World News – Page 220 – Prologue Journal

Biden drifts off the world stage at Brazil’s G-20

Washington Post The trip that was supposed to be the U.S. president’s swan song seemed to underscore his status as a lame duck. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/20/g20-summit-brazil-biden/

Biden approves antipersonnel mines for Ukraine, undoing his own policy

Washington Post The controversial White House move to send Kyiv land mines comes as Russia’s advances in eastern Ukraine threaten to overwhelm front-line defenses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/19/biden-landmines-ukraine-russia/

Brazil’s first lady aims explicit joke at key target of husband’s administration: ‘F–k you, Elon Musk’

Fox News The first lady of Brazil turned heads when she dropped an f-bomb directed at Tesla CEO Elon Musk during an official event over the weekend. At the time, Brazil’s first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, was speaking about misinformation on social media during a pre-G20 social event on Saturday. The G20 summit began…

Iraq bans alcohol in hotels and clubs, bringing country close to near-total ban

Washington Post Alcohol has long been easily accessible in Baghdad, but a crackdown in recent years has made booze much more difficult to find. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/19/iraq-alcohol-ban-hotel-drinking-law-baghdad/

Leader of Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia resigns, ending unrest

Fox News The separatist leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after days of unrest, in which the opposition and its supporters seized key government buildings and at least 14 people were injured in clashes with police. Demonstrators stormed the buildings on Friday to protest new measures allowing Russians to buy property…

Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested on suspicion of rape

Fox News The 27-year-old son of Norway Crown Princess Mette-Marit is facing a preliminary rape charge after his arrest in the country’s capital, police say. Marius Borg Høiby, who was taken into custody in Oslo late Monday, is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, and the son of Mette-Marit from…

Sweden, Finland and Norway release new advice on surviving war amid concerns over Russia, Ukraine escalation

Fox News The once solidly “neutral” Nordic nations in Northern Europe are taking precautions to ready their citizens to be able to cope under war-like conditions as the security apparatus on the continent continues to deteriorate amid the war in Ukraine. Sweden on Monday issued pamphlets to millions giving directions on what to do in…

Congressional committee advises revoking China’s trade status

Washington Post Bipartisan group recommends end to Beijing’s decades-long permanent normal trade status and calls for “Manhattan Project-type” American AI fund. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/19/china-congress-trade-tariffs-ai/

Pentagon misstated how Special Operations troops died off Cyprus last year

Washington Post A Special Operations helicopter deployed in response to fighting in Gaza crashed during target practice, not aerial refueling, as the Pentagon said last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/19/blackhawk-helicopter-crash-cyprus-israel-gaza/

1,000 days of war in Ukraine as Zelenskyy doubles down on aerial options with ATACMS, drones and missiles

Fox News Ukraine marked 1,000 days of war with Russia on Tuesday since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation” on Feb. 22, 2022, and initiated the largest conflict Europe has seen since World War II. It isn’t only the scale of the fight that has resembled the infamous war that ended more…