Prologue Journal – Page 38972 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

The Playoff Series That Explains the NBA’s Most Explosive Scoring Season Ever

Wall Street Journal Golden State invented the modern template for NBA success. Sacramento embellished it. Now they’re squaring off in a high-scoring postseason showdown. https://www.wsj.com/articles/golden-state-warriors-sacramento-kings-nba-playoffs-scoring-991f7842

A Century-Old Mystery Surfaces From Lake Superior

New York Times A lumber fleet left the docks of Baraga, Mich., in 1914, and was never seen again. A team of shipwreck hunters found two of its vessels nearly 100 years later. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/lake-superior-shipwrecks.html

Archaeologists in China start new hunt for relics at 5,500-year-old site

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Excavation at Sanxingcun, or Sanxing village, in Jiangsu province to begin again after 30-year hiatus, and scientists hope artefacts will shed light on daily life at Neolithic settlement and the origins of Chinese civilisation.…

Taliban Prove to Be Formidable Tax Collectors, Putting Squeeze on Afghans

Wall Street Journal The government is raising more money from people as they struggle to survive the country’s crumbling economy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-prove-to-be-formidable-tax-collectors-putting-squeeze-on-afghans-e45e5a24

Russian forces intercept 13 HIMARS, Smerch, HARM missiles, shoot down 4 Ukrainian UAVs

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Such data was provided by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov https://tass.com/defense/1604995

State Border Guards shoot down Shakhed drone flying deep into Ukrainian territory

Pravda Ukraine Fighters of the State Border Service shot down a Russian Shakhed drone, which crossed the border with Ukraine. Source: State Border Guard Service Quote: “Erroneous choices of enemy drones: border guards in Kharkiv Oblast shot down a Shakhed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/16/7398101/

Finding the Pentagon Leak Suspect

New York Times How The Times identified the suspect at the center of the Pentagon leak before the authorities announced his name. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/briefing/pentagon-leak-suspect.html

Heat alert issued for southern Taiwan on Monday

Taipei, April 16 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Sunday issued a heat alert for three cities and counties in southern Taiwan, forecasting that temperatures will rise to 36 degrees Celsius around noon on Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304160011

Russian forces hit units of 77th Ukrainian Airmobile Brigade in DPR

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The official representative of the department, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said that the AFU brigade tried to counterattack the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlement of Maloilinovka https://tass.com/defense/1605001

Italy transfers some of M109 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Italy plans to transfer a total of 60 M109 self-propelled artillery howitzers to Ukraine in the near future, some of them are already on the frontline. Source: This was reported by Italian publication La Republica, writes European Pravda. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/16/7398100/