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Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Find insights on combining Allkem with Livent, Nutrien, Stella-Jones, and more in Market Talks covering the Basic Materials sector. https://www.wsj.com/articles/basic-materials-roundup-market-talk-1cd1988e

Ukraine’s Defence Minister speaks about Canadian-Latvian project for training Ukrainian officers

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister, said that Ukrainian junior officers who will be trained as part of the new Canadian-Latvian initiative will master the process of planning, coordinating manoeuvres and conducting reconnaissance operations. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/11/7401767/

More than 16 per cent of Hong Kong’s young people have likely psychiatric problem, large-scale study finds

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. HKU research team finds close to 20 per cent of respondents in youth mental health study had suicidal thoughts in past year; 1.5 per cent tried to kill themselves. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220259/more-16-cent-hong-kongs-young-people-have-likely-psychiatric-problem-large-scale-study-finds?utm_source=rss_feed

Peloton recalls 2.2 million bikes, citing an unstable seat post

Washington Post The recall announced Thursday covers Peloton bike model PL01 sold from January 2018 to May 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/11/peloton-bike-recall-seat-injury-risk/

Poorest countries receive mere 2.6% of produce going via grain corridor — Russian MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On May 10-11 representatives from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN met in Istanbul to discuss the extension of the grain deal and the implementation of the Russian part of the agreement on the export of grain and fertilizers https://tass.com/politics/1616213

Georgian PM hopes West will be understanding of decision to trade with Russia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree waiving the visa requirement for Georgian citizens, beginning on May 15 https://tass.com/world/1616211

Dems upset Arizona’s $17 billion budget doesn’t cap school voucher program

Fox News A $17 billion budget package that Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs negotiated with leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature and won approval on Wednesday is drawing criticism from Democrats for failing to put limits on an expansion of a school voucher program that they say is a drain on the state’s coffers. The Democratic governor…

Supreme Court sides with transgender woman over deportation dispute in unanimous decision

Fox News The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Guatemalan transgender woman who is trying to avoid deportation from the U.S., after a lower court said she didn’t go through the proper process to demonstrate she would be persecuted if she returned to her home country. Plaintiff Leon Santos-Zacaria, who now goes by the…

Russia cannot disregard quality of ship inspections under grain deal — MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Sergey Vershinin recalled that originally “the grain initiative was announced by the UN Secretary-General [Antonio Guterres] in order to help countries that were experiencing food shortages” https://tass.com/politics/1616209

Biden Dispatches 1,500 Troops to the Border to Help With Migration

New York Times Tough new asylum rules and alternative pathways to apply from home are designed to discourage large numbers of migrants from traveling to the border. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/biden-title-42-border-migrants.html