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Michelle Obama Starts Food-and-Drinks Company Aimed at Fighting Childhood Obesity

Wall Street Journal PLEZi Nutrition’s first product is a no-sugar-added children’s drink meant to be a healthier alternative to sodas. https://www.wsj.com/articles/michelle-obama-starts-food-and-drinks-company-aimed-at-fighting-childhood-obesity-85d9c9c

Mexico develops own COVID-19 vaccine, 2 years late

Washington Post Mexican officials are crowing about the country finally developing its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/mexico-covid19-vaccine-coronavirus/deabe0ae-e9ee-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Real wages in Russia grew by 2% in February — statistics

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In April, Russia’s Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov announced that the growth of real wages of the Russian population in 2023 will be more than 5% https://tass.com/economy/1613211

Astronomers Catch a Star Swallowing a Planet

Wall Street Journal The findings are a missing link in understanding solar systems, a new study said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/astronomers-catch-a-star-eating-a-planet-f1b33c86

Russia’s Q1 agricultural output rises by 2.9% to $11.89 bln

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The volume of output of all agricultural producers in March 2023 in current prices, according to preliminary estimates, amounted to 421.2 bln rubles, in the first quarter of 2023 – 930.9 bln rubles https://tass.com/economy/1613209

US advises Americans to reconsider travelling to Russia — Blinken

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “But I also recognize that you feel that you have a job to do, it’s an invaluable job, and ultimately journalists have to balance that risk, calculate that risk”, US Secretary of State said https://tass.com/world/1613207

U.S.-Philippines Agree to Modernize, Strengthen Alliance

Defense.gov The United States and the Philippines will continue the fundamental work needed to modernize and strengthen the alliance between the two nations, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3383809/us-philippines-agree-to-modernize-strengthen-alliance/

Ted Cruz says Biden’s ‘mental faculties are too diminished’ for debt ceiling talks

Fox News Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Wednesday that President Biden lacks “mental faculties” to negotiate with Republicans on the debt limit, complaining that in his stead, “radical children” among the White House staff would force the U.S. government into default. In a show of unity supporting the House GOP debt limit bill passed last…

A Sargassum Bloom Is Hitting Florida: What to Know About the Seaweed Mass

Wall Street Journal The majority of seaweed is expected to land on beaches along the Caribbean Sea. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sargassum-bloom-is-heading-toward-florida-what-to-know-about-the-seaweed-mass-e7b0fa63

Russia’s registered unemployment rate falls from 0.9% to 0.7% over year

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Rosstat, the average wage in the Russian Federation in February 2023 is 65,904 rubles https://tass.com/economy/1613203