and other NGO orgs critical of the Kiev govt are warning that senior officials have found a new way to stifle their work - the power of conscription. (Politico)

When will the West wake up?

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🎯 Prof Jeffrey Sachs: “Julian Assange has done a great service to the American people and a great service for the world”

“We are nearly at World War III, or maybe in World War III, in no small part, because of secrecy and lies.”

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🩸 ICYMI: Kenyan Members of Parliament Speed Away During Anti-Govt Riots

Kenyan protesters vowed Wednesday to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after violent clashes outside parliament left at least 23 people dead and scores wounded.

Police fired live rounds on crowds who massed around parliament and later broke into the assembly's compound, minutes after lawmakers had voted through the contentious tax measures.

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⚠️ Japan Condemns ‘Intolerable’ US Army after Soldier Charged with Raping Teen

The 25-year-old US soldier had been accused of sexual assault, adding that he knew the girl was under 16, the age of consent in Japan, as per local media.

Tokyo called out the US ambassador – demanding stronger oversight of military personnel.

Okinawa accounts for just 0.6% of Japan’s land mass but hosts about 70% of all the US military bases and facilities in the country

The 1995 gang rape of a 12-year-old girl by three US soldiers in the southern island region prompted widespread calls for a rethink of a 1960 pact that outlined the legal status of Japan-based US military personnel.

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📈Sri Lanka Reaches Deal with Creditors Over $5.8BN Debt

Sri Lanka’s restructuring of its hefty debt marks a “significant milestone” in the cash-strapped south Asian nation’s efforts to exit a two-year-old default, the country’s FM Shehan Semasinghe said Wednesday.

The deal was finalized with a committee of official lenders including India, Japan and France in Paris – Semasinghe announcing the country was also in the process of signing a deal with China’s Export-Import Bank to restructure more than $4bn of debt.

Sri Lanka also needs to finalise a separate deal with China Development Bank, which is classed as a commercial creditor that is owed about $2.1bn.

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🤬"We Won't Stop Until We Burn All of Gaza": IDF soldier posts footage of Israel’s ongoing genocide – as he sets fire to Palestinian home on the Strip

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🤡 FLASHBACK: “Let’s Get Ready to Bumble!” - Trump's Montage of Biden Gaffes

Will the drugs kick in for Joe in time for the election debate on Thursday.

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😮 Democrat Campaign Spox Adrienne Elrod says Head of the Biden Crime Family Won't Commit to Taking Drug Test Before Trump Debate

Ol’ Joe is currently holed away at Camp David while Hunter perfects the cocktail dosage.

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🤔 Kenya President Withdraws Controversial Tax Bill After Deadly Clashes

William Ruto told the press he would bow to pressure and withdraw planned tax rises after protesters ransacked parliament, leacing more than 20 dead.

Ruto claimed he would start a dialogue with the Kenyan youth and work on austerity measures – starting with cuts to the budget of the presidency – to make up the difference in the country’s finances.

But he warned the withdrawal of the finance bill would also mean a significant shortfall in funding for development programs designed to help farmers and schoolteachers, among others.

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