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Seattle police officers justified in shooting pregnant Black woman, inquest jury finds

SEATTLE — Two Seattle Police officers were justified when they shot and killed Charleena Lyles and had no other reasonable alternative when they pulled the trigger, according to a unanimous King County Coroner's jury after a two-week inquest into her 2017 death.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

Seattle police officers won't march in Pride Parade, frustrated chief says

Seattle police officers will not march in the Pride Parade Sunday, interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz said in an open letter expressing frustration with Seattle Pride's decision to bar uniformed officers from marching.

Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022

Germany must ‘normalise’ relationship with military, says SPD co-leader

Lars Klingbeil says country should take leadership role as it relaxes pacifist stance following Ukraine war

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022

Gerhard Schröder to be stripped of privileges for not cutting ties with Russia

Former German chancellor, who holds positions at Rosneft and Nord Stream, will lose staff and office

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022

Scholz's balancing act just got harder after German state election

The worst post-war result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in a traditional party stronghold heaps pressure on him to show more decisive leadership over the Ukraine crisis and Germans' concerns about soaring costs of living.

Reuters · May 16, 2022

German state elections show populism in decline on left and right

Poll in most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, also casts doubt on support for Olaf Scholz

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

Scholz’s party slumps to worst result in Germany’s biggest state

Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party lost a regional election for the second straight week, suffering a fresh blow amid wavering support for the German chancellor’s Ukraine policy.

Tribune News Service · May 15, 2022

Germany's conservatives on track to win key state vote

Germany's conservative CDU party was on track to win a regional election in North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, but the Green party could emerge as "kingmaker" in a potential coalition with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and the FDP.

Reuters · May 15, 2022

Ukraine asks G7 to seize Russian assets to rebuild country

Ukraine asked the G7 group of rich nations on Friday to seize Russian assets and hand them over to help it rebuild after months of war, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

Reuters · May 13, 2022

Chancellor Scholz’s party trounced in Ukraine-tinged German state election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered their first defeat in a regional election since he took office in December, tumbling by some 12 percentage points in the state of Schleswig-Holstein while the Christian Democratic Union gained, according to exit polls.

Tribune News Service · May 8, 2022