Portugal to send troops, fighter jets to beef up NATO mission in Lithuania
BNS2021.06.03 16:27
NATO s Baltic air policing mission. / A. Pliadis/MoD
Portugal will send a rotation of troops to join the international NATO battalion based in Lithuania, and will also bolster the NATO air policing mission, Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
In early June, 146 soldiers of the Portuguese Navy will deploy to Lithuania for three months of training. Their presence in the country will be part of the NATO Assurance Measures introduced to strengthen deterrence.
Some 140 marines and six Navy divers will be training with subordinate units of the Lithuanian Motorised Infantry Brigade Žemaitija.
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) â Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg and three members of the Marathon County Board of Supervisors called a shotgun press conference Tuesday afternoon to issue a proclamation declaring the city âA Community for All,â following the County Boardâs Executive Committee voting down a similar resolution and in light of a recent New York Times article on the matter.
Rosenberg said her office spent much of Tuesday in damage control mode because of the story, adding that what was written was âheartbreaking.â
âThe byline said Wausau, Wisconsin,â said Rosenberg. âIt was devastating to read that about my community.â
Rosenberg deferred much of the comment at Tuesdayâs event to Supervisors William Harris, Ka Lo, and Yee Leng Xiong who were all in favor of the resolution which failed last week. They also called the story a false representation of their experiences in the community.
Chico State’s Policing Task Force hosted a meeting on Tuesday at approximately 5:30 p.m. Shortly after, the Zoom bombing began.
“It started out with kid’s noises, random noises,” said Alexander Smith, a Chico State student who witnessed the Zoom bombing.
The noises then progressed to pornographic material. Suddenly, the chat was bombarded with hate speech that included the N-word.
According to Smith, the Zoom bomb lasted approximately eight minutes before the meeting ended.
“A couple of students said they were being Zoom bombed,” Smith said. “The coordinators kinda fumbled in dealing with the Zoom bombing while it was occuring.”
Disbands IMU offices in Lagos, PH
The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has vowed to deploy new strategies to help restore order and public confidence in the police. x
After assessing the current security situation in the country, the police helmsman directed the immediate reform of the IGP Monitoring Unit (IMU), which included the disbandment of the satellite offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
Baba spoke yesterday at the inaugural conference with strategic commanders of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) at the peace Keeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
According to him, the policing framework being envisioned under his leadership will address the fundamental issues that impact optimal professional service delivery, a break away from the traditional policing approaches.