Prologue Journal – Page 36067 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Carlsberg Group finds new investor for Baltika Breweries

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Baltika Breweries will continue its operations and commercial activity until the transaction’s completion in the current regime, maintaining all its commitments to its partners and social guarantees for employees,” the press service noted https://tass.com/economy/1637219

Military drill at civilian airport will use F-16V, C-130H: Source

Taipei, June 23 (CNA) An emergency landing and takeoff drill to be held for the first time at a civilian airport in eastern Taiwan’s Taitung County in July will involve the use of the F-16 fighter jets and C-130H Hercules transport aircraft, a military source told CNA on Saturday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306230015

Biden-Modi star-studded state dinner draws elite guests like M. Night Shyamalan, Ralph Lauren, Tim Cook

Fox News President Biden hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Thursday night, bringing together an all-star cast of celebrities, business leaders, and politicians. The opulent state dinner was a celebration of US-India relations, an international partnership that the Biden administration sees as key to future global security. “It’s going to…

Russian foreign intel chief sees no signs of Iran turning its back on Russia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “If we talk about the interaction between the intelligence services of Russia and Iran, the quality of this interaction is good,” Sergey Naryshkin pointed out https://tass.com/politics/1637199

Russia expands stop-list of EU officials in retaliatory move — MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Foreign Ministry stressed that the restrictions applied to those legislators of the EU countries who were “promoting an agenda of confrontation with Russia” https://tass.com/politics/1637197

EU accession: Maasikas advises Ukraine to resume e-declaration

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/23/7164283/

New EU sanctions over Russia’s war target fewer Chinese companies than planned

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The measures initially proposed including more Chinese companies, leading to concerns of potential retaliation from the bloc’s largest trading partner, but only 3 China-based businesses made it on to the final list. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3225218/new-eu-sanctions-over-russias-war-target-fewer-chinese-companies-planned?utm_source=rss_feed

Ukraine may get F-16 fighter jets in early 2024

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/23/7164278/

OceanGate passenger Suleman Dawood was ‘terrified’ of Titanic trip, aunt says

Fox News The 19-year-old Pakistani college student who was the youngest to die in the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submarine was “terrified” about going on the deep-sea journey to the Titanic wreckage, his aunt has revealed. Azmeh Dawood, in an interview with NBC News, said her nephew, Suleman Dawood, also informed a relative that he…

The race to extract an Indigenous language from its last lucid speaker

Washington Post Linguist Roberto Zariquiey has been meeting with Nelita Campos for more than a decade to record all she knows of the Iskonawa language. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/23/endangered-language-iskonawa-amazon-peru/