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YouTube Blocks Content Featuring Russia’s Wagner Mercenary Group

Moscow Times The video-hosting platform said in a statement that it is prohibited to post materials about “criminal and terrorist organizations.” https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/17/youtube-blocks-content-featuring-russias-wagner-mercenary-group-a81172

China fines comedy company US$2 million over stand-up joke about the army

Hong Kong Free Press Chinese authorities fined a comedy company millions of yuan on Wednesday and threatened further legal action after one of its members made an oblique joke about the People’s Liberation Army during a stand-up act. File photo: Lukas Messmer/HKFP. Li Haoshi, who performs under the name House, referred to a PLA slogan…

Singapore’s No 2 leader Lawrence Wong cements ties with China’s emerging leaders in ‘timely’ visit

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Lawrence Wong’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang indicates a mutual desire to push forward cooperation ‘driven at the senior levels’, one analyst notes https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3220889/singapores-no-2-leader-lawrence-wong-cements-ties-chinas-emerging-leaders-timely-visit?utm_source=rss_feed

Agreement on Rasht-Astara section important for North-South corridor development — Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. This step is really absolutely mutually beneficial for all states https://tass.com/economy/1618701

Finland has no plans to shut down missions in Russia over assets freeze — Foreign Minister

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Previously, it was reported that Russia blocked accounts of Finnish diplomatic missions https://tass.com/world/1618699

ESA chief expects Moon, low Earth orbit to be new economic zones

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that Europe shows great excellence in space fields such as Earth observation, science, telecommunications, satellite navigation https://tass.com/science/1618697

Hong Kong education chiefs set to back plan to cut about 1,000 places that parents can apply for at preferred primary schools to save less popular ones from closure

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. School bodies say cut to cut spare places at popular primaries could help tackle under-enrolment and risk of closure at other schools. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3220879/hong-kong-education-chiefs-set-back-plan-cut-about-1000-places-parents-can-apply-preferred-primary?utm_source=rss_feed

President’s Office confirms South African president wants to visit Ukraine with “peace initiative”

Pravda Ukraine South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a phone call that he wants to come to Ukraine with a mission from several African countries. Source: Presidential spokesman Serhii Nykyforov in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Quote: “During a telephone conversation on 13 May, President of South Africa Cyril…

Target Earnings Squeezed by Slowdown in Sales

Wall Street Journal Shoppers cut back on nonessential items as quarterly sales came in flat. https://www.wsj.com/articles/target-tgt-q1-earnings-report-2023-d66508c6

Morgan Stanley Raises $500 Million So Far for 1GT Climate Investments

Wall Street Journal The investment bank’s 1GT growth strategy ties its share of profits to the achievement of carbon-reduction targets. https://www.wsj.com/articles/morgan-stanley-raises-500-million-so-far-for-1gt-climate-investments-a1aae1da