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A ‘Birth-Year’ Wine Is a Great Gift—Sometimes

Wall Street Journal Many people appreciate the opportunity to celebrate a birthday or an anniversary with a wine from the year they’re marking. Here, some things to consider before you buy a bottle. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-birth-year-wine-is-a-great-giftsometimes-1aed424c

Crypto Firms Find a Way to Bank Without Banks

Wall Street Journal Middlemen companies are providing banking services to the nascent industry. https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-firms-find-a-way-to-bank-without-banks-df37a22

Defense firm ramps up armored vehicles deliveries to Russian troops

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In addition, the 144th armor repair plant in Yekaterinburg placed under the enterprise’s management has also commenced active work for repairing equipment for the Airborne Force https://tass.com/defense/1613693

Transnistrian president says investigation cleared Moldova of complicity in March attacks

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In March, Transnistria’s Ministry of State Security said that it had thwarted a terrorist attack against the republic’s officials and members of the OSCE delegation to Moldova https://tass.com/world/1613691

Envoys dig down at Jerusalem tree planting for Israel’s 75th birthday

Jerusalem Post “As a tree people, as tree lovers, we can give a little bit also to Israel for its birthday,” Estonia’s deputy ambassador Liina Viies said. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-742120

Russia plans to secure private investments for much-needed production facilities — PM

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Over the past month, eight projects totaling about 220 bln rubles have been approved already,” Mikhail Mishustin said https://tass.com/economy/1613689

Lukoil closes Italian refinery sale deal — company

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is added that Isab “owns a large petrochemical complex in Italy combining refining, gasification and electricity cogeneration plants” https://tass.com/economy/1613687

Denmark looking to increase military spending in order to modernize facilities, increase number of soldiers

Fox News Denmark’s centrist government wants to spend $5.6 billion over the next decade to modernize military facilities, renovate shabby and dilapidated buildings, increase the number of soldiers and upgrade outdated computer systems. Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called it “a very serious situation” and said Thursday that previous governments and senior defense officials…

Takeaways from AP report on Guyana’s nascent oil boom

Washington Post Guyana is poised to become the fourth-largest offshore oil producer in the world, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/04/guyana-oil-boom-takeaways/d33b9d14-ea92-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Putin Allies Split Over Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine

Moscow Times Senior Russian officials have called for the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine after a drone strike on the Kremlin. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/04/putin-allies-split-on-using-tactical-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-a81038