News / MN Newsletter // October 02

October 02, 2019

Russia Ukraine The U.S. president asks you for ‘a favor.’ How could it hurt your country? - Washington Post Impeachment inquiry puts new focus on Giuliani’s work for prominent figures in Ukraine - The Washington Post Al Jazeera: Ukraine's separatist east plans elections to improve Russia ties - Kyiv Post Zelensky confirms 'Steinmeier formula' Ukraine settlement - Emerging Europe Ukraine offers a glimpse into the future of counter-drone warfare - The Defense Post The U.S. president asks you for ‘a favor.’ How could it hurt your country? - Washington Post Washington Post Understandably, most of U.S. reporting and commentary on Donald Trump’s call and the resulting impeachment inquiry has so far investigated what it means for U.S. politics. Let’s look here at what this exchange might mean for Ukraine — by looking at what happened in another country when Trump asked an ally to make trouble for his Democratic opponents: Israel. Read More Impeachment inquiry puts new focus on Giuliani’s work for prominent figures in Ukraine - The Washington Post The Washington Post However, House investigators are now seeking records about Giuliani’s past clientele in Ukraine, including Pavel Fuks, a wealthy developer who financed consulting work Giuliani did in 2017 for the city of Kharkiv. Read More Al Jazeera: Ukraine's separatist east plans elections to improve Russia ties - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Al Jazeera: Ukraine’s separatist east plans elections to improve Russia ties Published Oct. 2 at 12:29 pm A photo taken on Nov. 8, 2018 shows an advertising for the election campaign seen next to political posters on a street in Donetsk, Ukraine. Read More Zelensky confirms 'Steinmeier formula' Ukraine settlement - Emerging Europe Emerging Europe Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced plans to implement the so-called Steinmeier formula granting special status to the war-torn parts of the country’s Donbas region. Read More Ukraine offers a glimpse into the future of counter-drone warfare - The Defense Post The Defense Post “Soldier go home.” “Soldier kill your commanding officer.” These are some of the text messages that have been sent to Ukrainian forces in the Donbass region by Russia. Russia can deploy such personalized propaganda thanks to its use of unmanned aerial vehicles in its war with Ukraine. Read More

Top News Stocks and sterling fall on global economic gloom and Brexit fears – business live - The Guardian Google wants to help you survive a world filled with data breaches - CNN New Google Warning: 280M+ Android Users At Risk As China ‘Manipulates’ Top VPNs - Forbes With iPhone 11 'Deep Fusion' camera mode, Apple takes your photos to the next level - CNET Tuesday's Google Doodle honors Herbert Kleber, a pioneer of addiction treatment - CNN Stocks and sterling fall on global economic gloom and Brexit fears – business live - The Guardian The Guardian 2.42am EDT02:42 Introduction: Global shares spooked by US factory slump Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. Read More Google wants to help you survive a world filled with data breaches - CNN CNN Google (GOOG) is trying to help users navigate that headache by rolling out new tools. On Wednesday, the company announced its new Password Checkup feature will automatically check all your saved passwords for security problems and alert you if passwords have been exposed in a third-party data breach. Read More New Google Warning: 280M+ Android Users At Risk As China ‘Manipulates’ Top VPNs - Forbes Forbes Getty Stories about China and the VPN market usually focus on the use of these virtual private networks to access news sites and social media when caught behind the country’s infamous “Great Firewall.” But now there’s a twist, with new research finding that “the top 10 Google Play search results for ‘vpn’ are dominated by [Chinese] apps participating in potentially fraudulent manipulation practices.” And those apps have secured more than 280 million installs between them. Read More With iPhone 11 'Deep Fusion' camera mode, Apple takes your photos to the next level - CNET CNET This photo was taken using Apple's new Deep Fusion process, which optimizes detail and minimizes image noise. Apple Deep Fusion, Apple's new image processing technique for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, will available to developers as part of the next beta of iOS. Read More Tuesday's Google Doodle honors Herbert Kleber, a pioneer of addiction treatment - CNN CNN Tuesday's Google Doodle honors the psychiatrist who reshaped modern addiction treatment in the US on the 23rd anniversary of his election to the National Academy of Medicine. But before he trailblazed substance abuse research, Kleber didn't plan to end up in the field. Read More

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