Prologue Journal – Page 35313 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Occupiers take more than 100,000 Ukrainian children from the east

Pravda Ukraine Russian invaders have taken more than 100,000 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, deporting them under the excuse of alleged “treatment”. Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center Quote: “The occupiers continue to conduct forced ‘medical examinations’ for children in the temporarily occupied territories in order to have grounds for deporting…

U.S. Oil Inventories Rise As Refiners Unexpectedly Slow Down

Wall Street Journal U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 597,000 barrels last week, government data showed, as refinery activity took an unexpected turn lower. Gasoline stockpiles slipped by 330,000 barrels. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-oil-inventories-rise-as-refiners-unexpectedly-slow-down-e995b24a

Russian forces enveloping Avdeyevka from north, says DPR

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian forces will soon achieve serious successes in enveloping both Artyomovsk and Avdeyevka, adviser to the acting DPR head Igor Kimakovsky stressed https://tass.com/politics/1603311

Taiwan to stage the year’s first civil defense drill in Taichung

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Taiwan will stage the first civil defense drill this year in Taichung on Thursday and will focus more on wartime preparation and key infrastructure protection, according to the All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency under the Ministry of National Defense. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202304120025

ChatGPT Can Give Great Answers. But Only If You Know How to Ask the Right Question.

Wall Street Journal That’s why companies are hiring ‘prompt engineers’—experts in talking to AI systems effectively. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-ask-the-right-question-12d0f035

China issues warning as US, Philippines stage largest-ever drills

Fox News China warned on Wednesday that strengthening ties between the U.S. and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests, including longstanding tensions in the South China Sea. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in a statement issued by the country’s embassy in Manila that U.S. drills held in the Philippines…

Serbia’s top diplomat refutes allegations of Belgrade supplying weapons to Ukraine

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Ivica Dacic stressed that “the Republic of Serbia adheres to its policy of military neutrality and complies with the conclusions of the National Security Council of February last year” https://tass.com/world/1603307

How did Earth get its water? Exoplanet research raises new theories

Jerusalem Post Israeli-born scientist says study is the first step in determining whether there is life on planets beyond our solar system. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-739044

Shiveluch volcano eruption in Kamchatka following best-case scenario — volcanologist

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Ozerov noted that scientists had been expecting the eruption for several months https://tass.com/science/1603301

Video: The Real Story About Inflation

Wall Street Journal The CPI came in below economists’ expectations at 5.0% in March, as inflation continues to decline. https://www.wsj.com/articles/video-the-real-story-about-inflation-9a222a03