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Highways Have Sliced Through City After City. Can the U.S. Undo the Damage?

New York Times The Biden administration is funding projects around the country aimed at reconnecting communities that have been divided by transportation infrastructure. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/us/politics/biden-removing-highways.html

Gucci-Owner Kering, Drugmaker GSK and Others Are Developing Global Targets on Nature Loss

Wall Street Journal Setting standards can help companies move from multiple and conflicting definitions of what is enough action for nature, to consistent and replicable guidance. https://www.wsj.com/articles/gucci-owner-kering-drugmaker-gsk-and-others-are-developing-a-global-standard-on-nature-loss-4c2a7f3b

Russia’s Wagner starts withdrawing units from Bakhmut – Prigozhin

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744188

Six Ukrainian drones shot or forced down in Crimea, no casualties — governor

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On Thursday morning, the Black Sea Fleet’s units downed two drones, involved in an attack on Sevastopol, and several more UAVs were jammed or forced down by radioelectronic warfare systems https://tass.com/emergencies/1622675

Russia, Belarus sign document on tactical nuclear weapon deployment in Belarus

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744187

Greek-German Bond Yield Spread Expected to Stabilize Near Term

Wall Street Journal The 10-year Greek-German government bond yield spread has reached Citi’s target of 140 basis points and looks to stabilize there until the second election in June, it said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/greek-german-bond-yield-spread-expected-to-stabilize-near-term-615a5b44

South Korea sends artillery shells to Ukraine via US after reaching ‘secret’ agreement

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The move came after Seoul’s initial resistance toward arming Kyiv. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3221774/south-korea-sends-artillery-shells-ukraine-us-after-reaching-secret-agreement?utm_source=rss_feed

Ukraine live briefing: F-16 jets will be a strong signal from the world to Russia, Zelensky says

Washington Post Ukraine says its defense system will only be complete with the powerful fighter jets and is working to deploy them as soon as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/25/russia-ukraine-war-news-f16/

March-April winning uniform invoice numbers released

Taipei, May 25 (CNA) The winning number for the NT$10 million (US$324,675) special prize in the March-April uniform invoice lottery is 20783987, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305250006

FSB detains 2 Ukrainian terrorists for plotting sabotage on NPPs in Russia’s northwest

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is reported that the terrorists, however, succeeded in blowing up one support and mining four others at the Leningradskaya NPP and placed homemade explosive devices under seven supports for high-voltage power lines at the Kalininskaya NPP https://tass.com/defense/1622671