Voice of America: US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Boost Taiwan Ties, Amid China Tensions

March 26, 2019

Russia-3 Voice of America: US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Boost Taiwan Ties, Amid China Tensions "Russia Ukraine" - Google News: Moldova not ready to stop purchasing Russian gas, delivered via Ukraine — president - TASS Voice of America: Unvaccinated Children Face Public Space Ban in New York Measles Outbreak "путин" - Google Новости: The New York Times (США): насколько Путин могуществен на самом деле? - inoСМИ.Ru Voice of America: US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Boost Taiwan Ties, Amid China Tensions 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation seeking to boost Washington's relations with Taiwan and raise the island's international profile on Tuesday, which could heighten tensions with China. Read More "Russia Ukraine" - Google News: Moldova not ready to stop purchasing Russian gas, delivered via Ukraine — president - TASS 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) CHISINAU, March 27. /TASS/. Moldova is not ready for the possible end of Russian gas transit via the territory of Ukraine, because it does not have funds to create an alternative pipeline, President Igor Dodon said in an interview with NTV-Moldova on Tuesday. Read More Voice of America: Unvaccinated Children Face Public Space Ban in New York Measles Outbreak 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) A New York suburb has banned children not vaccinated against measles from public spaces, such as schools and shopping malls, as it fights the state's worst outbreak in decades of the potentially deadly disease. Read More "путин" - Google Новости: The New York Times (США): насколько Путин могуществен на самом деле? - inoСМИ.Ru 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Орел — Проведя более полутора лет в российском следственном изоляторе в ожидании суда по обвинению в «экстремизме», датчанин Деннис Кристенсен (Dennis Christensen), арестованный за свою веру член организации «Свидетели Иеговы», в конце прошлого года неожиданно испытал душевный подъем благодаря словам президента Владимира Путина. Read More

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News / MN Newsletter // March 26

March 26, 2019

News and Times Top stories - Google News: Pelicans G Holiday has season-ending surgery - ESPN Top stories - Google News: Opinion | Scot Lehigh: The apology owed on the Mueller probe - The Boston Globe Top stories - Google News: Why Increased Pot Use in Colorado Is Sending More People to the Hospital - Gizmodo Saved Stories - None: Barr's Summary Omits a Key Aspect of Mueller's Report Saved Stories - None: Russia got the useful idiot it wanted in the White House. Don’t stop fighting to reclaim America | Will Bunch - Philly.com Top stories - Google News: Pelicans G Holiday has season-ending surgery - ESPN News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Pelicans say guard Jrue Holiday has had surgery to repair a core muscle injury and won't play again this season. The Pelicans say Holiday had the procedure done in Philadelphia on Tuesday by Dr. Read More Top stories - Google News: Opinion | Scot Lehigh: The apology owed on the Mueller probe - The Boston Globe News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) For sheer chutzpah, there’s no beating Donald Trump. First he declares himself totally exonerated when special counsel Robert Mueller’s report apparently stopped well short of that, and now he’s demanding a counter-investigation of those involved with the probe. Read More Top stories - Google News: Why Increased Pot Use in Colorado Is Sending More People to the Hospital - Gizmodo News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Photo: Brennan Linsley (AP)Reefer madness isn’t a thing. But a new study out Tuesday is the latest to show that pot use, especially with edibles, can sometimes cause health problems serious enough to prompt a trip to the hospital. Read More Saved Stories - None: Barr's Summary Omits a Key Aspect of Mueller's Report News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Even so, Bash said, it’s an “immense challenge” to envision how a counterintelligence investigation targeting the president himself would have played out. “Normally, the bureau would investigate, and if criminal matters were involved, they’d ask prosecutors to get involved,” he said. Read More Saved Stories - None: Russia got the useful idiot it wanted in the White House. Don’t stop fighting to reclaim America | Will Bunch - Philly.com News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Meanwhile, the chaos and constant discord that swirls around Trump, much like the dirt around Peanuts’ Pigpen, would help Putin’s ultimate goal of a weaker America — even if he lost. Read More

