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Mawar strengthens into typhoon; path still uncertain: CWB

Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Tropical Storm Mawar has strengthened into a typhoon, but forecasters are unlikely to know until Sunday if it will affect Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305230024

Counter-terrorist operation regime in Belgorod Oblast suddenly cancelled

Pravda Ukraine Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, has announced that the counter-terrorist operation regime in the oblast has been cancelled. Source: Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram Quote from Gladkov: “A decision has been approved to cancel the counter-terrorist operation legal regime on the territory of Belgorod Oblast. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7403512/

Three people indicted over mistreatment of Indonesian caregiver

Taipei, May 23 (CNA) A woman and her two daughters in Taichung were indicted Monday for allegedly mistreating a live-in Indonesian caregiver they hired in May last year to look after the woman’s son after he suffered a stroke, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305230023

Russian forces now shell Kupiansk front more often than other Ukrainian fronts

Pravda Ukraine Over the course of the past 24 hours, the largest number of Russian artillery attacks occurred on the Kupiansk front. Source: Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the Skhid (East) Group of Forces in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the national joint newscast Quote from Cherevatyi: “The [Kupiansk] front is ahead of other [fronts]…

Ukraine’s Prime Minister explains how much land has been sown, and the pace of demining efforts

Pravda Ukraine A total of 10 million hectares (out of the planned 13 million hectares) of land have already been sown with agricultural crops in Ukraine. Efforts to demine agricultural lands are also currently underway. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7403507/

Russia Condemns ‘Illogical’ U.S. Aircraft Carrier Visit to Norway

Moscow Times The 337-meter (1,106-foot) USS General Ford is scheduled to dock in the Norwegian capital this week. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/23/russia-condemns-illogical-us-aircraft-carrier-visit-to-norway-a81250

Defence of Bakhmut: Wagner PMC remains on its positions, Russians draw up reserves

Pravda Ukraine Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Russian Wagner Group PMC, intends to withdraw his units from the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. So far there have been no rotations in the city; the occupiers are just strengthening their positions. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7403506/

Israel’s Netanyahu Faces Pushback Over Plan to Subsidize Ultra-Orthodox Schools

Wall Street Journal The country’s economists warn that increased funding for religious schools and subsidies for ultra-Orthodox Jews who don’t work will hurt Israel’s short and long-term growth. https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-netanyahu-faces-pushback-over-plan-to-subsidize-ultra-orthodox-schools-45568a14

France ready to become one of security guarantors for Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7162255/

Russian, Iranian Navy commanders discuss cooperation — Russian defense ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. During his visit to Iran, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov visited naval schools and bases, and defense-sector enterprises https://tass.com/defense/1621839