News / MN Newsletter // December 21

December 21, 2018

Russia Ukraine UK defense minister visits Ukraine, says Black Sea is not Russia's - Reuters Trump shifts blame to Democrats for possible government shutdown - Axios Yet again, a fistfight breaks out in Ukraine’s parliament - The Washington Post Mattis gives up on Trump - Axios Why the spotlight on generic drug prices is getting brighter - Axios UK defense minister visits Ukraine, says Black Sea is not Russia's - Reuters Reuters FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) - British defense minister Gavin Williamson visited Ukraine on Friday where he told his Ukrainian counterpart that the Black Sea did not belong to Russia and that Britain had sent a Royal Navy ship there to show Kiev did not stand alone. Read More Trump shifts blame to Democrats for possible government shutdown - Axios Axios President Trump tweeted Friday that it would be a "Democrat Shutdown" if Senate Democrats vote down the short-term spending bill that the House passed last night, which includes $5.7 billion for Trump's border wall. Read More Yet again, a fistfight breaks out in Ukraine’s parliament - The Washington Post The Washington Post Ruby Mellen Research assistant for the Today's WorldView newsletter December 20 at 4:18 PM 'Tis the season . . . to punch your colleague. But in Ukraine, apparently, it’s always that season. Read More Mattis gives up on Trump - Axios Axios Among President Trump’s Twitter bombshells it ranks among the biggest, if not the most surprising: Defense Secretary James Mattis is leaving at the end of February. The backdrop: Trump framed the news as a retirement. Read More Why the spotlight on generic drug prices is getting brighter - Axios Axios Generic drugs are America's solution to high branded drug prices, but recent events have raised the question of whether the generics market is working the way it's supposed to. Between the lines: Sometimes competition does fail, and generic drug prices become too high, experts say. Read More

Top News 'Sublime on every level': your top TV of 2018 - The Guardian 10 Top questions you had for Dr. Google in 2018 - WENY-TV Google calls on big tech firms to fight terror content online - Gadgets Now Google pays tribute to 'Little Master' Hanif Mohammad - AajNews Walmart’s top-selling item in Alabama will surprise you - AL.com 'Sublime on every level': your top TV of 2018 - The Guardian The Guardian Patrick Melrose: ‘Outrageously funny and genuinely harrowing’ Finally, a grownup British show that ditched overexcited melodrama (Bodyguard and Killing Eve, I’m looking at you) for the real stuff – depth of character, hard-earned emotion and a messy story of damage, pain and addiction. Read More 10 Top questions you had for Dr. Google in 2018 - WENY-TV WENY-TV By Jacqueline Howard, CNN People were curious about the keto diet, ALS and endometriosis in 2018. Those are just a few of the health-related topics that had Internet surfers in the United States turning to Dr. Read More Google calls on big tech firms to fight terror content online - Gadgets Now Gadgets Now SAN FRANCISCO: Despite forging collaborations to stop terror content online, we have much more to do and more tech companies must join to responsibly address terrorist content online, Read More Google pays tribute to 'Little Master' Hanif Mohammad - AajNews AajNews Google is paying tribute  to Pakistan’s legendary cricketer ‘Little Master’ Hanif Mohammad   with its doodle feature on his 84th birthday  which is celebrated on December 21.  Read More Walmart’s top-selling item in Alabama will surprise you - AL.com AL.com Televisions. Electronics. Groceries. If you’ve shopped at Walmart.com, you may very well have bought one of those items. But different items are more popular in different places, as you can see in some new data released from Walmart on its top sellers from each state for 2018. Read More

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