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October 07, 2019

Russia Ukraine Recent Ukrainian Perspectives on the Trump-Ukraine Scandal - Lawfare Trump’s request for ‘favor’ could really hurt Ukraine’s president — and his agenda - Washington Post Forget Trump and Biden. For Ukraine, the scandal is still corruption. - NBC News Pipelines From Russia Cross Political Lines - The New York Times Russian-led forces launch 25 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Recent Ukrainian Perspectives on the Trump-Ukraine Scandal - Lawfare Lawfare The Trump-Ukraine scandal is moving quickly. On Oct. 4, the New York Times reported that Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, would review the criminal case into Ukrainian gas company Burisma, which employed Hunter Biden on its board from 2014 to 2019. Read More Trump’s request for ‘favor’ could really hurt Ukraine’s president — and his agenda - Washington Post Washington Post Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump attend a meeting in New York in September. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) The revelation that President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a “favor” presents a challenge to Zelensky. Read More Forget Trump and Biden. For Ukraine, the scandal is still corruption. - NBC News NBC News KYIV, Ukraine — When Ukraine’s new top prosecutor announced Friday that his office would review a number of past corruption cases, it raised questions about whether the country's government had acquiesced to the same Trump administration pressure that is now driving an impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill. Read More Pipelines From Russia Cross Political Lines - The New York Times The New York Times BRUSSELS — President Trump said “it really makes Germany a hostage to Russia.” Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, said it would encourage Russian “military adventurism.” Radoslaw Sikorski, the former Polish defense minister, compared it to the infamous 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that allied the Nazis with Stalin’s Soviet Union. Read More Russian-led forces launch 25 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news On October 6, the armed formations of the Russian Federation and its mercenaries violated ceasefire 25 times in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine. “The enemy used 82mm mortars banned under the Minsk agreements, weapons on infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers of different systems, sniping weapons and small arms to launch attacks on positions of the Joint Forces,” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports. Read More

Top News Will swing voters who went from Obama to Trump stay loyal in 2020? - The Guardian FirstFT: Today’s top stories - Financial Times Pixel 4 users may allow users to invoke Google Assistant by raising their Pixel phones - India Today iPhone 11 Pro: the best small phone available - The Guardian Rip Taylor, the confetti-tossing actor and comedian, is dead at 84 - CNN Will swing voters who went from Obama to Trump stay loyal in 2020? - The Guardian The Guardian Misty Kendall stopped by the Democratic party’s tent at the Monroe County Fair in southern Michigan to let them know she wouldn’t be back. The construction company owner voted for Barack Obama twice. Read More FirstFT: Today’s top stories - Financial Times Financial Times FirstFT: Today’s top stories Financial Times Read More Pixel 4 users may allow users to invoke Google Assistant by raising their Pixel phones - India Today India Today HIGHLIGHTSGoogle will launch Pixel 4 smartphones on October 15.Pixel 4 smartphones will come with new Google Assistant.Pixel 4 smartphones will come with raise to talk feature for Google Assistant.Up until now Pixel smartphone users could invoke Google Assistant on their smartphones either by using the wake word - "Hey Google" or "OK Google" - or by tapping the home screen button or by squeezing the bottom of their phones (Active Edge) in case of Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 series smartphones. Read More iPhone 11 Pro: the best small phone available - The Guardian The Guardian Apple’s iPhone has gone “pro” for its 11th iteration, with dramatically improved cameras and longer battery life, which make the smaller iPhone 11 Pro the king of more manageable phones. Read More Rip Taylor, the confetti-tossing actor and comedian, is dead at 84 - CNN CNN Taylor was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in the intensive care unit after suffering a seizure last week, his publicist Harlan Boll said. He was born Charles Elmer Taylor in Washington, D.C., according to Boll. Read More

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