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After shock Taliban takeover, US Joint Chiefs chairman says US-trained forces had the military capabilities to fend off insurgency, but lacked 'will and leadership'

July 27, 2021 at 11:33 PM Shares306 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Jeffrey Rosen, call your lawyer. Because Attorney General Merrick Garland just signaled that the Justice Department is not going to run interference for former Acting AG Rosen or any other Trump official trying to stonewall congressional investigations of the January 6 insurrection. “Department lawyers, including those who have since left, are obligated to protect nonpublic information they learned in the course of th...

The Straits Times China taps influencers to counter perceived negative Western narrative Ms Jessica Zang, a travel blogger showing the "real face of China".PHOTO: JESSICA ZANG/FACEBOOK https://str.sg/33uW They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get ...

3 slides Credit: AP Ariel Henry Is Set To Be Haitis New Prime Minister. Heres What To Know About Him By at 10:02 am NPR Nearly two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the man he chose to become the countrys next prime minister, Ariel Henry, is set to assume office. But any fanfare will likely be dampened by the monumental political and social problems facing the impoverished nation and its new leader. Interim Prime Minister ...

The top U.S. diplomat has called on Haitian political leaders to work for elections this year, with major Haitian civil society activists and other experts backing down as a “mistake,” amid deep political instability. Speaking to reporters on Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Haitian leaders to “gather around a more inclusive, peaceful and secure view of the country and pave the way for free and fair elections this year.” USA and United Nations say the nationwide le...

Photo by The White House America has an accountability problem. In fact, if the Covid-19 disaster, the January 6th Capitol attack, and the Trump years are any indication, the American lexicon has essentially dispensed with the term "accountability." This should come as no surprise. After all, theres nothing particularly new about this. In the Bush years, those who created a system of indefinite offshore detention at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, those who implemented a CIA global torture prog...

America’s Accountability Problem Capitol attack, and the Trump years are any indication, the American lexicon has essentially dispensed with the term “accountability.” This should come as no surprise. After all, there’s nothing particularly new about this. In the Bush years, those who created a system of indefinite offshore detention at  Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, those who implemented a CIA global  torture program and the National Security Agency’s  warrantless surveillance p...

What Major Media Misunderstood About Trump Firm’s Fraud Indictment Reprinted with permission from Alternet Last Thursday, an unsealed indictment of the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg revealed a long series of serious charges, including substantial tax fraud. Shortly after, former President Donald Trumps son Eric Trump conducted multiple interviews where he weighed in on the charges his familys organization is facing. The pieces offers several...

KEYT A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. “Thank God for a free press — which is doing the investigating and reporting that Congress should have done way before now,” Asha Rangappa wrote Wednesday. She was talking about this brand new New York Times video investigation titled “Day of Rage,” based on thousands of videos from the January 6 riot, plus radio dispatches, interviews with witnesses, and other material. The extraordinary Times pr...