Prologue Journal – Page 32715 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Ukrainian president, Indian PM meet for first time since start of Russia’s special op

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It was their first meeting since the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine https://tass.com/world/1620559

Russian Embassy to US hosts event of Group of Friends in Defense of UN Charter

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov pointed out that the event’s goal was to show Russia’s readiness for cooperation to solve common problems https://tass.com/politics/1620557

G7 summit adopts final statement, covering key global issues

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Group of Seven countries expressed readiness to build constructive and stable relations with China https://tass.com/world/1620555

Three Biden nominees who were too extreme for Senate Democrats

Fox News President Biden has watched three high-profile nominees flop in the Senate this year after Democrats failed to unify around them. Republicans argue these failures should be a “wake-up call” that Biden can’t count on getting his “extreme” nominees confirmed. On Thursday, Michael Delaney, who was nominated for the First Circuit Court of Appeals,…

Risk of bat-borne virus’ increases as people encroach on their habitats, according to Reuters study

Fox News For millennia, bat viruses lurked in forests across West Africa, India, South America and other parts of the world. But, undisturbed, they posed little threat to humanity. No longer, a new Reuters data analysis found. Today, as more and more people encroach on bat habitat, bat-borne pathogens pose an epidemiological minefield in 113…

At the PGA Championship, Golf’s Forbidden Fruit: The Hoodie

Wall Street Journal Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and others embraced hoodies on the course, calling into question the future of golf’s dress code. https://www.wsj.com/articles/golf-pga-championship-hoodies-style-course-dress-code-cbe5d210

China’s Wavering Recovery Reverses Copper Rally

Wall Street Journal Copper prices have slumped to a five-month low, also reflecting the resolution of supply disruptions and some traders stepping up bearish bets against the metal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-wavering-recovery-reverses-copper-rally-b59e2eea

Returning to the Office Is Killing My Budget

Wall Street Journal As my expenses have taken off, I’ve had to take a hard look at my spending. https://www.wsj.com/articles/return-to-office-not-saving-as-much-money-eab9fbf3

“Vitalii waited for her so much”: Wife of volunteer killed in Luhansk gave birth to daughter

Pravda Ukraine Nataliia is the wife of Vitalii Kyrkach-Antonenko, a volunteer who was killed in Luhansk Oblast on 9 November 2022, when the woman was three months pregnant. Nataliia gave birth to a daughter on the night of 18-19 May, she wrote on Facebook. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/20/7403086/

Zelenskyy meets with Prime Minister of India

Pravda Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Japan. Source: Andrii Yermak, Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, on Telegram Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, Zelenskyy and Modi discussed humanitarian mine clearance and mobile hospitals that Ukraine needs. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/20/7403085/