News / MN Newsletter // February 22

February 22, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine: Looking forward, five years after the Maidan Revolution - Brookings Institution Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day - UNIAN Putin Exaggerates His Role in Improving Russia's Population Growth - Polygraph.info Russia Accused of Meddling in Ukraine's Elections Using Bribes and 'Hybrid War' - Newsweek Donbas war update: Ukraine reports one soldier killed in past day - UNIAN Ukraine: Looking forward, five years after the Maidan Revolution - Brookings Institution Brookings Institution Five years after the Maidan Revolution drove out an authoritarian president, Ukraine has made significant progress on domestic reform and agreed on the goal of becoming a normal European state. Read More Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day - UNIAN UNIAN Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day09:20, 22 February 2019 War 3 0 Three invaders were killed and another four were wounded on Thursday, intelligence reports say. Read More Putin Exaggerates His Role in Improving Russia's Population Growth - Polygraph.info Polygraph.info During his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Russia’s parliament, President Vladimir Putin cited the need to reverse Russia’s negative demographic trend, which has been worsening in recent years. Read More Russia Accused of Meddling in Ukraine's Elections Using Bribes and 'Hybrid War' - Newsweek Newsweek Ukraine’s security services say Russia is meddling in the country’s upcoming elections, which will take place in late March. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, security chief Viktor Konenko announced that Russia is working to sway the vote in favor of specific candidates using citizens of Ukraine who are working on behalf of Russia. Read More Donbas war update: Ukraine reports one soldier killed in past day - UNIAN UNIAN Donbas war update: Ukraine reports one soldier killed in past day09:20, 21 February 2019 War 1382 0 According to intelligence reports, one invader was killed and another two were wounded. Read More

Top News Fake or real? How to use Google Reverse Image Search to verify pictures - Moneycontrol.com Google pays tribute to Steve Irwin on Crocodile Hunter's birthday - ABC News Tech Moves: Expedia hires chief people officer; Xnor snags ex-Google engineer; Bsquare names new CEO; and more - GeekWire Google search for ‘best toilet paper in the world’ shows image of Pakistan flag, company says no - The Indian Express Apple, Amazon, Google: How tech giants became the top brands - NEWS.com.au Fake or real? How to use Google Reverse Image Search to verify pictures - Moneycontrol.com Moneycontrol.com Sharing or forwarding images from smartphone to smartphone has become common-place in today’s digitally connected world. And, while most sharing is done for harmless social reasons, there’s always a few oddballs that can’t help but peddle hate by sending fake images that are often photoshopped. Read More Google pays tribute to Steve Irwin on Crocodile Hunter's birthday - ABC News ABC News Google pays tribute to Steve Irwin on Crocodile Hunter's birthday Updated February 22, 2019 18:30:42 Google has used its search engine homepage to pay tribute to Steve Irwin on what would have been the conservationist and television star's 57th birthday. Read More Tech Moves: Expedia hires chief people officer; Xnor snags ex-Google engineer; Bsquare names new CEO; and more - GeekWire GeekWire Archana Singh. (Expedia Photo)—Expedia has a new chief people officer in Archana Singh, who will head up the organization’s human resources efforts. Singh most recently led HR at publisher John Wiley and Sons and held leadership roles at AMD, Computer Science Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Read More Google search for ‘best toilet paper in the world’ shows image of Pakistan flag, company says no - The Indian Express The Indian Express Google Search appeared to show Pakistan’s flag when searching for images of ‘best toilet paper in the world’, according to reports. However, the company has officially issued a statement denying this particular trend. Read More Apple, Amazon, Google: How tech giants became the top brands - NEWS.com.au NEWS.com.au A 60 second clip tracking the rise and fall of the world’s biggest companies is doing the rounds on the internet and the movements are telling. The video, shared on Linkedin by AI entrepreneur Tarry Singh, documents the transformation of consumer habits, trends and, of course, the sharp rise of tech companies. Read More

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