Prologue Journal – Page 38527 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Aaron Rodgers-Founded Firm Raises $150 Million Fund

Wall Street Journal RX3 Growth Partners, a private-equity firm with an array of boldface names among its backers, just closed its second main fund to invest in consumer brands. https://www.wsj.com/articles/aaron-rodgers-founded-firm-raises-150-million-fund-83f65fb1

Operation Shield and Arrow: IDF strikes, thwarts Palestinian rocket crew

Jerusalem Post Israel still expects response from Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza amid Operation Shield and Arrow. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-742526

Christie’s sale of Austrian heiress’ jewels stirs criticism

Washington Post Christie’s is auctioning a staggering 700 pieces of jewelry from the collection of the late Heidi Horten, an Austrian heiress whose German husband built a retail empire starting in the 1930s — in part from department stores and other assets sold by desperate Jews as they fled Nazi Germany https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/heidi-horten-austria-germany-jews-nazis-christies-holocaust/de924654-ee75-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Pentagon announces new military assistance package for Ukraine worth $1.2 billion

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7161308/

Hong Kong 47: Anonymous witness grilled at national security trial over ‘secretly recorded’ footage

Hong Kong Free Press Recording a meeting of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures without their permission was not an intrusion of privacy, an anonymous witness for the prosecution has said during a high-profile trial relating to 47 democrats under the Beijing-imposed national security law. An unofficial legislative primary election held in July 2020. Photo: Studio Incendo.…

Taiwan passes organic law to establish Ministry of the Environment

Taipei, May 9 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan passed a law Tuesday that elevated the status of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to the Ministry of the Environment, with a larger budget and workforce to better tackle climate change and other pressing challenges. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305090026

Fire breaks out in power plant west of Iran’s Isfahan

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-742528

Boeing Receives Order for Up to 300 Planes From Ryanair

New York Times The jets are expected to replace older, smaller and less-efficient Boeing planes and be delivered between 2027 and 2033. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/business/boeing-ryanair-737-max.html

Passenger volume at Taoyuan airport tops 10 million

Taipei, May 9 (CNA) Passenger trips so far this year at Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan’s main international gateway, passed 10 million on Tuesday, according to the airport’s operator. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305090025

Russia’s considers response to US not issuing visas to journalists — diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov noted that the response had already been given in part and additional steps were being considered https://tass.com/politics/1615107