News / MN Newsletter // January 26

January 26, 2019

Russia Ukraine Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration - New York Times Russia to help Cubana get fleet back in air this year - Channel NewsAsia Paul Manafort: Judge sets hearing Feb. 4 for arguments about whether he lied to investigators - USA TODAY There’s One Country in Europe Where Putin Is a Rock Star - Foreign Policy Ukraine should impose reponsibility for denial of Russian military aggression, - ex-governor - 112 International Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration - New York Times New York Times /* SHOW LIBRARY ===================== */ .g-show-xsmall, .g-show-small, .g-show-smallplus, .g-show-submedium, .g-show-sub-medium, .g-show-medium, .g-show-large, Read More Russia to help Cubana get fleet back in air this year - Channel NewsAsia Channel NewsAsia World Russia to help Cubana get fleet back in air this year Russia will help Cuba repair state-run airline Cubana's mostly grounded fleet, likely by year's end, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov was quoted as saying by Cuban news agency Prensa Latina on Friday. Read More Paul Manafort: Judge sets hearing Feb. 4 for arguments about whether he lied to investigators - USA TODAY USA TODAY Paul Manafort arrives June 15, 2018, for a hearing at U.S. District Court on in Washington, D.C. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Friday set a hearing Feb. Read More There’s One Country in Europe Where Putin Is a Rock Star - Foreign Policy Foreign Policy For days before Vladimir Putin’s first foreign trip of 2019, the press in Serbia were already giving wall-to-wall coverage to the Russian president’s one-day visit to Belgrade. Read More Ukraine should impose reponsibility for denial of Russian military aggression, - ex-governor - 112 International 112 International The Ukrainian Parliament should introduce criminal reponsibility for denial of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine in 2014. Pavlo Zhebrivsky, the ex-head of Donetsk regional administration said this on air of 112 Ukraine TV channel. Read More

Top News Not just a 'glass ceiling' but 'cement': Female film composers struggle to be heard - CBC News Commentary: The real reason Google and Facebook should be broken up? China - Channel NewsAsia News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week's Headlines - New York Times Pakistan-origin 'Top Chef' Fatima Ali's death becomes top Google trending search - The News International Tech giants vow to tackle fake news in poll campaign - The Nation Not just a 'glass ceiling' but 'cement': Female film composers struggle to be heard - CBC News CBC News The lack of any female nominees for original score at this year's Academy Awards highlights another major discrepancy in the entertainment industry: only a small percentage of Hollywood's top composers are women. Read More Commentary: The real reason Google and Facebook should be broken up? China - Channel NewsAsia Channel NewsAsia LAUSANNE: There was a time when our Internet resembled the American economy of the historic Western frontier: Unregulated, vast in opportunities and untouched by large firms. The world wide web was new and cyberspace was, for the most part, overloaded with useless information.  Read More News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week's Headlines - New York Times New York Times .layout-medium .main{max-width:none}@media screen and (max-device-width:767px),screen and (max-width:767px){.main{margin:0;padding:0}}.ad.top-ad{overflow:hidden;width:100%;max-width:100%;margin-left:0;margin-right:0}.lede-container-ads{display:none;position:relative}.bottom-container-ads{text-align:center}.sharetools-story{display:none}.page-interactive-app .story-header{padding:0 16px}.comments-button.theme-kicker{display:none}#sharetools-interactive{top:-6px}.viewport-small-10 #sharetools-interactive{top:0}.story.theme-main .story-header .story-meta 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Read More Pakistan-origin 'Top Chef' Fatima Ali's death becomes top Google trending search - The News International The News International Pakistan-origin 'Top Chef' Fatima Ali's death becomes top Google trending searches Shocking death of Pakistani origin chef Fatima Ali was ranking ninth on Google's trending searches on Saturday. Read More Tech giants vow to tackle fake news in poll campaign - The Nation The Nation With around 52 million monthly active users in Thailand, Facebook may be the most influential social media platform in the national election, which is soon to officially kick off.  Read More

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