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August 27, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters UK Trump advocates for Putin at G-7 summit in move to soften Russia’s pariah status - The Washington Post Ukrainian autocephaly and the Moscow Patriarchate - New Eastern Europe Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters Trump’s bewildering history lesson on Obama and Crimea - The Washington Post Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters UK Reuters UK KIEV, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine had stored 17.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas by Aug. 25, as the country looks to stockpile at least 20 bcm for the 2019/20 heating season, gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said on Tuesday. Read More Trump advocates for Putin at G-7 summit in move to soften Russia’s pariah status - The Washington Post The Washington Post President Trump speaks during a news conference at the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 26, 2019. (Ian Langsdon/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) BIARRITZ, France — President Trump capped days of advocacy on behalf of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin by announcing here Monday that he intends to invite the leader to the Group of Seven summit in 2020, which Trump will host in an election year amid warnings that Russia is actively trying to interfere again in the U.S. Read More Ukrainian autocephaly and the Moscow Patriarchate - New Eastern Europe New Eastern Europe Ukrainian autocephaly and the Moscow Patriarchate How Russia’s religious hierarchs reject the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine. August 27, 2019 - Andreas Umland Christine Borovkova - Articles and Commentary Read More Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters Reuters KIEV, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine had stored 17.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas by Aug. 25, as the country looks to stockpile at least 20 bcm for the 2019/20 heating season, gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said on Tuesday. Read More Trump’s bewildering history lesson on Obama and Crimea - The Washington Post The Washington Post President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron wrap up a joint news conference Monday. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix August 26 at 1:50 PM Read More

Top News Are Bernie Sanders' attacks on the media fair – or Trumpian? - The Guardian Today on GeekWire: Elizabeth Warren in Seattle; Google and Dell vs. Microsoft; PAX losing its luster - GeekWire Study: 3 Google Properties Top List Of Most Valuable Apps 08/22/2019 - MediaPost Communications Alexa, who is Baidu? Chinese firm passes Google to become Amazon’s top smart-speaker rival - The Washington Post ‘Sorry, it’s the way I negotiate’: Trump confounds the world at wild G-7 - POLITICO Are Bernie Sanders' attacks on the media fair – or Trumpian? - The Guardian The Guardian The newsletter landed in supporters’ email inboxes with an ominous subject line: “What We Cannot Discuss.” In it, the author lambasted “the Washington pundits who are paid by the corporations and billionaires who own the media”. Read More Today on GeekWire: Elizabeth Warren in Seattle; Google and Dell vs. Microsoft; PAX losing its luster - GeekWire GeekWire Highlights from today’s top stories. Subscribe here to receive this rundown daily. At a campaign stop in Seattle on Sunday, just a few blocks from Amazon’s headquarters and major Google and Facebook engineering centers, U.S. Read More Study: 3 Google Properties Top List Of Most Valuable Apps 08/22/2019 - MediaPost Communications MediaPost Communications How much do you think the average consumer would pay for YouTube, Facebook or Twitter on a monthly basis? Not a whole lot, according to new research from the McGuffin Creative Group. Read More Alexa, who is Baidu? Chinese firm passes Google to become Amazon’s top smart-speaker rival - The Washington Post The Washington Post A man using a laptop computer walks past an illuminated sign for Baidu Inc. at the Baidu Technology Park in Beijing, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) Move over, Google. Read More ‘Sorry, it’s the way I negotiate’: Trump confounds the world at wild G-7 - POLITICO POLITICO President Donald Trump at times sought to placate allies with assurances he would work with them to broker trade deals or find areas of compromise despite firmly established differences. Read More

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