Prologue Journal – Page 40245 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Black Sea gas field will be used as part of gas hub project in Turkey — executive

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “The Sakarya field will be involved in the implementation of the project to launch a gas hub, since 40 million cubic meters of gas will be produced here every day. This is inevitable,” Melih Khan Bilgin stressed https://tass.com/economy/1604025

Vancouver police remove, arrest squatter who set up encampment on one of city’s most expensive properties

Fox News Police in Canada have removed a squatter who had set up a makeshift shelter on one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Vancouver and lived there for almost a year. A campsite on Vancouver’s Belmont Avenue overlooking Spanish Banks Beach, one of the most pricey and exclusive streets in the…

F.B.I. Feared Lawmaker Was Target of Foreign Intelligence Operation

New York Times An Illinois congressman whose name was used in a botched search of messages intercepted under an expiring surveillance law was working on trade talks with China at the time. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/us/politics/fbi-darin-lahood.html

Euro above $1.106 against dollar first time since last April — Forex data

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The dollar at the same time lost 0.67% on the Moscow Exchange to 81.4 rubles https://tass.com/economy/1604027

Russia Could Consider Swap for Evan Gershkovich After Trial Ends

Wall Street Journal The deputy foreign minister also said that Moscow doesn’t see a need to involve a third country in such talks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-could-consider-swap-for-evan-gershkovich-after-trial-ends-80d74783

DPRK’s recognition of new Russian regions reaffirmed friendship of Moscow, Pyongyang — MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Andrey Rudenko, the traditions of the friendship now remain as relevant as ever https://tass.com/politics/1604023

Changing Middle East pushes G7 to discuss waning influence -diplomats

Jerusalem Post The ministers of the G7 – France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US and Japan, meet in Japan between April 16 to 18. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-739171

Bank of Mexico Minutes Show Interest-Rate Increases Near an End

Wall Street Journal The central bank raised its reference rate by a quarter percentage point to 11.25% on March 30, slowing the pace of monetary tightening. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bank-of-mexico-minutes-show-interest-rate-increases-near-an-end-e9a6824d

Faith in the Work: Supreme Court to debate employer accommodations for workers’ religion

Fox News A devout Christian’s choice to put his faith above his job has put him at the center of constitutional fight that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a workplace discrimination appeal challenging the high court’s 1977 precedent for determining an “undue hardship” on employers…

Pelosi takes subtle dig at Fetterman in alleging sexism as calls grow for Feinstein to resign

Fox News Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested that calls for longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to resign were sexist, noting that she has “never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way,” appearing to be a dig at Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., who has been absent…