Russia-2 "West Russia Putin" - Google News: Putin: Russia foiled work of almost 600 spies - Hanahan Herald RSS: Экипажи «Русских Витязей» приняли участие в открытии международного авиасалона «LIMA-2019» Voice of America: Erdogan, AKP Vie for Key Kurdish Votes With Promises of Reconstruction, Peace Voice of America: Pakistani PM's Controversial Remarks Anger Afghans NYT > Europe: Spain Says Gang Stole Material From North Korean Embassy and Offered It to F.B.I. "West Russia Putin" - Google News: Putin: Russia foiled work of almost 600 spies - Hanahan Herald 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) President Vladimir Putin has accused foreign intelligence services of beefing up activities in Russia, announcing that hundreds of spies were stopped in 2018 alone. Without going into details, he said “129 staff members and 465 agents of foreign special services were foiled”. Read More RSS: Экипажи «Русских Витязей» приняли участие в открытии международного авиасалона «LIMA-2019» 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Главная Новости В стране Подробнее 26.03.2019 (23:31)Экипажи «Русских Витязей» приняли участие в открытии международного авиасалона «LIMA-2019» Экипажи авиационной группы высшего пилотажа «Русские Витязи» приняли участие в открытии международного авиасалона «LIMA-2019» в Малайзии. Read More Voice of America: Erdogan, AKP Vie for Key Kurdish Votes With Promises of Reconstruction, Peace 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY — Turkey’s ruling AKP, with a message of services, jobs, and construction, is seeking to defeat the country’s main pro-Kurdish HDP in Sunday’s local elections. Diyarbakir, the largest city in the country’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, is the center of the battle for power. Read More Voice of America: Pakistani PM's Controversial Remarks Anger Afghans 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) ISLAMABAD — The Afghan government formally protested controversial remarks attributed to the leader of Pakistan, suggesting an interim "neutral" political setup in Kabul could help further U.S.-led efforts to strike a peace deal with the Taliban. Read More NYT > Europe: Spain Says Gang Stole Material From North Korean Embassy and Offered It to F.B.I. 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) MADRID — In one of the strangest international incidents in memory, an armed group attacked the North Korean Embassy in Madrid last month and then fled. Neighbors reported hearing a woman’s screams, but the embassy did not want to discuss the events with the Spanish police. Read More

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Sweden's PM Löfven up for Arctic talks with Putin - The Independent Barents Observer

March 26, 2019

Putin Sweden's PM Löfven up for Arctic talks with Putin - The Independent Barents Observer Putin was informed in advance about ex-minister Abyzov case, says Kremlin - TASS NATO will lose its next air war to Putin's 'formidable beasts' if it waits for the F-35 to save it - Business Insider Hiding the Full Mueller Report Is Another Gift to Vladimir Putin - New York Magazine Sharron Davies: Vladimir Putin could send his tenth best man to win a sack of medals as a woman - The Times Sweden's PM Löfven up for Arctic talks with Putin - The Independent Barents Observer The Independent Barents Observer Löfven’s office on Tuesday informed about the decision to participate at the high-profile Arctic Forum conference where Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö are coming. Read More Putin was informed in advance about ex-minister Abyzov case, says Kremlin - TASS TASS MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed in advance about suspicions regarding ex-minister Mikhail Abyzov, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Tuesday. Read More NATO will lose its next air war to Putin's 'formidable beasts' if it waits for the F-35 to save it - Business Insider Business Insider LONDON—Much of NATO's hope to remain a relevant fighting force in the coming decades has been pinned on the introduction of the F-35, but a simple look at the numbers shows that one airframe alone won't turn the tide against Russia. Read More Hiding the Full Mueller Report Is Another Gift to Vladimir Putin - New York Magazine New York Magazine A pro-E.U. demonstrator holds a placard featuring Putin in London on June 11, 2018. Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images After days of wall-to-wall coverage of the conclusion of the Mueller investigation — about which we still know nothing except for Attorney General Barr’s four-page summary, which Stacey Abrams described as “like having your brother summarize your report card to your parents” — you might wonder what the rest of the world is making of these titanic developments. Read More Sharron Davies: Vladimir Putin could send his tenth best man to win a sack of medals as a woman - The Times The Times Sharron Davies: Vladimir Putin could send his tenth best man to win a sack of medals as a womanSharron Davies knows the injustice of competing in an uneven field and why she is fighting to protect women’s sport, Martyn Ziegler writes Read More

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RSS: Военнослужащие ВДВ в рамках учений заняли оперативные аэродромы в Крыму и Ивановской области

