News / MN Newsletter // February 15

February 15, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russia Hysteria Proves Foreign Policy Establishment Is A Dumpster Fire - The Federalist Why Chinese men are paying to meet Eastern European women - Inkstone Ukraine's biggest investor gets new leader in Kyiv - Kyiv Post Ukraine's Quiet Fashion Entrepreneurship Boom | Global Currents | BoF - The Business of Fashion The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap - The Economist Russia Hysteria Proves Foreign Policy Establishment Is A Dumpster Fire - The Federalist The Federalist Chuck Todd got his MSNBC pals together on “Meet the Press Daily” to have a serious, objective, and intellectual discussion of foreign policy and politics. Just kidding. The Senate Intelligence Committee had just announced it found “no direct evidence” of collusion between President Trump and Russia. Read More Why Chinese men are paying to meet Eastern European women - Inkstone Inkstone Why Chinese men are paying to meet Eastern European women  InkstoneThe women sit on the left, the men on the right. Between them, a host in a suit calls on the men to make the first move. Read More Ukraine's biggest investor gets new leader in Kyiv - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Matteo Patrone, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s regional managing director, has been on the job since Nov. Read More Ukraine's Quiet Fashion Entrepreneurship Boom | Global Currents | BoF - The Business of Fashion The Business of Fashion KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian fashion exports have been having a good run again. With Emily Ratajkowski, Kourtney Kardashian and Bella Hadid papped in Ienki Ienki’s neon-coloured puffer jackets and Instagram feeds filled with delicately embroidered numbers drawing from Vita Kin’s folk-inspired dresses, the global fashion industry seems to be looking once again to Ukraine for some of its style cues. Read More The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap - The Economist The Economist WHEN A MEGAPROJECT makes no commercial sense, there are two possibilities. Either its sponsors are fools, or they have other motives. Since Vladimir Putin is no fool, one must assume that his pet pipeline is not really a business venture—and that the fools are the Europeans, in particular the Germans. Read More

Top News Your OnePlus phone will soon make Google Duo video calls natively - Pocket-lint Trump will sign bill to avoid shutdown, then declare national emergency to free billions for border wall, official says - CNN This Chrome extension lets you learn new languages with Netflix - TechRadar Top 50 Most Visited Websites In Canada - MTL Blog Canopy Growth Earnings Miss Some Estimates As Canada Pot Market Share Seen Strong - Investor's Business Daily Your OnePlus phone will soon make Google Duo video calls natively - Pocket-lint Pocket-lint OnePlus has announced that in an upcoming update to its Android Pie-based OxygenOS platform that Google Duo video calling will be built right in, natively.  Read More Trump will sign bill to avoid shutdown, then declare national emergency to free billions for border wall, official says - CNN CNN The move will end, for now, a bitter standoff with Congress over his signature campaign promise. But it will likely spark a new constitutional dispute over whether the President is overstepping his authority. Read More This Chrome extension lets you learn new languages with Netflix - TechRadar TechRadar Have you ever wanted to learn a new language? Whether you're trying to recall the French lessons you had at school or learning Mandarin from scratch, studying a new language can be really tough.  Read More Top 50 Most Visited Websites In Canada - MTL Blog MTL Blog Canadians are a funny people. Their habits, quirks, and stereotypes are famous worldwide. But these caricature-like exteriors often conceal more complex inner lives. Rarely do we get a glimpse of those intricacies. Read More Canopy Growth Earnings Miss Some Estimates As Canada Pot Market Share Seen Strong - Investor's Business Daily Investor's Business Daily Canopy Growth Earnings Miss Some Estimates As Canada Pot Market Share Seen Strong  Investor's Business DailyCanadian pot producer Canopy Growth (CGC) on Thursday evening reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and sales that missed some estimates. Read More

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