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January 01, 2019

Russia Ukraine In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN Half of Britons want UK to increase Russia sanctions to combat threat, poll shows - The Independent Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus - UNIAN UNIAN: Russian 'fairy tales' seek to defame Ukraine - Kyiv Post New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms - Kyiv Post In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN CNN The message was included in a list of holiday greetings sent by Putin to heads of foreign states and governments that was released by the Kremlin Sunday."In a congratulatory message to President of the United States of America Donald Trump on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russian-American relations are an essential factor in ensuring strategic stability and international security, and confirmed that Russia is open to dialogue with the United States on the widest possible agenda," the Kremlin statement read. Read More Half of Britons want UK to increase Russia sanctions to combat threat, poll shows - The Independent The Independent Half of Britons want the government to impose further sanctions on Russia to combat the threat from Moscow, a poll has revealed. Read More Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus - UNIAN UNIAN Amid the latest disagreements between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, Russia-Belarus tensions became quite visible. Russia's top officials are becoming increasingly insisting in their statements calling for further creation of the so-called "Union State" that would comprise the two states. Read More UNIAN: Russian 'fairy tales' seek to defame Ukraine - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia’s legendary fairy tale genre fell out of fashion during the Soviet era, to be replaced by an altogether more sinister form of fiction, in the shape of the dark mantras of the massive propaganda machine of modern Russia. Read More New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukraine is on the verge of opening the biggest schism in Christianity in centuries, as it breaks from the authority of a Moscow-based patriarch and this week expects to formally gain recognition for its own church, taking tens of millions of followers. Read More

Top News The best January sales 2019: where to find the best deals right now - TechRadar Record-breaking year for Irish passports as 822,000 issued - The Irish Times Donald Trump ends 2018 with a Fox News interview — his 41st since inauguration - CNN Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia? - CBC.ca Here’s how to generate your 2018 Best Nine Instagram photo collage - WDAF FOX4 Kansas City The best January sales 2019: where to find the best deals right now - TechRadar TechRadar January sales quick linksHappy New Year, reader and thanks for dropping by to check out our roundup of the very best deals in the January sales 2019. A few stores launched sales straight after Christmas, with not many holding back for the traditional January sales, so we've had plenty of time to dig through the best offers. Read More Record-breaking year for Irish passports as 822,000 issued - The Irish Times The Irish Times Almost 200,000 Irish passport applications were received from the UK this year. Read More Donald Trump ends 2018 with a Fox News interview — his 41st since inauguration - CNN CNN With some notable exceptions, Fox has been Trump's shelter from the storms that are saturating his presidency. And Trump has generously promoted the network and its right-wing personalities with dozens of tweets and endorsements. Read More Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia? - CBC.ca CBC.ca We may remember 2018 as the year when technology's dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook's role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley's connect-everything ethos. Read More Here’s how to generate your 2018 Best Nine Instagram photo collage - WDAF FOX4 Kansas City WDAF FOX4 Kansas City Please enable Javascript to watch this video KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Now you can finally find out which nine of your Instagram photos received the most love from followers in 2018. Read More

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