News / MN Newsletter // September 07

September 07, 2019

Russia Ukraine ‘Sign of hope’: Prisoner swap between Russia & Ukraine welcomed by Merkel - RT Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov Released After More Than Five Years in Russian Prison - PEN America The Latest: Ukraine leader greets prisoners freed by Russia - The Republic Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners - Ballarat Courier Russia and Ukraine Swap Dozens of Prisoners, ‘The First Step to Stop the War’ - The New York Times ‘Sign of hope’: Prisoner swap between Russia & Ukraine welcomed by Merkel - RT RT ‘Sign of hope’: Prisoner swap between Russia & Ukraine welcomed by Merkel RTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed the prisoner exchange deal agreed between Moscow and Kiev which saw dozens of men repatriated on Saturday. Read More Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov Released After More Than Five Years in Russian Prison - PEN America PEN America PEN America experts available for comment in U.S. and Europe, including CEO Suzanne Nossel and Eurasia specialist Polina Kovaleva CONTACT: Stephen Fee, Director of Communications, [email protected], +1 202 309 8892 Read More The Latest: Ukraine leader greets prisoners freed by Russia - The Republic The Republic MOSCOW — The Latest on a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Ukraine’s president says the exchange of prisoners with Russia is a step toward improving relations between Moscow and Kyiv and eventually ending the conflict in Ukraine’s east. Read More Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners - Ballarat Courier Ballarat Courier news, world Russia and Ukraine have carried out a long-awaited prisoner swap in a step that could thaw a deep freeze in relations since Moscow's annexation of the Crimea region in 2014. Read More Russia and Ukraine Swap Dozens of Prisoners, ‘The First Step to Stop the War’ - The New York Times The New York Times MOSCOW — Russia and Ukraine began a long-anticipated swap of dozens of prisoners on Saturday, with government planes taking off from both capitals around the same time, as both countries moved to defuse tensions. Read More

Top News My peek inside a secret VR headset shows a more social virtual reality - CNET Huawei Sends Trump Shock New Warning As Cat And Mouse Games Continue - Forbes Pentagon seeks 'ethicist' to oversee military artificial intelligence - The Guardian Facebook and Google antitrust investigations: all you need to know - The Guardian Lesbians Are a Target of Male Violence the World Over - Truthdig My peek inside a secret VR headset shows a more social virtual reality - CNET CNET XRSpace wants to solve a big problem for VR today: the feeling of isolation when using the technology. Getty Images I pick up a virtual reality headset and place it over my eyes. Read More Huawei Sends Trump Shock New Warning As Cat And Mouse Games Continue - Forbes Forbes Huawei, IFA Berlin 2019 Getty ImagesHuawei sent further messages of defiance to the U.S. this week, as it continues to adapt its business around the harsh supply chain blacklist that has become its new reality. Read More Pentagon seeks 'ethicist' to oversee military artificial intelligence - The Guardian The Guardian Wanted: military “ethicist”. Skills: data crunching, machine learning, killer robots. Must have: cool head, moral compass and the will to say no to generals, scientists and even presidents. Read More Facebook and Google antitrust investigations: all you need to know - The Guardian The Guardian Attorneys general in a number of US states are opening antitrust investigations into Facebook, New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, announced on Friday. A separate inquiry into Google is expected to be announced Monday. Read More Lesbians Are a Target of Male Violence the World Over - Truthdig Truthdig Since coming out as a lesbian at the age of 15 in 1977, I have seen the world change for the better. When I met other lesbians soon after leaving home to find the “gay scene,” I was shocked to hear stories of women losing custody of their children, in some cases to violent ex-husbands, for the simple reason that they were in a same-sex relationship. Read More

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