News / MN Newsletter // March 08

March 08, 2019

Russia Ukraine UkrInform: US approves bill prohibiting recognition of Crimea as part of Russia - Kyiv Post Paul Manafort sentenced to almost four years in prison from Mueller prosecution - Vox.com Medvedchuk stands for direct gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine - 112 International Merkel Is Said to Reject US Pressure to Provoke Russia's Navy - The Moscow Times Joint UN, OSCE engagement can address crisis in Ukraine, other 'dark spots of conflict' in Europe - UN News UkrInform: US approves bill prohibiting recognition of Crimea as part of Russia - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UkrInform: US approves bill prohibiting recognition of Crimea as part of Russia Published March 8 at 2:53 pm Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses supporters during a rally celebrating the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at Sevastopol's Nakhimov Square on March 14, 2018. Read More Paul Manafort sentenced to almost four years in prison from Mueller prosecution - Vox.com Vox.com Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison by a federal judge Thursday — in a far lighter sentence than was expected. Manafort had been convicted of eight counts of filing false tax returns, bank fraud, and failure to report foreign assets last August, in the only case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller that has gone to trial so far. Read More Medvedchuk stands for direct gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine - 112 International 112 International   Viktor Medvedchuk, chairman of the Political Party Opposition Platform - For Life “In 2018, Ukraine imported over 10 million cubic meters of natural gas worth around 3 million dollars. Read More Merkel Is Said to Reject US Pressure to Provoke Russia's Navy - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times German Chancellor Angela Merkel rebuffed U.S. pressure last month to conduct a naval maneuver in Russia’s backyard aimed at provoking President Vladimir Putin, according to three people familiar with the talks. Read More Joint UN, OSCE engagement can address crisis in Ukraine, other 'dark spots of conflict' in Europe - UN News UN News “The crisis goes against everything the OSCE and the UN stand for,” continued Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák in his briefing on OSCE’s activities. In late February 2014, the situation in Ukraine went from political crisis, to violent confrontation and, later, became a full-scale conflict between Government forces and separatists, in the country’s east. Read More

Top News Global $553+ Billion Online Advertisement Market Outlook to 2024; with Google, Facebook, Oath, Nanjing Marketing Group, and Yelp Leading - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Associated Press Why is India the world capital for selfie deaths, and what's being done to stop it? - ABC News Chinese IT Giant Tencent and University of Hong Kong Collaborate on Fintech - Cointelegraph Update your Chrome browser right now – or run the risk of malware infection - TechRadar One of FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is found in Maryland - CNN Global $553+ Billion Online Advertisement Market Outlook to 2024; with Google, Facebook, Oath, Nanjing Marketing Group, and Yelp Leading - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Associated Press Associated Press DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 8, 2019--The “Online Advertisement Market - Forecasts from 2019 to 2024” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The online advertisement market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.11% to reach US$553.677 billion by 2024, from US$310.583 billion in 2018. Read More Why is India the world capital for selfie deaths, and what's being done to stop it? - ABC News ABC News Why is India the world capital for selfie deaths, and what's being done to stop it? Posted March 08, 2019 06:52:54 More than 250 people across the world have died in the pursuit of the perfect selfie since 2011 — but one country in particular stands out as the world capital for selfie deaths. Read More Chinese IT Giant Tencent and University of Hong Kong Collaborate on Fintech - Cointelegraph Cointelegraph Tencent Financial Academy, a subsidiary of Chinese IT giant Tencent — signed a memorandum of cooperation with the University of Hong Kong on March 6 for joint research and development projects related to financial technology. Read More Update your Chrome browser right now – or run the risk of malware infection - TechRadar TechRadar If you’re using Google’s Chrome browser – and the vast majority of folks are – then you need to make sure it’s on the latest version, otherwise you may be vulnerable to an exploit which is out there in the wild, and can be used to deliver all sorts of nastiness. Read More One of FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is found in Maryland - CNN CNN Lamont Stephenson was arrested by Prince George's County Police Department in Maryland early Thursday morning when officers were investigating a reported suspicious vehicle, according to a law enforcement source. Read More

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