Prologue Journal – Page 39311 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Kremlin aide discusses bilateral cooperation with Cuban leader

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian presidential aide Maxim Oreshkin pointed to energy, tourism and investments to the Cuban economy as key areas of cooperation https://tass.com/politics/1613231

Taiwan shares open lower

Taipei, May 4 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange’s main index opened down 5.39 points at 15,548.02 Thursday on turnover of NT$2.21 billion (US$71.96 million). https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305040002

Ghanaian national accused of embezzling $2.4M from Wisconsin GOP pleads not guilty

Fox News A Ghana national pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to stealing about $2.4 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party in a wire fraud scheme. Paul Williams Anti, 59, was charged in February with embezzlement, online court records show. According to court documents, scammers manipulated state GOP employees’ email accounts in to divert…

Danville passes abortion pill ban in alleged defiance of Illinois law

Fox News An Illinois city on Tuesday banned the mailing or shipping of abortion pills, defying the state’s Democratic attorney general and the American Civil Liberties Union, who have repeatedly warned that the move violates Illinois law’s protection of abortion as a fundamental right. The ordinance passed the City Council in Danville, near Illinois’ eastern…

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Greek authorities pull 39 migrants from river islet on Turkish border

Fox News Greek authorities on Wednesday rescued a group of 39 migrants who had been abandoned by smugglers on an islet in the river that runs along the country’s land border with Turkey, police said. DROWNED MIGRANTS WASHING ASHORE OVERWHELM AFRICAN NATION, ‘RADICAL SOLUTIONS’ SOUGHT AS CEMETERIES FILL UP A police statement said the 13…

Oil refinery reservoir in Krasnodar Territory catches fire after drone attack

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Following an attack by an unidentified drone, a fire broke out in the reservoir of the Ilsky oil refinery in the settlement of Ilsky https://tass.com/emergencies/1613249

Turning a new page: Britain wants to reinvigorate ties with Hong Kong and to have less megaphone diplomacy, says consul general

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Exchange of visits by ministers, collaborations in trade, investment, culture and the arts offer hope, says Brian Davidson. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3219296/turning-new-page-britain-wants-reinvigorate-ties-hong-kong-and-have-less-megaphone-diplomacy-says?utm_source=rss_feed

China says its stand on Ukraine war ‘has not changed’ after UN vote

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Beijing backed a resolution last week that described the conflict as ‘aggression by the Russian Federation’. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3219290/china-says-its-stand-ukraine-war-has-not-changed-after-un-vote?utm_source=rss_feed

Explosions heard in Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-742033