• 03/15/2025

Russian forces destroy Ukrainian artillery gun, mortar team in Kherson area

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is also noted that artillery fire near the settlement of Antonovka destroyed a 120mm mortar with its team and ammunition, killing three and wounding four Ukrainian soldiers https://tass.com/politics/1621575

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Wagner Group’s withdrawal from front on 1 June will allow Ukraine’s Armed Forces to launch counterattacks

Pravda Ukraine Yevgeny Prigozhin, the financier of the Wagner Group, said that after 1 June, his mercenaries would not be present along the entire contact line in Ukraine for at least two months. The Institute for the Study of War believes that the Wagner private military company (PMC) may miss the main stages of Ukraine’s…

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The Battle for Bakhmut, in Photos

New York Times Times photographers have been documenting Ukraine’s defense of the Eastern city since May 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/world/europe/bakhmut-photos-ukraine.html

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Two NT$10 million prizes in latest receipt lottery unclaimed

Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Five big prizes in the receipt lottery for January and February have not yet been claimed, including two for NT$10 million (US$325,305) each, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF), which manages the lottery. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305230014

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How a Novelist Became an Innkeeper

New York Times “These days, my role as an innkeeper occupies me almost as much as fiction,” writes Joyce Maynard, who, during the pandemic, hired locals in a Guatemalan village to turn her writing retreat into a guesthouse. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/travel/guatemala-joyce-maynard-hotel.html

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Turkey’s Next President Will Win an Economy in Peril

New York Times A surge in government spending before the election this month and pressure on the country’s currency could hit the economy in coming months, experts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/world/middleeast/turkey-election-economy-president.html

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How Women Are Giving Birth Amid Chaos in Sudan

New York Times War in the northeast African nation has forced pregnant women to drive “through hell” to reach the dwindling number of hospitals and clinics, or turn to overworked midwives to give birth at home. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/world/africa/sudan-war-pregnant-women.html

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Nadler claims of Trump-campaign Russia collusion contradicted by Durham report

Fox News Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., once said it was “very clear” the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians in the 2016 election — a claim later contradicted by the release of Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the Russia investigation. “It’s become very clear that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians in trying…

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Questions About Trump, DeSantis and Biden Fuel Growth of 2024 GOP Field

Wall Street Journal This week’s new candidate entries are expected to followed by more in the coming weeks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/questions-about-trump-desantis-and-biden-fuel-growth-of-2024-gop-field-d2ef26bb

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Russia launches terrorism probe into Ukrainian attack on Belgorod Region

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The investigators are currently identifying the attackers https://tass.com/society/1621573

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