Prologue Journal – Page 35440 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Bank Losses Can Be Gains for This Money Fund

Wall Street Journal Federated Hermes is one of the biggest players in money-market fund management, and its stock has gotten a boost alongside the recent surge of cash into those vehicles. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bank-losses-can-be-gains-for-this-money-fund-fb9ba9da

Navalny in Solitary Confinement for 13th Time Despite Health Issues

Moscow Times His team said the move was punishment for an investigation they did into alleged corruption within Russia’s Federal Prison Service. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/11/navalny-in-solitary-confinement-for-13th-time-despite-health-issues-a80800

US condemns jail lengthy terms for Chinese lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. They were sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, on charges of state subversion after closed-door trials. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3216730/us-condemns-jail-lengthy-terms-chinese-lawyers-xu-zhiyong-and-ding-jiaxi?utm_source=rss_feed

Bridging divides: Arab nurse saves the life of Israeli man in Nahariya

Jerusalem Post “I don’t feel like a hero. I did what I had to do. Fortunately, I had the right knowledge, and I was in the right place at the right time,” responding nurse Amer Awad said. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-738991

Judge Rejects Theranos Founder Holmes’s Bid to Stay Out of Prison

Wall Street Journal The judge said in a filing that he didn’t think Elizabeth Holmes’s arguments for reversing her conviction or getting a new trial raised issues significant enough to merit a different outcome. https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmess-bid-to-stay-out-of-prison-is-denied-7ea2b361

Volcano Erupts in Russia, Spewing Ash Into the Stratosphere

New York Times The eruption of Shiveluch, on a remote peninsula in eastern Russia, sent a giant cloud of debris into the sky and smothered villages in a thick layer of brown volcanic dust. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/world/asia/russia-volcano-eruption.html

‘Weathering the Future’ Review: Climate Coping on PBS

Wall Street Journal This ‘NOVA’ presentation highlights the recent onslaught of dramatic weather events and the creative ways people are adjusting in response, from ‘no-till’ farming to building oyster-shell barrier reefs. https://www.wsj.com/articles/weathering-the-future-review-climate-coping-on-pbs-c0ac949c

Macron proposes to formulate new EU economic doctrine to guarantee its independence

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the French President, such doctrine is “critically important for preservation of the European model and values” https://tass.com/economy/1602825

Interagency Effort Assessing Impact of Leaked Documents, Strategizing Way Forward

Defense.gov Inside the Defense Department, an effort is underway now to look at the scope and scale of the distribution on social media platforms of what appears to be classified Defense Department information. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3358906/interagency-effort-assessing-impact-of-leaked-documents-strategizing-way-forward/

Mass protest unfolding in central square in Kazakh city of Zhanaozen — media

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Local activists say that there are between 1,000 and 2,000 people there https://tass.com/world/1602823