Category: NEWS
Man in critical after being shot in chest in Brooklyn
A man is in critical condition after he was shot in the chest in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. …read more
https://nypost.com/2022/06/26/nypd-reports-man-in-critical-after-being-shot-in-chest-in-brooklyn/
Fentanyl deaths of America’s young people: ‘Eminent threat to our society’
Jim Rauh, who lost his son to a single fentanyl-laced pill in 2015, spoke out on “Lawrence Jones Cross Country” on Saturday evening about the fentanyl crisis in this country. …read more
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/fentanyl-deaths-young-people-threat-society
Trump lawyer John Eastman’s Jan. 6 notoriety was decades in the making in California
The Jan. 6 investigation marks the confluence of key figures and influences in Eastman’s life, including his decades in California’s political scene.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-06-26/trump-lawyer-john-eastman-jan-6-notoriety
LGBTQ people helped create the legal marijuana industry. Then they were left behind.
LGBTQ advocates say their representation in the cannabis industry is lacking where it counts — in positions of leadership and ownership.
Ecuadorian government lifts state of emergency after talks with indigenous leaders
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Saturday lifted a state of emergency he’d imposed in six provinces amid an Indigenous-led strike, a surprise move that came as lawmakers in the National Assembly heard an opposition petition to remove him from office. …read more
Ukraine: Multiple missiles hit Kyiv district — live updates
Ukrainian officials said at least five people were injured and some were trapped under the rubble after missiles struck a district near Kyiv’s center. Meanwhile, G7 leaders are meeting in Germany. DW has the latest. …read more
‘Surprise’ jailing in Vietnam tests U.S., EU climate strategy
Vietnam’s decision to sentence a prominent environmental activist to two years in prison has put U.S. and EU climate negotiators in a tough spot as they try to persuade the country to ditch its coal dependence.
U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry and his EU counterpart Frans Timmermans joining a growing chorus demanding the release of Ngụy Thị Khanh and other climate activists imprisoned in Vietnam risks derailing a deal aimed at shifting the ninth largest coal consuming country off the dirtiest fossil fuel. But if they don’t require their release as part of the deal, they face the wrath of civil society organizations who do not want public money for climate action flowing to countries that jail activists.
The situation in Vietnam highlights a broader challenge that climate negotiators face as they must convince nations such as China and Saudi Arabia, which have poor human rights records, to take action to mitigate the climate threat.
The June 17 sentencing of Ngụy on tax evasion charges came as the western powers were negotiating with Vietnam on a plan to spend billions to further its transition to cleaner energy sources. But ahead of the start of the G-7 meeting Sunday, civil society organizations are pressuring U.S. and EU government officials to require climate activists jailed in Vietnam to be released in exchange for helping to finance that transition. That move could be on the table, but would be a difficult step to take given fragile diplomatic relationships.
U.S. and EU officials “were under the impression that she was going to be released, and it took them by surprise that she was sentenced to two years in prison. That’s an unprecedented sentence,” said Michael Sutton, executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, which awarded Ngụy with a prestigious prize in 2018 for her work to help Vietnam reduce its coal dependence.
“It’s really time for the U.S. to take the gloves off and make it very clear to Vietnam that this won’t be tolerated,” Sutton added.
The dialogue with Vietnam is part of a multicountry approach the U.S., U.K. and European governments have embraced to convince emerging economies to abandon coal and build more renewable power. Conversations are farthest along with South Africa after an $8.5 billion plan to shift the country off coal was announced at last year’s international climate talks.
Vietnam pledged at the United Nations talks in Glasgow last year that it would stop building new coal-fired power plants and aimed to hit net-zero emissions by 2050. That would represent a drastic shift for a nation with nearly 21 gigawatts of installed coal-fired electricity capacity, the largest in the greater Mekong region, according to Global Energy Monitor. It also has the third-most coal capacity in the preconstruction pipeline in the world, according to think tank E3G.
Now, civil society groups are pressuring the U.S., EU and U.K. governments to condition any public financing for clean energy on the release of Ngụy and three other jailed climate activists, according to a draft …read more
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/26/vietnam-us-eu-climate-talks-00041656
Abortion ruling: Democrats say ‘follow the science’ about everything but Roe, Mark Levin says
Former Reagan Justice Department Chief of Staff Mark R. Levin sounded off on liberals’ outrage over the overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision on Friday. …read more
LAPD cop was beaten to death by officers in ‘mob’ training, mom claims
An LAPD officer was beaten to death by fellow officers during a training that simulated a mob attack, a claim filed by his mother claims. …read more
Hear what Boris Johnson thinks about US democracy after Jan. 6
UK Prime Minister says he doesn’t worry about US democracy after the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/06/26/boris-johnson-us-democracy-sotu-vpx.cnn