Prologue Journal – Page 38664 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Mexico seizes 10 tigers, 5 lions in cartel-dominated area

Washington Post Prosecutors in Mexico say they have seized a huge collection of exotic animals including 10 tigers, five lions and other species in a cartel-dominated town https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/22/mexico-drug-traffickers-tigers-lions/d23e6338-e14b-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Temple Mount to reopen to Jewish visitors on Monday

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739992

Water cut off in 67 Donetsk Oblast settlements after Russian attack

Pravda Ukraine Russian forces deployed FAB-500 bombs in at least six attacks on the city of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast on Saturday, 22 April. Russian attacks damaged a power supply facility in Karlivka, leaving 67 Donetsk Oblast settlements without running water. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/22/7399039/

IOC official says Ukraine has gone too far in banning athletes to compete with Russians

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “They have gone so far as to prohibit their own athletes from competing in events in which there could be neutral athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport,” James Macleod, the IOC’s director of Olympic Solidarity and head of National Olympic Committee relations,…

Ukraine’s Kharkiv, surrounding districts hit by five missiles – officials

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739991

China’s Ambassador to France Says Ex-Soviet States Lack Basis for Sovereignty

Wall Street Journal Countries across Eastern Europe condemned the remarks from Ambassador Lu Shaye. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-ambassador-to-france-says-ex-soviet-states-lack-basis-for-sovereignty-8a46ad7d

Windows in turbine hall of Zaporozhye NPP smashed in drone attacks

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “They have been smashed by a shock wave,” Renat Karchaa, advisor to the CEO of Russia’s Rosenergoatom nuclear power plant operator, said https://tass.com/emergencies/1608237

ISIS using Afghanistan as staging ground for terror plots after US withdrawal: report

Fox News Not even two years have passed since President Biden’s fumbled military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and already Islamic State terrorists are using the country to plot attacks across Europe and Asia. Islamic State Khorasan Province is also conducting “aspirational plotting” against the United States, according to leaked Pentagon documents reported by The Washington Post.…

Blasts heard in Kharkov — online newspaper

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. An air alert warning is in effect in the Kharkov region https://tass.com/world/1608235

In first, Defense Ministry building to light up on Remembrance Day

Jerusalem Post Making history, the Defense Ministry will project the work “Yizkor” and a memorial candle onto its building in Tel Aviv. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-739986