Prologue Journal – Page 35236 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

How Bank Apps Know You’re You

Wall Street Journal Username and password aren’t the only line of defense protecting mobile financial-account logins from hackers. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bank-apps-know-youre-you-f45df28f

WeightWatchers Gets a Makeover With Obesity-Drug Business

Wall Street Journal The decision to get into the obesity-medication business for drugs such as Ozempic makes sense as it tries to turn a declining business around. https://www.wsj.com/articles/weightwatchers-gets-a-makeover-with-obesity-drug-business-af384d08

PMC Wagner assault units liberate two districts in Artyomovsk

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, noted that the Airborne Forces fettered the enemy’s actions on the flanks of the assault detachments https://tass.com/defense/1605007

Ukraine’s Defence Minister: Ukraine’s losses in war are smaller than number of victims of earthquake in Türkiye

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Defence Minister of Ukraine, said that the losses on the Ukrainian side during the full-scale war are less than the number of victims of the earthquake in Türkiye. Source: Reznikov in an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Razon Quote: “Of course, we have losses, because we are at war. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/16/7398106/

A Japanese Island Where the Wild Things Are

New York Times In the pantheon of yokai, spooky beings of Japanese folklore embody anxieties ancient and modern. On Shodoshima, an art contest helps bring new ones to life. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/world/asia/japan-shodoshima-yokai.html

Indonesian group hacks into Israeli homes, gas and bus stations

Jerusalem Post Israeli institutions have been the victims of a slew of hacking attacks in recent weeks. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-739357

Reports: Militants kill 26 people in Syrian countryside

Washington Post Reports say Islamic State militants have killed 26 people who were foraging for wild truffles in Syria’s Hama region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/16/syria-hama-truffle-hunters-attack-islamic-state/45c2ef60-dc59-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ansarullah, Saudi-backed presidential council complete Yemen prisoner swap

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement and the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) free scores of prisoners on the last of a three-day exchange of nearly 900 detainees. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/16/701659/Ansarullah,-Saudi-backed-Presidential-Leadership-Council-complete-Yemen-prisoner-swap

Iran ‘greatest, most steadfast’ supporter of resistance in world: Parl. speaker

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has lauded the epic turnout of Iranian people in international Quds Day rallies, saying Iran is the greatest and most steadfast supporter of the resistance in the world.…

Iran ‘flagbearer’ for support of resistance: Hezbollah official

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A senior official of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement hails Iran’s leading role in supporting the Resistance Front in the region. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/16/701661/Hezbollah-Qassem-Iran-support-resistance-