Prologue Journal – Page 39253 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

More Wives Now Outearn Their Husbands. They Also Stay Together Longer.

Wall Street Journal The share of marriages with women breadwinners tripled over the last 50 years. https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-wives-now-outearn-their-husbands-they-also-stay-together-longer-1ac089dc

NSA Chief Has Said He Expects to Step Down in Coming Months

Wall Street Journal Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, has told colleagues he expects to step down from the helm of the electronic spy agency and military’s Cyber Command. https://www.wsj.com/articles/nsa-chief-paul-nakasone-has-said-he-expects-to-step-down-in-coming-months-7c21681f

Bond Selloff Adds to the Pressure on Regional Banks

Wall Street Journal Rising yields on debt threaten higher borrowing costs for lenders. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-selloff-adds-to-the-pressure-on-regional-banks-8752867f

Gazans keep children, essentials close during Israeli strikes

Jerusalem Post Gaza, ruled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, is suffering a worsening humanitarian crisis. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-742733

Among countries friendly to Ukraine some helping Russia circumvent sanctions – Zelenskyy

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/11/7161472/

Yellen Calls Invoking 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Limit ‘Legally Questionable’

New York Times The Treasury secretary warned that a default would lead to a “very substantial downturn.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/debt-limit-yellen-14th-amendment.html

Minnesota advances bill that criminalizes sharing deepfake sexual images, content to influence elections

Fox News In a nearly unanimous vote, Minnesota Senate lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would criminalize people who non-consensually share deepfake sexual images of others, and people who share deepfakes to hurt a political candidate or influence an election. Deepfakes are videos and images that have been digitally created or altered with artificial intelligence…

Natural Gas Prices Unchanged Ahead of Storage Data

Wall Street Journal Gas prices were virtually flat from yesterday’s close ahead of a weekly EIA storage report that’s expected to show a slightly bullish injection of 74 billion cubic fee. https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-prices-unchanged-ahead-of-storage-data-e1bb15d2

Evacuations in Zaporozhye Region in full swing — authorities

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Sergey Tolmachev, the authorities are ready to take the region’s residents to Crimea and the Rostov Region in case fighting intensifies along the line of contact, but there is no need for that at the moment https://tass.com/society/1616045

UK officially confirmed sending Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/11/7161471/