Prologue Journal – Page 35346 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

No second wave of mobilization in Russia, Kremlin Spokesman says

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The journalists noted the statements Dmitry Peskov made in March that the Kremlin does not discuss an option to carry out a second mobilization wave https://tass.com/society/1602541

Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Enel, Pertamina Geothermal Energy and more featured in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. https://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-utilities-roundup-market-talk-24b7835b

Kosovo riot police open fire on Serbian car, driver wounded — news portal

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Kosovo separatists often employ “petty terrorism” tactics against the region’s Serbian population, such as attacks on residential buildings and first-aid stations, arson, cattle raiding, carjacking and beatings https://tass.com/world/1602539

Bodies of 195 Kyiv Oblast residents killed by Russians are yet to be identified – police

Pravda Ukraine The Kyiv Oblast police discovered 1,374 bodies of the residents of Kyiv Oblast killed by the occupiers, 195 bodies have not been identified, 279 persons more are considered missing. Source: Andrii Niebytov, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in Kyiv Oblast, at the briefing on 11 April, as…

Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal JTC, ASR Nederland and more featured in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. https://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-services-roundup-market-talk-ebe47567

Ex-TV station producer shot, wounded in Taipei

Taipei, April 11 (CNA) A former TV station producer was wounded after being shot in Taipei late Monday, police said Tuesday as a manhunt was launched. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304110018

China urged to speed up self-reliance in military tech as Western sanctions render old model ‘unsustainable’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘Key and core technologies’ for modern weaponry can no longer be bought or waited for, researcher at Beijing’s Academy of Military Sciences warns. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3216697/china-urged-speed-self-reliance-military-tech-western-sanctions-render-old-model-unsustainable?utm_source=rss_feed

For China and the US, is ‘no catastrophe’ really the best scenario?

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Both powers are again flexing their military muscle over Taiwan after the island’s leader met the US House speaker in California. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3216695/china-and-us-no-catastrophe-really-best-scenario?utm_source=rss_feed

Duma Speaker orders lawmakers to invite US envoy to testify on bio labs in Ukraine

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. During the April 11 plenary meeting, the lawmakers review the final report of the commission on investigation of operation of US biological laboratories in Ukraine https://tass.com/society/1602527

Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law means adults can be locked up for supplying pills to minors

Fox News Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a law last week that makes it illegal to help a minor get an abortion by supplying them drugs or helping them across state lines to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent. House Bill 232, the first of its kind, creates a new crime called “abortion trafficking” and…