News / MN Newsletter // July 02

July 02, 2019

Russia Ukraine Arbitration lawyers deliver Ukraine international success - Kyiv Post Ukraine's Election Commission registers Kliuyev as candidate running for parliament in majoritarian constituency in Donetsk region - Interfax Ukraine Ukraine, NATO allies conduct Black Sea drills - Washington Post MH17 pilot’s decision to avoid storm put plane in sights of missile - NEWS.com.au Novatek offers to supply LNG to Gazprom to cover any Ukraine transit issues - Ifax - Reuters UK Arbitration lawyers deliver Ukraine international success - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post In Ukraine, most businesses and services have been hit hard after the country’s EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014. After the Ukrainian people ousted Kremlin-backed President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia annexed Crimea and invaded the country’s eastern Donbas regions. Read More Ukraine's Election Commission registers Kliuyev as candidate running for parliament in majoritarian constituency in Donetsk region - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 14:05 02.07.2019 Ukraine's Election Commission registers Kliuyev as candidate running for parliament in majoritarian constituency in Donetsk region The Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided to register Andriy Kliuyev, the ex-head of the presidential administration of Ukraine during Viktor Yanukovych's presidency, as a candidate running for parliament in majoritarian district No. Read More Ukraine, NATO allies conduct Black Sea drills - Washington Post Washington Post MOSCOW — About 3,000 troops from 19 countries are taking part in military drills in the Black Sea, an exercise that has raised concerns in Russia. The 12-day Sea Breeze 2019 exercise, involving Ukraine, the U.S., a dozen other NATO allies and a few other nations, began Monday in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Read More MH17 pilot’s decision to avoid storm put plane in sights of missile - NEWS.com.au NEWS.com.au The day was July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 had left Amsterdam Schiphol almost three and a half hours ago and the crew were busy serving lunch. The plane was well into Ukraine territory, taking the shortest flight path over Eastern Europe before flying onto Central Asia and over the Bay of Bengal and Thailand before reaching its final destination, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Read More Novatek offers to supply LNG to Gazprom to cover any Ukraine transit issues - Ifax - Reuters UK Reuters UK FILE PHOTO: Gazprom logos are on display at Bovanenkovo gas field on the Arctic Yamal peninsula, Russia May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian gas producer Novatek (NVTK.MM) is prepared to supply Gazprom (GAZP.MM) with liquefied natural gas to honour its contracts this winter in the event of Ukraine transit issues, Interfax news agency cited Novatek’s CEO as saying on Tuesday. Read More

Top News Endless AI-generated spam risks clogging up Google’s search results - The Verge Redefining the next generation of human machine interaction: a Q&A with Mobvoi - TechRadar Researchers crack open Facebook campaign that pushed malware for years - Ars Technica Report: Over 100 Fake Domains Registered Relating to Facebook’s Libra - Cointelegraph Official Under-21 Team of the Tournament - Under-21 - News - UEFA.com Endless AI-generated spam risks clogging up Google’s search results - The Verge The Verge Over the past year, AI systems have made huge strides in their ability to generate convincing text, churning out everything from song lyrics to short stories. Experts have warned that these tools could be used to spread political disinformation, but there’s another target that’s equally plausible and potentially more lucrative: gaming Google. Read More Redefining the next generation of human machine interaction: a Q&A with Mobvoi - TechRadar TechRadar While working as a research scientist at Google on Google translate, I realised that human machine interaction would soon evolve from keyboard and touch to voice. In 2011, Siri was introduced but voice assistant was very much a novelty and there was nothing like it in China. Read More Researchers crack open Facebook campaign that pushed malware for years - Ars Technica Ars Technica Enlarge / Artist's impression of wireless hackers in your computer. 20 with 19 posters participating Researchers have exposed a network of Facebook accounts that used Libya-themed news and topics to push malware to tens of thousands of people over a five-year span. Read More Report: Over 100 Fake Domains Registered Relating to Facebook’s Libra - Cointelegraph Cointelegraph Cyber threat intelligence firm Digital Shadows has discovered over 100 fake domains registered relating to Facebook’s forthcoming stablecoin Libra, the Independent reported on July 1 Read More Official Under-21 Team of the Tournament - Under-21 - News - UEFA.com UEFA.com After two weeks of outstanding performances, UEFA's technical observers have selected their Team of the Tournament for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy. Read More

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