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December 29, 2018
Russia widens ban on Ukrainian imports in tit-for-tat sanctions row - Reuters
Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia - NBC News
Russia builds border fence between Crimea and Ukraine proper - Al Jazeera English
Moscow rejects Europe's demand to release Ukrainian sailors - Reuters India
Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post

Russia widens ban on Ukrainian imports in tit-for-tat sanctions row - Reuters

Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expanded a ban on imported goods from Ukraine on Saturday, saying it would halt some $500 million worth of annual imports of mainly industrial products in retaliation for economic sanctions by Kiev.
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Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia - NBC News

NBC News
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBEDec. 29, 2018 / 11:59 AM GMT By Yuliya Talmazan
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Russia builds border fence between Crimea and Ukraine proper - Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English
Russia has built a 60km fence on the border with Ukraine on the north of the Russian-annexed Crimea, according to the de facto Crimean authorities. Yefim Fiks, a spokesman for the de facto Crimean parliament, told the Russian news agency Ria Novosti on Friday that the move was necessary "to protect the local population from the crazy antics of the current Ukrainian government".
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Moscow rejects Europe's demand to release Ukrainian sailors - Reuters India

Reuters India
Participants attend a rally in support of captured Ukrainian sailors and other Ukrainian prisoners, whose arrests in Russia and Crimea were politically-motivated according to organizers, in central Kiev, Ukraine December 17, 2018.
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Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors
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Google to Let You Run Windows 10 on Your High-End Chromebook - Tasnim News Agency
LG's new soundbars offer Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Google Assistant integration - TechHive
Google’s Assistant is the Best Voice Assistant, Cortana Ranks Last - The Quint
The Best Countries For Business 2019: UK On Top, US Down - Forbes Africa
Three Poles, a Russian sailor, a mystery West African ... and $130k buried at Bastion Point - New Zealand Herald

Google to Let You Run Windows 10 on Your High-End Chromebook - Tasnim News Agency

Tasnim News Agency
If you follow Chromebook development news the way hot-stove baseball fans follow the latest trade rumors, you know Google is working on bringing Windows to Chromebook. If you have that one Windows applications you must run, Google has been working on making it possible to dual-boot Windows 10 on Chromebook since July 2018.
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LG's new soundbars offer Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Google Assistant integration - TechHive

TechHive
LG’s says it’s raising the bar on soundbars. Next thing you know, they’ll be saying they have the best soundbars—bar none.  I kid, but the news out of Korea preempts the upcoming CES in Las Vegas, where LG will show three new byproducts of its collaboration with the sound gurus from Meridian Audio: the SL10YG, SL9YG and SL8YG soundbars.
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Google’s Assistant is the Best Voice Assistant, Cortana Ranks Last - The Quint

The Quint
The battle to be the leading voice assistant in the market has come to a point where there’s a winner, while rest of the pack plays catch up. According to a recent report, Google Assistant, running on Google Home and Home Mini devices, has been ranked as the most responsive smart speaker ecosystem in the market.
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The Best Countries For Business 2019: UK On Top, US Down - Forbes Africa

Forbes Africa
From the rapprochement between North and South Korea at the Winter Olympics in January to December’s frantic news agenda, 2018 has had no shortage of surprises. Below are my key picks for the defining moments of the year.
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Three Poles, a Russian sailor, a mystery West African ... and $130k buried at Bastion Point - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald
A Polish father and son working for a mystery West African man, a Russian sailor-cum-cocaine smuggler and $130,000 buried in Auckland. Sam Hurley tracked a police investigation for more than 18 months and today can reveal the story for the first time.
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