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Texas Border Cities Declare State of Emergency Ahead of Title 42 Ending

New York Times El Paso area leaders are trying to prevent an immigration crisis like the one they saw late last year when a surge of migrants overloaded area shelters https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/texas-el-paso-state-emergency-title-42.html

Bestselling Books Week Ended May 6

Wall Street Journal With data from Circana BookScan https://www.wsj.com/articles/bestselling-books-week-ended-may-6-e38041a2

Supreme Court Throws Out Fraud Convictions in Albany Scandals

New York Times In a pair of unanimous rulings, the court sided with Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, and Louis Ciminelli, a contractor in Buffalo. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/supreme-court-fraud-albany-percoco-ciminelli.html

Central Bank Governor says key rate to be raised at next meetings if inflation accelerates

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The revised outlook on the key rate stands at 7.3-8.2% for 2023 and 6.5-7.5% for 2024, according to Elvira Nabiullina https://tass.com/economy/1616215

Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Find insights on combining Allkem with Livent, Nutrien, Stella-Jones, and more in Market Talks covering the Basic Materials sector. https://www.wsj.com/articles/basic-materials-roundup-market-talk-1cd1988e

Ukraine’s Defence Minister speaks about Canadian-Latvian project for training Ukrainian officers

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister, said that Ukrainian junior officers who will be trained as part of the new Canadian-Latvian initiative will master the process of planning, coordinating manoeuvres and conducting reconnaissance operations. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/11/7401767/

More than 16 per cent of Hong Kong’s young people have likely psychiatric problem, large-scale study finds

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. HKU research team finds close to 20 per cent of respondents in youth mental health study had suicidal thoughts in past year; 1.5 per cent tried to kill themselves. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220259/more-16-cent-hong-kongs-young-people-have-likely-psychiatric-problem-large-scale-study-finds?utm_source=rss_feed

Peloton recalls 2.2 million bikes, citing an unstable seat post

Washington Post The recall announced Thursday covers Peloton bike model PL01 sold from January 2018 to May 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/11/peloton-bike-recall-seat-injury-risk/

Poorest countries receive mere 2.6% of produce going via grain corridor — Russian MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On May 10-11 representatives from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN met in Istanbul to discuss the extension of the grain deal and the implementation of the Russian part of the agreement on the export of grain and fertilizers https://tass.com/politics/1616213

Georgian PM hopes West will be understanding of decision to trade with Russia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree waiving the visa requirement for Georgian citizens, beginning on May 15 https://tass.com/world/1616211