Prologue Journal – Page 39458 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

China donates patrol boat to Sierra Leone to tackle illegal fishing and piracy off West Africa

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Beijing’s ‘gift’ commissioned while communities in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Guinea concerned about Chinese fleets depleting fish stocks. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3218772/china-donates-patrol-boat-sierra-leone-tackle-illegal-fishing-and-piracy-west-africa?utm_source=rss_feed

Biden Calls for Release of Jailed Journalist Evan Gershkovich, Other Detainees

Wall Street Journal The president addressed the importance of a free press at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-calls-for-release-of-jailed-journalist-evan-gershkovich-other-detainees-a42153bc

Tai Tzu-ying heads to Asia Championships final; Lee, Wang bag bronze

Taipei, April 30 (CNA) Taiwan’s top female shuttler Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) outlasted Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in a three-game match on Saturday to advance to the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 final in Dubai, while the male duo Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) and Lee Yang (李洋) withdrew from the semifinals, sitting in third place. https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202304300003

Russia and Cuba should use new formats to implement their presidents’ decisions — Speaker

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Vyacheslav Volodin noted that in many respects the current dynamics of relations between Moscow and Havana is provided by the heads of state https://tass.com/politics/1611643

Russian troops stop actions of two Ukrainian reconnaissance groups — Vostok group

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to head of the press center of the Vostok group Alexander Gordeev, in the Zaporozhye direction, the crew of the Giatsint self-propelled gun destroyed a tank and four militants in the area of the Volnoye Pole settlement https://tass.com/defense/1611641

Ukrainian Armed Forces repel about 60 Russian attacks over past day – General Staff

Pravda Ukraine Ukrainian defenders repelled 58 attacks by the occupation forces over the past day. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 30 April Quote: “The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka fronts: 58…

Fire and house collapse in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, authorities claim shelling

Pravda Ukraine Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk Oblast of Russia, said that a fire and partial destruction of a residential building occurred in the village of Suzemka, allegedly as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/30/7400025/

Next wave of covid incidence may start in May but it won’t be significant — expert

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Anatoly Altshtein, the last wave of morbidity began in January and at its peak about 13,000 cases were recorded https://tass.com/society/1611639

Taiwan headline news

Taipei, April 30 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Sunday are as follows: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304300002

Humanitarian crisis in occupied Luhansk Oblast: lack of medicine for civilians

Pravda Ukraine A humanitarian crisis is worsening in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk Oblast because of a shortage of medicine for the civilian population. Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center Quote: “After the transfer of [the] majority of the region’s hospitals to the operation format of military hospitals, the civilian people cannot receive medical services.…