News / MN Newsletter // October 23

October 23, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador Says - NPR Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, Russia to testify in impeachment inquiry - Reuters Russian seeks for political asylum in Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine Ukrainian director thanks Poles for help in release from Russian prison - The First News Prosecutors flagged possible ties between Ukrainian gas tycoon and Giuliani associates - The Washington Post Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador Says - NPR NPR's David Greene talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to gain influence and is making strategic moves to accomplish that goal. more › Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, Russia to testify in impeachment inquiry - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Pentagon official who oversees policy on Ukraine and Russia is expected to testify on Wednesday before the U.S. House of Representatives panels leading an impeachment inquiry of Republican President Donald Trump. more › Russian seeks for political asylum in Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine 10:35 23.10.2019 Russian seeks for political asylum in Ukraine Twenty-six years old citizen of the Russian Federation, who arrived to a checkpoint Senkivka of Chernihiv region, has asked for a political asylum in Ukraine, an official website of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported. more › Ukrainian director thanks Poles for help in release from Russian prison - The First News “Thank you to all Poles, filmmakers, politicians, who supported me and fought for my freedom,” said Sentsov. Paweł Supernak/PAP Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker, writer and social activist from Crimea, who was a political prisoner in Russian between 2014 and 2019, gave thanks in Warsaw on Tuesday to all those who had helped secure his release. more › Prosecutors flagged possible ties between Ukrainian gas tycoon and Giuliani associates - The Washington Post The Chicago prosecutors reached out to their counterparts in New York, where the foreign money charges had been brought, to offer assistance, the people said. Parnas had been working as an interpreter for the lawyers of the tycoon, Dmytro Firtash, since late July. more ›

Top News AP Top 25 poll: Ohio State jumps Clemson for No. 3 spot in college football rankings - CBS Sports Apple Watch Series 5 review: the king of smartwatches - The Guardian Judge tells jobless Extinction Rebellion activist to find work after he spray-painted WW2 memorial - The Sun 'Truth is the best story': inside Gene Weingarten's extraordinary new book - The Guardian World Series Game 1: Washington Nationals 5-4 Houston Astros – as it happened - The Guardian AP Top 25 poll: Ohio State jumps Clemson for No. 3 spot in college football rankings - CBS Sports It was a weekend of shakeup for the Big Ten in the college football rankings. Wisconsin's loss has become Penn State's gain in the top-10 as the Nittany Lions moved up following their win against Michigan on Saturday night, and Ohio State made a move towards No. more › Apple Watch Series 5 review: the king of smartwatches - The Guardian When Apple launched its smartwatch in 2015 to a lukewarm reception, some critics claimed it would never take off like the iPod or iPhone. But sales of the Apple Watch quickly eclipsed every other smartwatch and with wearable technology sales soaring it is expected this year to outsell all of the Swiss watchmakers combined. more › Judge tells jobless Extinction Rebellion activist to find work after he spray-painted WW2 memorial - The Sun A JOBLESS Extinction Rebellion protester who spray-painted a war memorial honouring women was told to "find some work" by a judge. Unemployed Joseph O'Malley, who volunteers as a tree planter, was ordered to pay £750 as punishment for the act of "senseless vandalism". more › 'Truth is the best story': inside Gene Weingarten's extraordinary new book - The Guardian On New Year’s Day 2013, at an oyster house in Washington DC, longtime Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten and his editor, Tom Shroder, outsourced the fate of their next book project to three strangers. more › World Series Game 1: Washington Nationals 5-4 Houston Astros – as it happened - The Guardian 7.20pm EDT19:20 Preamble Welcome to the 2019 World Series which, in grand MLB tradition is between a team that pretty much everybody expected to be here and a team that snuck its way in. more ›

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