Chinese Fund Backed By Hunter Biden Invested in Major Chinese Surveillance Firm
The flurry of media reports about private investment in China’s increasingly sprawling surveillance state left out a prominent investor: Hunter Biden.
World
How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback
Erik Prince now offers a complete mercenary supply chain: anything from military hardware to social media manipulation in partnership with Project Veritas.
Making a Killing
GOP Lawmaker Gave Pro-War Speech on Yemen — by Reading Saudi Lobbyist’s Talking Points Verbatim
Rep. Ed Royce spoke on the House floor against ending U.S. support for the Yemen war. His talking points were scripted by lobbyists for Saudi Arabia.
New House Bill Would Bar Israel From Using U.S. Military Aid to Detain Palestinian Children
Rep. Betty McCollum's bill seeks to ban Israel from using U.S. funds to detain, interrogate, or torture Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank.
Bad Chemistry
Brazil's Pesticide Industry Is Creating Massive PFOS Contamination
Brazil is exploiting a loophole in an international treaty that allows it to manufacture and export a pesticide containing the dangerous chemical PFOS.
Elections in the World’s Largest Democracy Are Being Boycotted in One Embattled Province
“People on the ground have to feel like their lives and interests are protected and that there is dignity for us. Above all, we want to have the right to determine our own future.”
Spanish Socialists Running for Re-election Sunday on a "Green New Deal de España"
The Spanish Socialist Party and Podemos are on the cusp of a governing coalition: “We cannot have sectoral environmental and social agendas.”
Coalition Airstrikes in Raqqa Killed at Least 1,600 Civilians, More Than 10 Times U.S. Tally, Report Finds
Amnesty International and Airwars offer the most methodical estimate to date of the death toll from the U.S.-led battle to retake the city from ISIS.
Hard Questions for Northern Ireland’s Leaders at Funeral for Lyra McKee, Writer and Activist
The killing of Lyra McKee has prompted a backlash against the IRA splinter group responsible for her death, as well as the region’s political leaders.
Benjamin Netanyahu Plans to Name an Illegal Settlement in Donald Trump's Honor
If Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic nomination, expect Benjamin Netanyahu to act more like Donald Trump's running mate than an impartial observer.