Prologue Journal – Page 36217 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Russia’s oil output quota under OPEC+ deal rises to 9.949 mln bpd in 2024

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Initially, at the OPEC+ meeting on June 4 in Vienna, Russia’s quota for 2024 was set at 9.828 mln bpd https://tass.com/economy/1631683

Poland and Germany complete negotiations on Leopard Repair Center for Ukraine – Ambassador

Pravda Ukraine Germany and Poland are approaching the conclusion of an agreement on the creation of a service centre for the repair of Leopard battle tanks and other Western equipment used by Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing German Ambassador to Poland Thomas Bugger’s interview with Bloomberg. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/13/7406728/

Will the IDF’s probe on Egypt border prevent future terror attacks? – analysis

Jerusalem Post Training border guards for both terror and smuggling security issues poses difficulties. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746196

Kuwait emir names sheikh Ahmad Aawaf al-Sabah as prime minister

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-746193

C.I.A. Told Ukraine Last Summer It Should Not Attack Nord Stream Pipelines

New York Times Dutch intelligence officials shared information with the C.I.A. in June 2022 that they had learned the Ukrainian military had been planning an operation using divers to blow up one of the pipelines. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/us/politics/nord-stream-pipeline-ukraine-cia.html

Trans activist Rose Montoya doubles down on going topless at the White House, says it was ‘perfectly legal’

Fox News Trans activist Rose Montoya doubled down Monday on her decision to go topless at President Biden’s Pride Month event at the White House. Montoya, a biological male who is transgender, defended the display of nudity, saying the laws in Washington, D.C., allow for going topless. The TikTok influencer expressed support for “freeing the…

India probes bribery allegations that a regulator helped switch test samples of possibly toxic cough syrup

Fox News Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the World Health Organization (WHO) had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before the samples were tested at an Indian laboratory, according to two government…

11% of India’s population is diabetic, government study estimates

Fox News Some 11% of Indians are diabetic, a government study found, adding that diabetes, hypertension and obesity are much more common in India than previously estimated. The study of more than 113,000 people also found that around 15% of Indians were pre-diabetic and around 35% have hypertension. It was conducted between October 2008 and…

Russian air strike kills 11 civilians in hometown of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Fox News A Russian airstrike killed at least 11 Ukrainian civilians and wounded 28 more on Tuesday, multiple reports say, as Russian forces retaliate against a widespread Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Russian missile struck a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, a city already facing devastation from the Kakhovka dam breach last week. Serhiy Lysak, the governor…

Israel at odds with US on settler homes, says not bound by Aqaba

Jerusalem Post Israel has pushed back at the US, with the IDF’s Civil Administration expected to convene the Higher Planning Committee for Judea and Samaria for the second time this year https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746191