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European Banks Say Goodbye to Easy Money

Wall Street Journal A $1.2 trillion liquidity crunch looms for Europe’s lenders, testing their ability to stand on their own after more than a decade of easy money from the European Central Bank. https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-banks-say-goodbye-to-easy-money-70292f5

Supreme Court Action Expected in Abortion-Pill Case

Wall Street Journal Justices are weighing emergency requests by the Biden administration and drugmaker Danco Laboratories to preserve mifepristone access. https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-action-expected-in-abortion-pill-case-7e0ac390

Patient Seeks to Force Hospital Network to Pay Hackers Ransom to Remove Naked Photos Online

Wall Street Journal Jane Doe lawsuit asks judge to compel Lehigh Valley Health Network to pay hackers more than $5 million in a bid to have stolen photos removed from the internet. https://www.wsj.com/articles/patient-seeks-to-force-hospital-network-to-pay-hackers-ransom-to-remove-naked-photos-online-46ee754

Banks Leaned on a Little-Known Lender in March as Customers Fled

Wall Street Journal Silicon Valley Bank and Signature borrowed heavily from the Federal Home Loan Bank system before collapsing. https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-leaned-on-a-little-known-lender-in-march-as-customers-fled-c09ef6ab

The iPhone Setting Thieves Use to Lock You Out of Your Apple Account

Wall Street Journal The recovery key was designed to make Apple IDs safer. Instead, these victims permanently lost family photos and other precious digital possessions. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-iphone-setting-thieves-use-to-lock-you-out-of-your-apple-account-716d350d

India to become more populous than China by mid-2023 — UN

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The demographic data cited in the report released on Wednesday estimates India’s population at 1.4286 billion versus 1.4257 billion for China https://tass.com/world/1606439

Russian foreign minister, St. Vincentian prime minister slam unilateral sanctions

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Sergey Lavrov and Ralph Gonsalves had a meeting in Caracas and discussed the outlook for developing bilateral relations, as well as key issues on the international and regional agenda https://tass.com/politics/1606435

Elderly woman fined in Moscow for complimenting Zelenskyy

Pravda Ukraine A 70-year old Moscow woman has been convicted in Russia for “discrediting the Russian army” over a conversation in a sanatorium canteen. Source: Russian Human Rights Centre Memorial Details: The Shcherbinsky District Court of Moscow has fined 70-year old Olga Slegina RUB 40,000 [approx. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398498/

Partial solar eclipse to be visible in Taiwan Thursday: Museum

Taipei, April 19 (CNA) A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Taiwan on Thursday, with those in southern areas treated to a better view due to their proximity to the path of totality, which passes over parts of Indonesia and Australia, according to the Taipei Astronomical Museum on Wednesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304190012

Sanctions imposed by West against Russia in 2022 beyond worst-case scenario — regulator

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “It was hardly possible to get prepared for such an absurd flow of sanctions, however, the balanced and firm policy of previous years, the crisis-fighting experience enabled us to respond efficiently,” Elvira Nabiullina said https://tass.com/economy/1606425