News / MN Newsletter // July 20

July 20, 2019

Russia Ukraine Putin: Russians, Ukrainians are 'one people' - ABC News Putin: Russians, Ukrainians are ‘one people’ - Washington Post Ukrainian president floats prisoner exchange: Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov for Russian RIA journalist - JAMnews Missing haunt Ukraine as president seeks peace with Russia - Irish Times Ukraine heads to polls on Sunday - NHK WORLD Putin: Russians, Ukrainians are 'one people' - ABC News ABC News Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes Russians and Ukrainians constitute one nation and that the countries should find a way to integrate. Putin made the comments in an interview with the American film director Oliver Stone on June 19; material from the interview was used in a Stone film about Ukraine and the full transcript was published by the Kremlin on Friday. Read More Putin: Russians, Ukrainians are ‘one people’ - Washington Post Washington Post This photo taken on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, and distributed by Kremlin Press Service shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with American movie director Oliver Stone for his Revealing Ukraine documentary in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Read More Ukrainian president floats prisoner exchange: Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov for Russian RIA journalist - JAMnews JAMnews Kyiv has responded to Russia's proposal to take a “step of goodwill” The presidential administration of Ukraine has proposed Russia a prisoner exchange: Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, convicted in Russia for terrorism and recognized by a number of human rights organizations as a political prisoner, for Kirill Vyshinsky, editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti-Ukraine, who is being tried for treason in Ukraine. Read More Missing haunt Ukraine as president seeks peace with Russia - Irish Times Irish Times Roman Bilenkyi’s war in eastern Ukraine was brutally short, but his mother Lyudmyla has no idea how or when her struggle to find him will finally end. Bilenkyi took part in deadly protests on Kiev’s Maidan square that ousted Ukraine’s Kremlin-backed president Viktor Yanukovich in early 2014, prompting Russia to annex Crimea and foment a separatist conflict in the Donbas region. Read More Ukraine heads to polls on Sunday - NHK WORLD NHK WORLD Ukraine heads to polls on Sunday Ukrainian voters will go to the polls on Sunday in the first parliamentary election since President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took office in May. The focal point is whether the former comedian's Servant of the People party will gain a majority that would support his promised talks with Russia. Read More

Top News White Anxiety, and a President Ready to Address It - The New York Times Floundering NRA struggles to maintain its 2016 influence in 2020 race - CNN Chrome, Firefox browser extensions leaked millions of users' data - The News Minute Post-Prime Day deals still going strong: $200 off MacBook Air and Pro, Chromebooks and more - CNET Andersons: 2 men dead after being trapped in grain silo in Toledo - WTOL White Anxiety, and a President Ready to Address It - The New York Times The New York Times ImageAt a Trump rally in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday.CreditJonathan Drake/ReutersTwo forces convulsing American politics found each other at President Trump’s rally in North Carolina this week: a sense of anxiety among white voters about their standing in a country that is growing more diverse, and a politician intent on stoking those worries. Read More Floundering NRA struggles to maintain its 2016 influence in 2020 race - CNN CNN Cox denied the charge to The New York Times, but quickly resigned. His unceremonious sacking stunned NRA board members, who saw Cox as a potential successor to LaPierre, and infuriated political staffers. Read More Chrome, Firefox browser extensions leaked millions of users' data - The News Minute The News Minute Popular browser extensions like ad blockers have been caught harvesting personal data of millions of consumers who use Chrome and Firefox -- not only their browsing histories but also exposing tax returns, medical records, credit card information and other sensitive data in the public domain. Read More Post-Prime Day deals still going strong: $200 off MacBook Air and Pro, Chromebooks and more - CNET CNET Jason Pepper/CNET Amazon Prime Day 2019 is long gone, but many of the best PC deals are still available. If you've been considering picking up a new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, both are currently on sale for $200 under retail. Read More Andersons: 2 men dead after being trapped in grain silo in Toledo - WTOL WTOL TOLEDO, Ohio — Two male workers have died after being trapped in an Anderson grain silo on Edwin Drive in Toledo on Friday.   A statement from The Andersons said, "At 9 a.m. this morning, The Andersons was alerted that two employees were trapped inside a grain storage tank at our facility on Edwin Drive in Toledo. Read More

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