Prologue Journal – Page 38632 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

One child remains in Avdiivka, parents hide them from evacuation

Pravda Ukraine In Donetsk Oblast, in the frontline city of Avdiivka, one child is being hidden from evacuation groups by their parents. Source: Vitalii Barabash, Head of Avdiivka City Military Administration, on the air of Radio Liberty. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399323/

Medvedev slams West for unwillingness to build equal partnership

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “For years, they have simply been mocking us, seeking to exhaust and weaken us, surrounding us with more military bases of the military bloc that had been our former country’s enemy for decades,” the politician pointed out https://tass.com/politics/1609165

Ukraine plans its counteroffensive in southern direction in May — newspaper

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The topic of Ukraine’s potential counteroffensive has been constantly brought up by the media in recent months https://tass.com/world/1609169

Ex-WBA heavyweight title challenger cuts career short, now working as driver

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Alexander Ustinov won 35 fights (26 by knockout) and lost four https://tass.com/sport/1609167

Sen. Manchin dragged on Twitter for criticizing Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act after he cast pivotal vote

Fox News Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was criticized on Twitter after he threatened to repeal President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Monday night despite being the deciding vote in its passing. During a segment of “Hannity,” Manchin accused the Biden administration of “breaking its word” on the legislation in its pursuit of a “radical climate agenda.”…

Hyundai Motor, SK On Plan $5 Billion EV Battery Factory in Georgia

Wall Street Journal The two companies are the latest auto and battery makers to announce plans to expand production in North America, as they try to qualify for incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hyundai-motor-sk-on-plan-5-billion-ev-battery-factory-in-georgia-a396f499

Ex-Wagner Group member faces Norway court for bar brawl

Washington Post A former member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group who is seeking asylum in Norway has admitted resisting arrest and carrying an air gun https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/25/norway-russia-wagner-bar-brawl-medvedev/f84a9ac6-e34c-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russia keeps 17,000 soldiers in two border oblasts and Belarus

Pravda Ukraine Russia is engaging two groups of about 17,000 people to cover the state border in the northern part of Ukraine: they are deployed in the southern part of Belarus and in Bryansk and Kursk oblasts of the Russian Federation. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/25/7399320/

Taiwan shares plunge over 1.6% as TSMC falls below NT$500 mark

Taipei, April 25 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan moved sharply lower Tuesday, falling more than 1.6 percent as the bellwether electronics sector’s struggles continued amid lingering concerns over inventory adjustments in the semiconductor industry, dealers said. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202304250021

WHO says ‘high risk of biological hazard’ after Sudan laboratory seized

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-740233