News / MN Newsletter // December 29

December 29, 2018

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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 Read More 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". Read More 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. Read More 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 Read More

Top News 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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