Tuesday, May 31, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/31/2022 SUPREME COURT INTERVENTION ON PENNSYLVANIA MAIL-IN BALLOTS, CLINTON ASSOCIATED LAWYER FOUND NOT GUILTY, NEW ZEALAND'S CONTROVERSIAL GUN CONTROL PRIME MINISTER AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




              LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IN CANADA'S WEST COAST PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA POSSESSION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF OPIOIDS, COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE WILL BE LEGAL STARTNG NEXT YEAR.


THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGREEING TO A REQUEST FROM THE PROVINCE TO ENABLE THE CHANGE...CBC NEWS CANADA



The US Supreme Court getting involved in a couple of issues.



First here in Pennsylvania Justice Samuel Alito issuing a stay halting implementation of a US Appeals Court order regarding undated mail-in ballots.



The case about a local judicial race in Lehigh County (Allentown and vicinity) last year where a Republican candidate led the race by 74 votes with more than 200 undated mail-in votes uncounted.



The appeals court had ordered that the undated mail-in ballots be counted.



Justice Alito's stay will give the High Court time to review the lower court decision.



Lawyers for David McCormick GOP Primary candidate for US Senate citing that ruling in his fight with Dr. Mehmet Oz in the close contest where a recount is now underway....



                    WASHINGTON POST



The Supreme Court also taking action regarding a Texas state law on social media.




A temporary hold put on the law that prevents control of content by social media companies.



Five justices supported the hold (John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor).



The four opposing the hold (Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas)...CNN





THE US NAVY RELIEVING THE TOP TWO OFFICERS AT THE NAVAL JUSTICE SCHOOL OF COMMAND.



THEIR REMOVAL COMES OVER CONCERN BY THE NAVY ABOUT THE 'CLIMATE' AT THE SCHOOL SAYING NEITHER OFFICER WAS INVOVED IN MISCONDUCT...USNI NEWS




On Wall Street a slightly down day with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 222.84 points or .67 percent in value.


The NASDAQ fell 49.74 points or .41 percent in value...MARKETWATCH



A Washington DC jury acquitting Clinton associated lawyer Michael Sussmann.



Sussmann prosecuted by Special Prosecutor John Durham for selling the notion that President Trump and his campaign were colluding with Russia...(News Agencies)




NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER MEETS JOE BIDEN SHE DISCUSSED 'EXPERIENCE WITH GUN REFORMS' IN MEETING



                                                  (UPDATED)









New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meeting Joe Biden at the White House today.


Ardern is known for her strict COVID policies and sweeping gun control legislation passed following mass murder attacks on two mosques in 2018.



"Warm, friendly, shared values and shared challenges...I am greatly heartened by the nature of the discussion we had today"



That was Ardern's take on her meeting with Biden.    She met Vice-President Kamala Harris prior to the Biden meeting.



The Indo-Pacific region discussed with the US hoping to counter Chinese influence in the South Pacific and "The New Zealand Herald" also reports that New Zealand's "experience with gun reforms" was discussed at the meeting...NEW ZEALAND HERALD






As Prime Minister Ardern visits the US police back home in New Zealand contending with gang violence punctuated by the use of firearms...TV ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND




ISRAEL PLANNING TO STATION POLICE AT ITS HOSPITALS CITING VIOLENCE AGAINST MEDICAL TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY....JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE





ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT PUBLICIZING CLASSIFIED UN ATOMIC ENERGY DOCUMENTS HE SAYS WERE STOLEN BY IRAN...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY



A setback for prosecutors at the corruption trial of Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today.



They wanted to amend the indictment to match changes in witness testimony during the trial involving a key aspect of the prosecution's case against Netanyahu.



The judges at the trial ruled against that they will allow new witnesses for the prosecution to discuss the notion of Netanyahu receiving illegal gifts...TIMES OF ISRAEL 




Deadly violence reported among miners at a gold mine in the African nation of Chad.   Around 100 killed and some 40 others injured.


Soldiers dispatched to the mine the government saying it will be closed...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF CITY IN EASTERN UKRAINE




DEAL ON RUSSIAN OIL BAN IN EU WILL LIMIT IMPORTS NOT BAN THEM





                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                            BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





And intense fight for control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk.    Ukrainian authorities say a nitric acid container exploded with an airstrike being blamed...(BBC News)







The European Union reaching a compromise deal on a Russian oil embargo with loopholes in it.   


More than two-thirds of Russian oil imports to the EU will be cut off under the agreement...BBC NEWS





In other news...




German authorities raiding the offices of Deutsche Bank and its investment subsidiary today.



They are looking into allegations that investments are being marketed as "Green" when they are not so "Green"...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE





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