News / MN Newsletter // August 12

August 12, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine boosts meat exports by 20% in H1 - news economics - UNIAN Breathing Life Into Eastern Ukraine - Foreign Affairs Ukrinform: Sniper fires at Ukrainian positions near Zaytseve - Kyiv Post Russian occupants violate ceasefire six times - 112 International Kobolyev welcomes Zelensky's support for concession bill - Kyiv Post Ukraine boosts meat exports by 20% in H1 - news economics - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine boosts meat exports by 20% in H1This was due to the ongoing wide geographical diversification and consolidation in new markets after the Russian one was lost. REUTERS Exports of Ukrainian meat products in January-June 2019 (H1) grew by 20% year-over-year (y-o-y), to US$364 million."In the first half of 2019, exports of meat products rose by almost 20% from January-June 2018, up to $364 million," the press service of the National Scientific Center "Institute of Agrarian Economy" said on August 8, referring to its deputy director Mykola Pugachov. Read More Breathing Life Into Eastern Ukraine - Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs The Russians took and held Kramatorsk, a small city in eastern Ukraine, for about three months in 2014. Since then, the only battles this town has seen have taken place in the kitchen. Read More Ukrinform: Sniper fires at Ukrainian positions near Zaytseve - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Ukrinform: Sniper fires at Ukrainian positions near Zaytseve Published Aug. 12. Updated Aug. 12 at 2:57 pm A Ukrainian serviceman monitors the positions of Russia-backed separatists on the front-line near the village Zaytseve not far from the the Horlivka town on June 21, 2018. Read More Russian occupants violate ceasefire six times - 112 International 112 International Russian-backed militants violated the ceasefire and did not use the prohibited weapons in Donbas, as the HQ of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) reports. The illegal military formations fired Ukrainian positions four times in Donetsk region. Read More Kobolyev welcomes Zelensky's support for concession bill - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post CEO of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolyev has welcomed the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky supports a draft law on a concession that will allow transferring Ukraine’s gas transportation system (GTS) to management by an international consortium of companies. Read More

Top News Are There Too Many Unicorn Startup Companies? - NPR Nigel Farage attacks Harry and Meghan, jokes about 'overweight' Queen Mother - The Guardian The best Google Assistant and Google Home devices of 2019 - CNET Pentagon identifies US Marine killed in Iraq - CNN Chinese Spy: How a former CIA officer was caught betraying his country - 60 Minutes - CBS News Are There Too Many Unicorn Startup Companies? - NPR NPR A customer tests an eyebrow pencil in the mirror at the New York City flagship store for the beauty startup Glossier. It's one of the latest companies to become a unicorn, with a market value of $1 billion as of March. Read More Nigel Farage attacks Harry and Meghan, jokes about 'overweight' Queen Mother - The Guardian The Guardian Nigel Farage has derided the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their “irrelevant” social justice and environmental campaigns while abusing Prince Charles and describing the late Queen Mother as an “overweight, chain-smoking gin drinker”, in an incendiary speech to an Australian rightwing political conference. Read More The best Google Assistant and Google Home devices of 2019 - CNET CNET Google Assistant can adjust your thermostat, turn off your lights, lock the door, show you the weather and more with a simple voice command. The voice-enabled digital helper from the eponymous search giant launched alongside the original Google Home smart speaker in 2016. Read More Pentagon identifies US Marine killed in Iraq - CNN CNN Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos, Colorado, was killed Saturday by enemy small arms fire while conducting combat operations, the Department of Defense said in a Sunday news release. Koppenhafer was assigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Forces Special Operations Command out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Read More Chinese Spy: How a former CIA officer was caught betraying his country - 60 Minutes - CBS News CBS News Kevin Mallory was a down on his luck former clandestine case officer for the CIA when he was approached by a man the Department of Justice believes was a Chinese spy. Officials say Mallory was a prime target for recruitment. Read More

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