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The seventieth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:UK Ministry of Defense Intelligence Update June 3, 2022Taiwan bans exports of all modern chips to Russia, BelarusIn Chernobyl’s delicate nuclear labs, Russians looted safety systemsUN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew truceData puts Turkey’s annual inflation at 73.5%, a 24-year highSalvadoran authorities are committing ‘massive’ human rights violations, with nearly 2% of the country detained, Amnesty allegesTiananmen: Hong Kong students hide tiny "democracy goddesses" on campusNorth Korea assumes leadership of top disarmament groupEU top court weighs in on tasty-looking bath bombs See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-ninth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:UK will give Ukraine rocket systems capable of hitting targets about 50 miles away, defense secretary saysEXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sourcesHungary throws new spanner into EU sanctions talksAfghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy cropPoland: European Commission unlocks COVID fundingAfrican Union leader Macky Sall to meet Putin on Friday to ‘free cereal stocks’Mozambique and Russia agree to deepen tiesNicaraguan government abolishes 83 more NGOs, civic groupsQueen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee: Seven Decades in Photos See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-eighth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:Biden says US sending medium-range rocket systems to UkraineUkraine’s Zelensky Rules Out Attacks on Russia With U.S. ArmsBerlin to supply arms to Greece, Athens to deliver Soviet weapons to Kyiv -ScholzDenmark votes in referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine warCosta Rica public health system targeted by ransomwareShanghai starts coming back to life as COVID lockdown easesViolence erupts around Jerusalem during controversial flag marchMonkeypox circulated in Europe weeks before first reported case, says WHOMonkeypox kills 9 in Congo; first death in Nigeria in 2022Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugsWorld's biggest plant discovered off Australian coast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-seventh episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:Russian oil: EU agrees compromise deal on banning importsRussian energy giant Gazprom will halt gas supplies to Dutch gas trader GasTerra starting TuesdayUkraine's Kalush Orchestra raises $900,000 for military by auctioning Eurovision trophyIsrael, UAE sign historic free trade dealHandguns: Canada proposes complete freeze on ownershipChina sends 30 warplanes into Taiwan air defence zoneGermany to change constitution to enable $110 billion defense fundWar in Ukraine adds to food price hikes, hunger in AfricaMan in wig throws cake at glass protecting Mona Lisa See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-sixth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. It's a holiday weekend. So instead of giving you the news in 10 minutes or less, we are sharing an interview similar to what we provide members in the bonus brief. For this interview, DSR Daily Brief Hosts Grant Haver and Chris Cotnoir talk with Kevin Klyman, a Research Analyst at Harvard's Belfer Center about his recent op-ed "Biden’s Successor to TPP Is a Boon for Big Tech". What is the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework? How can the Biden administration make it better? Will big tech ever be reined in? Find out in this jam-packed episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:Russian Progress in Ukraine Is Only IncrementalIn Chechnya, men are kidnapped to fight against Ukraine: how Kadyrov is looking for soldiers for PutinRussian Duma Approves Bill Raising Age Limit For Military Personnel To 65EU cracks widen over Ukraine as Italy, Hungary urge truceEx-rebel frontrunner in Colombian vote, could shake US tiesChina and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea for first time since 2006Turkish central banks keeps rate at 14% despite inflationThirteen Ethiopian journalists arrested in over a weekLouvre museum's ex-president charged in art trafficking case329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-fourth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:Ukraine savages idea of concessions to end war, evokes appeasement of NazisScoop: Israel rejects U.S. request to approve missile transfer to UkraineBelarus supplies weapons to Russia - Prime Minister of BelarusChina’s foreign minister starts Pacific tour in the SolomonsThe Downing Street lockdown parties ‘represent a serious failure,’ a report says.Gambia ready to prosecute ex-dictator Jammeh for crimes against humanityBoat with 842 Haitians headed for US winds up in CubaNigeria police arrest wanted internet scammerThis 830-million-year-old crystal might contain life. And we're about to open it See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-third episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:Russia ready to set up corridor for ships leaving Ukraine with food, with conditionsRussia pushed closer to brink of default after U.S. payment license expiresUkraine: Council adopts temporary trade liberalisation with UkraineEU support to Ukraine: Council agrees on further increase of support under the European Peace FacilityMonkeypox: Cases detected in three more countries for first timeNorth Korea fires missiles hours after Biden leaves AsiaMoldovan ex-president detained in treason, corruption probeLaw Requiring French in Quebec Becomes StricterUS threatens sanctions on Sudanese blocking democracy returnDad returns overdue book to elementary school after 40 years See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast:US defense secretary: 20 countries "announced new security assistance packages" after Ukraine meetingSatellite images appear to show Russian ships loading up with Ukrainian grain in CrimeaRussia Eases Capital Controls to Hold Back Surging RublePeople in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest again reel from floodsEthiopia launches crackdown on journalists and activists'Quad' talks in Japan open with eyes on China and UkrainePoland accused of hostage diplomacy as global tax debate scrappedMonkeypox virus outbreaks are containable - WHO​​​The faces from China’s Uyghur detention campsPool noodle fight over the name Josh again attracts hundreds See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sixty-first episode of the DSR Daily Brief.Links referenced in today's podcast:‘Russia House’ in Davos becomes war crimes exhibit ahead of Zelensky addressThe Polish president visits Kyiv and says Ukraine alone should determine its future.Ukraine’s culture minister says the war has damaged hundreds of cultural sites.Kushner’s and Mnuchin’s Quick Pivots to Business With the GulfBiden says US willing to respond 'militarily' in event of Chinese attack on TaiwanBiden says quarantines for monkeypox aren’t needed in U.S.Australia has a new left-leaning government: Here's what you need to knowUS says 'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina 'wrongly detained'Finland brewery launches NATO beer with ‘taste of security’ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices