Prologue Journal – Page 39170 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Top senator suggests easing access to space exploration for private companies

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Valentina Matviyenko urged to adopt the experience of the West as well “if it demonstrates its efficiency and permits achieving new results” https://tass.com/science/1602907

“It’s really scary, but we keep going because people need us.” Frontline stories from essential workers

Pravda Ukraine https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/04/11/7397422/

Leaked US intel document claims Serbia agreed to arm Ukraine

Jerusalem Post “If this document is accurate, it either shows Vucic’s duplicity vis a vis Russia or he’s under enormous pressure from Washington to deliver weapons to Ukraine,” said Janusz Bugajski https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739014

Mexican immigration agency chief to be charged in fatal fire

Washington Post Mexico’s top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants last month https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/mexico-migrant-deaths-fire-ciudad-juarez/853634d2-d8ed-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India’s booming population

Washington Post In the past 60 years, the percentage of people age 60 and over in India’s Kerala state has shot up from 5.1% to 16.5% — the highest proportion in any state https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/india-population-aging-kerala/f4f424b2-d8ea-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Taiwan’s issues are Canada’s issues: Visiting lawmaker

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Canadian lawmaker John McKay told President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) Wednesday that “Taiwan’s issues are Canada’s issues and Canada’s issues are Taiwan’s issues,” during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Taipei. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202304120005

Kwame Brathwaite, 85, Photographer With a Lens on Black Pride, Is Dead

New York Times Part of the ‘Black is beautiful’ movement during the civil rights era, he trained his camera on athletes, musicians and models as well as everyday people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/arts/kwame-brathwaite-dead.html

Top senator Matviyenko says Russia favors deepening space cooperation with all countries

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Matviyyenko “space remains one of few platforms where Russia’s cooperation with other countries” https://tass.com/science/1602905

Bruce Haigh, Australian envoy who aided apartheid-era escape, dies at 77

Washington Post Mr. Haigh’s role in helping a journalist flee South Africa was recounted in the film “Cry Freedom.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/12/bruce-haigh-australia-apartheid-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia

Washington Post Miners, cattle ranchers, tourists and Indigenous locals are evacuating from Australia’s remote northwest coast as an intensifying tropical cyclone approaches https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/australia-cyclone-ilsa-pilbara/138e2bb6-d8eb-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world