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PacWest and Other Regional Bank Stocks Soar in Early Trading

Wall Street Journal Shares of under-fire regional banks recovered some of their lost ground in early trading, though they were still on track to end the week nursing hefty losses. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pacwest-and-other-regional-bank-stocks-soar-in-early-trading-9448280e

Chinese Communist Party not ‘contributing’ to US fentanyl crisis, Biden ambassador says

Fox News President Biden’s ambassador to the People’s Republic of China told the press Thursday that the Communist Party is not pushing fentanyl into the U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns dismissed the idea that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “contributing” to the fentanyl crisis in the U.S., saying the drug is actually arriving on American…

Serbian president says he wants to bring back death penalty in country

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On May 3, a teenager opened fire on his schoolmates in central Belgrade, killing eight schoolchildren and a security guard and wounding six more students and a teacher, who are now in the hospital https://tass.com/society/1614179

PacWest and Other Regional Bank Stocks Soar in Early Trading

Wall Street Journal Shares of under-fire regional banks recovered some of their lost ground in early trading Friday, though they were still on track to end the week nursing hefty losses. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pacwest-and-other-regional-bank-stocks-soar-in-early-trading-d2af7d8b

Austrian RBI closes correspondent accounts of Russian banks — report

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is reported that the Group will continue to progress potential transactions which would result in the sale or spin-off of Raiffeisenbank Russia and deconsolidation of Raiffeisenbank Russia from the Group https://tass.com/economy/1614169

Ukraine’s waters loaded with mines — Defense Ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The city of Odessa and the Odessa region keep reporting blasts associated with the controlled detonation of mines which then wash up on the seashore https://tass.com/defense/1614167

FedEx to move 200 jobs and Asia-Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Company shifting some functions to Singapore but pledges to maintain ‘significant presence’ and leadership roles locally. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3219582/fedex-move-200-jobs-and-asia-pacific-headquarters-hong-kong-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed

Energy expert and sergeant Oleksii Khabatiuk is killed on front line

Pravda Ukraine Oleksii Khabatiuk Oleksii Khabatiuk, a Ukrainian energy expert and sergeant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed on 4 May. This was announced on Facebook by Andrii Kobolev, former chairman of the board of state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/5/7400855/

The Covid-19 Crisis Is Officially Over.

Wall Street Journal The World Health Organization has declared an end to the pandemic emergency. The reshaping of American life is among the lingering side effects https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid19-crisis-is-officially-over-everything-changed-605b31ae

Israel to return bodies of three Palestinian terrorists killed in March

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-742189