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Eli Lilly settles insulin suit for $13.5 million, agrees to keep price cap

Washington Post The money will go into a fund that insulin users can tap into if they don’t qualify for the $35-a-month cap. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/27/eli-lilly-settles-insulin-suit-135-million-agrees-keep-price-cap/

Moscow forced to respond to Berlin’s anti-Russian steps — diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Maria Zakharova pointed out that the German foreign ministry takes steps, which are secret for the public, and had previously denied that Berlin was expelling Russian diplomats, who later returned to Russia though https://tass.com/politics/1623953

President of Belarus hospitalised after meeting with Putin

Pravda Ukraine Valery Tsepkalo, Belarusian opposition leader, said that after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow in critical condition. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/27/7404183/

Stanley Engerman, Revisionist Scholar of Slavery, Dies at 87

New York Times His two-volume study, written with Robert W. Fogel, used data to challenge commonly held ideas about American slavery, including that it was unprofitable and inefficient. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/stanley-engerman-dead.html

Accounts of Russian media frozen in Germany again, Moscow to respond, says diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to DPA agency, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova did not name those Russian media outlets, but announced Moscow’s readiness to take similar steps against German media in Russia https://tass.com/politics/1623951

Amid Micron ban, US working with allies to beat China’s ‘economic coercion’: commerce secretary

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘We won’t tolerate it, nor do we think it will be successful,’ says Gina Raimondo of Beijing’s blacklisting as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting ends in Michigan. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3222070/amid-micron-ban-us-working-allies-beat-chinas-economic-coercion-commerce-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed

Iran’s domestic wheat purchases at 2.9 mln mt in April-May

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iran’s GTC says wheat purchases rose 34% y/y on April-May to 2.9 million mt. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/27/704221/Iran-wheat-purchases-increase-GTC-figures

Belgorod governor comes under shelling in Shebekino

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Vyacheslav Gladkov said that he could not even get out of the car https://tass.com/emergencies/1623947

Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation

Fox News A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash during a graduation ceremony falls under school-sponsored…

How to Give Great Gifts: What Science Teaches Us

Wall Street Journal Understanding certain fundamental truths makes giving gifts easier on yourself, and happier for your recipients https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-give-great-gifts-what-science-teaches-us-e7e0972c