Prologue Journal – Page 32507 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Today’s Logistics Report: Reining Back Retail Returns; Apple Chipping In; Supplying Finance

Wall Street Journal https://createsend.com/t/d-6DCB6D3196D40FAC2540EF23F30FEDED

Russia views Kiev’s equipment in special military op area as legitimate target — Ryabkov

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that the stubbornness, with which Western countries are “moving further towards ever larger escalation is today not simply one of the main problems but, perhaps, the greatest threat to security, including their own security https://tass.com/politics/1622297

Nanya Technology sees no order shift after China’s ban on Micron

Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Nanya Technology Corp., a leading dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip supplier from Taiwan, said Wednesday that the company has not seen any increase in orders after China slapped a ban on U.S.-based Micron Technology, Inc. selling its memory chips for key infrastructure projects in China. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305240017

Russian, Chinese prime ministers to share notes, ‘synchronize watches’ at year-end meeting

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Mikhail Mishustin also highlighted the huge potential for cooperation between the two countries https://tass.com/economy/1622295

Russian Federation Council approves bill on denunciation of CFE Treaty

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The CFE Treaty, which entered into force on November 9, 1992, was aimed at strengthening European security by creating a system of quantitative restrictions on five major categories of conventional weapons of the treaty member states https://tass.com/politics/1622293

Prigozhin Says 20K Wagner Fighters Killed in Battle for Bakhmut

Moscow Times Roughly half of Wagner’s mercenaries who died in Bakhmut had been convicts recruited from prisons. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/24/prigozhin-says-20k-wagner-fighters-killed-in-battle-for-bakhmut-a81259

They Cuddled a Kiwi. New Zealand Said, ‘Stop That.’

New York Times Video of the national bird being handled by Miami zoo visitors caused an outcry in New Zealand. Even the prime minister weighed in. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/asia/new-zealand-kiwi-miami-zoo.html

Montana becomes 1st state to ban drag reading events in schools, libraries

Fox News Montana has become the first state to specifically ban people dressed in drag from reading books to children at public schools and libraries, part of a host of legislation aimed at the rights the LGBTQ+ community in Montana and other states. Bills in Florida and Tennessee also appear to try to ban drag…

Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Lanxess, Givaudan and more featured in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. https://www.wsj.com/articles/basic-materials-roundup-market-talk-b3a5e093

Mutual trade in EAEU record high in 2023 — Russian Deputy PM

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The number made up $83.3 bln https://tass.com/economy/1622291