Category: International

German Marshall Fund says oligarchs biding their time until after war ends to reassert their influence

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Western powers will only protect Ukraine’s multibillion-dollar postwar recovery if they agree a unified strategy to make aid conditional on clear progress on combating judicial corruption, reinstating the obligation on Ukrainian public officials to declare assets and ensuring all recovery finds can be digitally traced, according to an authoritative report from the German Marshall Fund.… Read the rest

Deputy defence minister tells Guardian that Ukrainian forces are making progress, with far fewer deaths than Russia

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Daniel Boffey in Kyiv

The centre of the fighting in Ukraine has switched to the road to Mariupol, where the Ukrainian offensive is slowly pushing back Russian forces, and British Challenger tanks are ready to join battle, a minister in Kyiv has said.… Read the rest

By Ryan Lovelace – The Washington Times – Friday, June 16, 2023

The U.S. intelligence community is reviewing how it gathers vast troves of Americans’ personal information from businesses that harvest people’s data from phones, cars, and internet-connected devices.

The intimate data available on the open market means the government needs to rethink how it acquires commercially available information (CAI), according to a new report from a panel established by the Director of National Intelligence.… Read the rest