Biden vetoes bipartisan bill protecting US solar panel makers from Chinese competition
Fox News President Biden vetoed a bipartisan resolution Tuesday that would have reversed his executive action last year ordering the Department of Commerce not to enforce tariffs on Chinese solar panel manufacturers for two years. Biden explained that the legislation — which recently passed the House and Senate with Democratic support — “bets against American…
Read MoreUkraine’s First Lady Visits Seoul, Requesting Nonlethal Military Aid
New York Times Tools such as equipment to detect and remove mines are needed, Olena Zelenska said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/south-korea-olena-zelenska.html
Read MoreObukhov Plant makes significant contribution to strengthening Russian Armed Forces — Putin
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Obukhov plant is a modern industrial and manufacturing facility, established in 1963, which includes research and development, production and testing capabilities for development and production of advanced special and civilian products https://tass.com/defense/1618425
Read MoreArgentine tourist dies after injuries sustained in Mexico machete attack
Fox News A tourist from Argentina who was seriously wounded in a May 12 machete attack in Mexico died on Monday, officials said. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Oaxaca said the tourist — whose name was not released — died of his injuries at a hospital in Mexico City. However, the Tala Rugby…
Read MoreShmyhal on plans for Council of Europe summit: Real step towards compensation for Russian aggression
Pravda Ukraine Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal believes that the planned creation of a register of damage caused by the ongoing Russian aggression will be a real step toward compensation to Ukraine. Source: European Pravda; Shmyhal’s statement before the meeting of the fourth Council of Europe summit in Reykjavík. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/16/7402520/
Read MoreWant to Dominate an International Sports Competition? Rig It In Your Favor
Wall Street Journal The host nations of the Southeast Asian Games can add in obscure sports they excel at while excluding sports they aren’t good at https://www.wsj.com/articles/southeast-asian-games-cambodia-c610c69b
Read MoreCIA uses favored Russian Telegram app to recruit spies
Fox News The U.S.’s chief intelligence agency has turned to the favored social media platform in Russia known as Telegram to launch its latest recruitment effort and appeal to Russians opposed to the war in Ukraine. On Monday night the CIA posted a recruitment video in Russian to not only Telegram but YouTube, Twitter and…
Read MoreNo elections can be held in Ukraine while martial law in effect – National Security and Defence Council
Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), has said that no elections – presidential or parliamentary – can be held in Ukraine while martial law is in effect. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/16/7402519/
Read MoreIRS whistleblower letter accuses DOJ of retaliation in Hunter Biden probe
Fox News Attorneys for an IRS whistleblower claim the whistleblower’s entire team has been removed from the Hunter Biden probe and have accused the government of illegal retaliation, according to a letter sent to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. The whistleblower’s attorneys told Congress that the removal was on the order of the Department…
Read MoreEx-Apple Engineer Indicted in Crackdown on Flow of Restricted Tech to China, Russia
Wall Street Journal A former Apple engineer has been charged with trying to steal the company’s self-driving-car technology, U.S. authorities said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-apple-engineer-indicted-in-crackdown-on-flow-of-restricted-tech-to-china-russia-e1fd8cfa
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