News / MN Newsletter // September 22

September 22, 2019

Russia Ukraine Hromadske: Sentsov's first interview after Russian prison - Kyiv Post According to media, Russia has "oligarchs," but America only has "businessmen" - Salon Ukraine's Defense Minister: No army lay-offs planned - UNIAN Russia-Ukraine Gas Talks Resume as EU Seeks to Avert Supply Cut - msnNOW UNIAN: Russia-led forces mount 13 attacks on Ukrainian positions - Kyiv Post Hromadske: Sentsov's first interview after Russian prison - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko were imprisoned in Russia for over five years, sentenced to 10 and 20 years respectively in fabricated “terrorism” cases. All this time, hromadske journalists kept a close watch on their fates: communicating with their relatives, writing letters, making a film. Read More According to media, Russia has "oligarchs," but America only has "businessmen" - Salon Salon Even in corporate media, you will occasionally see references to the United States as an “oligarchy.” That is the judgment of former President Jimmy Carter, of peer-reviewed academic studies, and even opinion pieces in our most prestigious media (e.g., Washington Post, 4/8/14; New Yorker, 4/18/14). Read More Ukraine's Defense Minister: No army lay-offs planned - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine's Defense Minister: No army lay-offs planned13:25, 22 September 2019 Ukraine 6 0 There will be a specific defense strategy with a proper defense plan. Photo from mil.gov.ua/ Read More Russia-Ukraine Gas Talks Resume as EU Seeks to Avert Supply Cut - msnNOW msnNOW MOSCOW, RUSSIA SEPTEMBER 18, 2019: Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov before meeting of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Supervisory Board. Mikhail Metzel/TASS (Photo by Mikhail Metzel\TASS via Getty Images) Read More UNIAN: Russia-led forces mount 13 attacks on Ukrainian positions - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: Russia-led forces mount 13 attacks on Ukrainian positions Published Sept. 22. Updated Sept. 22 at 12:21 pm An Ukrainian soldier watches for the enemy on the front line with the Russia-backed separatists near Avdiyivka, Donetsk region on July 20, 2019. Read More

Top News From IS camp, Syrian family returns home to a hostile city - Washington Post Who was Junko Tabei and why is Google Doodle celebrating her 80th Birthday? - The Sun US man drowns while proposing marriage to his girlfriend in Tanzania - The Guardian How Japanese concepts of IKIGAI, mindfulness can make our lives wholesome and rewarding - Firstpost Girl shot dead in police op as she sat with her grandmother in minivan - Sky News From IS camp, Syrian family returns home to a hostile city - Washington Post Washington Post RAQQA, Syria — After two years on the run with the Islamic State group, Um Mahmoud just wanted to return home. When she finally made it to Raqqa with her daughters and grandchildren, she found her home partially burned but livable. Read More Who was Junko Tabei and why is Google Doodle celebrating her 80th Birthday? - The Sun The Sun TODAY marks what would have been Junko Tabei's 80th birthday. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975 - here's everything you need to know about the Japanese mountaineer and subject of today's google doodle. Read More US man drowns while proposing marriage to his girlfriend in Tanzania - The Guardian The Guardian A woman has paid a heartbreaking tribute to her boyfriend, who drowned while proposing marriage to her in Tanzania. Kenesha Antoine posted a video on Facebook of her boyfriend, Steven Weber, swimming up to the window of their underwater room at the Manta Resort on Pemba Island, off Tanzania. Read More How Japanese concepts of IKIGAI, mindfulness can make our lives wholesome and rewarding - Firstpost Firstpost Manish BehlSep 22, 2019 10:27:00 IST Editor's Note: This story is the second in a series on mindfulness, its concepts and variations, in partnership with the 2nd Mindfulness India Summit, due to take place on 30-31 October 2019. Read More Girl shot dead in police op as she sat with her grandmother in minivan - Sky News Sky News Hundreds of people have been protesting after a child was killed by a stray bullet during a police operation. Agatha Sales Felix, eight, was shot in the back while she sat with her grandmother in a van in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo do Alemao shantytown on Friday evening. Read More

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