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US House passes controversial surveillance bill on fourth attempt
WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program on Friday, in a major step toward keeping a key element of the United States’ foreign intelligence-gathering operation in place. The House passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a 273-147…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 3, 2023
Greetings from Tyler, Demonstrations are going on all over the world, and here in the U. S. They’re on several university campuses, choking Central Station, the Brooklyn bridge… They’re waving flags, shouting slogans, demanding a ceasefire? Maybe somebody should have thought of that a few weeks ago. The way to break up these demonstrations is…
Border Patrol intercepts more than 1,000 pounds of meth, cocaine chemicals from China
April 16 (UPI) — Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago on Thursday seized a shipment from China containing methamphetamine precursor and a cocaine cutting agent, the CBP announced Tuesday. A narcotics detection dog named Aldo helped CBP officers discover and detain 26 boxes of unknown powders that subsequent testing showed were 1,117 pounds of…
Romania sets new election date, but risks same result
Unless he is banned, ultranationalist Călin Georgescu seems very much in the race to win the presidential election rerun in May. Romania has set a date to rerun its presidential election after concerns of Russia’s “aggressive hybrid action” first time round, but there’s still a risk the result may be similar at the second attempt…
Iran protests: 100 detainees facing death penalty – rights group
At least 100 people have now been sentenced to death or charged with capital offences in connection with the protests in Iran, a rights group says. Five women were among those at risk of execution, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported. The real number of protesters facing the death penalty was believed to be far…
UK election: What’s happened and what comes next?
Sir Keir Starmer is the UK’s new prime minister, after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide general election victory. The Conservative Party suffered a dramatic collapse after a tumultuous 14 years in power, which saw five different prime ministers run the country. It lost 250 seats over the course of a devastating…