March 26, 2019

Russia RSS: Военнослужащие ВДВ в рамках учений заняли оперативные аэродромы в Крыму и Ивановской области Сайт Президента России: Все материалы: Переговоры с Президентом Ливана Мишелем Ауном Europe: Parliament to exert control over Brexit with “indicative votes” "Russia international behavior" - Google News: NASA cancels all-woman spacewalk due to a lack of spacesuits that fit - WWMT-TV Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Rights Group Says Moscow Math Student A Political Prisoner RSS: Военнослужащие ВДВ в рамках учений заняли оперативные аэродромы в Крыму и Ивановской области 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Главная Новости В стране Подробнее 26.03.2019 (17:30)Военнослужащие ВДВ в рамках учений заняли оперативные аэродромы в Крыму и Ивановской области Военнослужащие десантно-штурмовых и артиллерийских полков Новороссийского и Ивановского соединений ВДВ в рамках полковых тактических учений, проводимых в Крыму, Костромской, Ивановской и Нижегородской областях, совершили марши комбинированным способом из пунктов постоянного базирования на оперативные аэродромы. Read More Сайт Президента России: Все материалы: Переговоры с Президентом Ливана Мишелем Ауном 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) С российской стороны в переговорах участвовали Министр иностранных дел Сергей Лавров, помощник Президента Юрий Ушаков, Министр экономического развития Максим Орешкин. С ливанской стороны – Министр иностранных дел и Министр по делам эмигрантов Джебран Бассиль, старший советник Президента Ливана Мирей Аун эль Хашем. Read More Europe: Parliament to exert control over Brexit with “indicative votes” 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) Karla Adam London correspondent covering the United Kingdom March 26 at 10:46 AM LONDON — Three days before Britain was supposed to leave the European Union, the country’s exit strategy was in disarray (again) as Parliament exerted control over the Bexit process. Read More "Russia international behavior" - Google News: NASA cancels all-woman spacewalk due to a lack of spacesuits that fit - WWMT-TV 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) NASA cancels all-woman spacewalk due to a lack of spacesuits that fit WWMT-TVHistory will have to wait. NASA has canceled the first all-female spacewalk - because there weren't enough space suits that fit. Read More Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Rights Group Says Moscow Math Student A Political Prisoner 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (114 sites) A prominent Russian human rights organization says a math student who may have been tortured in custody is a political prisoner. In a March 26 statement, the Moscow-based Memorial contended that the arrest of Azat Miftakhov and the charges against him are politically motivated. Read More

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News / MN Newsletter // March 26

March 26, 2019

Russia Ukraine UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post Russian Passport Holders Enjoy 47th-Highest Ease of Travel – Ranking - The Moscow Times Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - UNIAN-Economy US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Turning Muslims Away, Poland Welcomes Ukrainians - Wall Street Journal UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone Published March 26 at 2:00 pm This illustration shows a man counting US dollars in Caracas on Jan. 28, 2019. Photo by AFP Read More Russian Passport Holders Enjoy 47th-Highest Ease of Travel – Ranking - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Russia ranks in the top 25 percent of countries whose citizens can enjoy the most freedom of travel abroad, according to an annual rating of passport “strength.” The Henley & Partners residence and citizenship planning firm ranks the strength of 199 different passports based on the availability of visa-free or visa on arrival travel to 227 destination countries. Read More Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - UNIAN-Economy UNIAN-Economy Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia aloneNuclear fuel imports totaled US$17.436 million in the first month of 2019. REUTERS Ukraine in January 2019 imported 14,903 tonnes of fuel assemblies for its nuclear power plants from the Russian Federation alone.The said nuclear fuel imports totaled US$17.436 million, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Read More US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors Published March 26 at 11:07 am A Russian security service officer escorts a detained Ukrainian sailor to a courthouse in Moscow on Jan. Read More Turning Muslims Away, Poland Welcomes Ukrainians - Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal WARSAW—Four and a half years ago, Maryna Karalop packed up and moved from Ukraine to Poland. Since then, so did some two million other Ukrainians—the biggest wave of migration into the European Union in recent times. Read More

Top News MEPs approve sweeping changes to copyright law - The Guardian EU Lawmakers Back Copyright Reforms Targeting Google, Facebook - U.S. News & World Report Google letting Android users create events on Maps - News18 FTI Consulting Partners with Google News Initiative and Local Media Association to Launch Digital Subscriptions Lab - Nasdaq Apple News Plus isn’t a good deal for publishers, but it could have been worse - The Verge MEPs approve sweeping changes to copyright law - The Guardian The Guardian A controversial directive introducing sweeping changes to copyright enforcement across Europe has been approved by the European parliament, despite ferocious campaigning led by Google and internet freedom activists. Read More EU Lawmakers Back Copyright Reforms Targeting Google, Facebook - U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Demonstrators take part in a protest in front of the European Parliament as Members of the European Parliament debate on modificationS to EU copyright reforms in Strasbourg, France, March 26, 2019. Read More Google letting Android users create events on Maps - News18 News18 Google letting Android users create events on Maps "You can add public events to Google Maps from your Android phone or tablet," the search-engine giant wrote on the Maps support page. Read More FTI Consulting Partners with Google News Initiative and Local Media Association to Launch Digital Subscriptions Lab - Nasdaq Nasdaq Program Aims to Develop Sustainable Business Model for the Newspaper Industry WASHINGTON, March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN) today announced the creation of the Digital Subscriptions Lab in partnership with the Google News Initiative and Local Media Association ("LMA"), a joint effort to help develop a sustainable and thriving business model for the newspaper industry. Read More Apple News Plus isn’t a good deal for publishers, but it could have been worse - The Verge The Verge Last month, when terms of Apple’s new deal for journalism were announced, I warned that it looked like a bad deal for publishers. The company was asking for 50 percent of all revenue, and planned to pay on the basis of how frequently readers consumed a publisher’s articles. Read More

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