News / MN Newsletter // August 17

August 17, 2019

Russia Ukraine UNIAN: Ex-deputy head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenship - Kyiv Post Ex-deputy head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenship - UNIAN Reuters: Russian opposition activists picket for free elections - Kyiv Post EU is preparing to refuse recognition of Russian passports issued for Donbas - The Ukrainian Weekly Macron presses Putin on Ukraine - Bangkok Post UNIAN: Ex-deputy head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenship - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Viktor Yanukovych UNIAN: Ex-deputy head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenship Published Aug. 17 at 4:51 pm A bird flies in front of the red star on the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower in downtown Moscow on August 6, 2019. Read More Ex-deputy head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenship - UNIAN UNIAN Ex-deputy head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenshipIn 2011, the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych appointed Vorona to the post of deputy minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Read More Reuters: Russian opposition activists picket for free elections - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Reuters: Russian opposition activists picket for free elections Published Aug. 17. Updated Aug. 17 at 4:29 pm A Russian opposition activist holds a placard reading "Respect our Constitution" during a demonstration against the exclusion of some city council candidates from Moscow's upcoming election in central Moscow on August 17, 2019. Read More EU is preparing to refuse recognition of Russian passports issued for Donbas - The Ukrainian Weekly The Ukrainian Weekly The European Union is reportedly drawing up plans for a coordinated EU policy of non-recognition of Russian passports issued to the residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of eastern Ukraine. Read More Macron presses Putin on Ukraine - Bangkok Post Bangkok Post Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, in June PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron hosts his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday for a rare visit, with Paris hoping to nudge Moscow towards steps to help end the conflict in the east of Ukraine. Read More

Top News Note 10 vs. rumored iPhone 11: Spec comparison - CNET Samantha Ford: Mum who drowned IVF twins 'to get back at husband' jailed for 10 years - Mirror Online Trump seems to have lost it. So what do we do? - The Washington Post What a mysterious explosion tells us about Russia's 'doomsday weapon' - CNN Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE - WSB Atlanta Note 10 vs. rumored iPhone 11: Spec comparison - CNET CNET With Apple's next big launch event just weeks away, the iPhone already faces some fierce competition from its biggest rival. Samsung's latest Galaxy Note 10 phones debuted this month with a nearly bezel-less and almost notch-free display, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, 3D camera sensors on the back of the Note 10 Plus and 5G connectivity. Read More Samantha Ford: Mum who drowned IVF twins 'to get back at husband' jailed for 10 years - Mirror Online Mirror Online A mum who drowned her "miracle" IVF twins on Boxing Day after her husband left her has been jailed for 10 years. Samantha Ford killed her 23-month-old toddlers Jake and Chloe in the bath and then tried to die by suicide when she crashed her car into the back of a lorry at 100mph, later telling police: "I've killed my babies. Read More Trump seems to have lost it. So what do we do? - The Washington Post The Washington Post Icebergs are seen from the window of a plane carrying NASA scientists on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland on Aug. 14. (Mstyslav Chernov/AP) Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Read More What a mysterious explosion tells us about Russia's 'doomsday weapon' - CNN CNN These are the fingerprints of what appears to have been Russia's latest failed bid to test its Burevestnik missile, also known as Skyfall. It's claimed by its owner, Russian President Vladimir Putin, to have unlimited range and be able to outflank all US air defenses. Read More Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE - WSB Atlanta WSB Atlanta 0 Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won't work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read More

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