News / MN Newsletter // November 20

November 20, 2019

Russia Ukraine MFA Ukraine assures Ukraine to press for compensation from Russia - UNIAN Germany wants Ukraine's gas transit role to continue - Emerging Europe War on Europe's frontier: the Ukrainians risking their lives to join the EU - The Ferret Halya Coynash: Russia moves to extend 'foreign agent' law - Kyiv Post Read Kurt Volker’s Prepared Opening Statement From the Impeachment Hearing - The New York Times MFA Ukraine assures Ukraine to press for compensation from Russia - UNIAN MFA Ukraine assures Ukraine to press for compensation from RussiaThe compensation will concern both the financing of terrorism and racial discrimination in Russia-occupied Crimea. REUTERS read more Germany wants Ukraine's gas transit role to continue - Emerging Europe Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas (pictured above) has said that Germany wants Russian gas to continue to flow through Ukrainian pipelines. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv, Mr Maas stressed that Germany supported the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the search for a deal on future gas transit to Europe. read more War on Europe's frontier: the Ukrainians risking their lives to join the EU - The Ferret Sergiy Parhomenko stood on Independence Square, aka ‘The Maidan’, on a cold and foggy autumnal afternoon in Kiev. Hotel Ukraine, a fifteen-story high Stalinist skyscraper, peered down from the back of the square, barely visible from the fog. read more Halya Coynash: Russia moves to extend 'foreign agent' law - Kyiv Post Halya Coynash: Russia moves to extend ‘foreign agent’ law Published Nov. 20 at 10:09 am Russian flag waves in the courtyard of the parliament building in Simferopol, Crimea, on March 18, 2014. read more Read Kurt Volker’s Prepared Opening Statement From the Impeachment Hearing - The New York Times Kurt D. Volker, Mr. Trump’s former special envoy to Ukraine, appeared in front of the House Intelligence Committee on the third day of public impeachment hearings on Tuesday. Mr. Volker, who abruptly resigned one day after the release of the whistle-blower complaint, said, “At no time was I aware of or knowingly took part in an effort to urge Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden.” read more

Top News Bushfires flare and temperature records fall amid catastrophic conditions in South Australia - ABC News Police chief convicted for having child sexual abuse image on phone - The Guardian IAF's mobile video game gets selected for Google 'Best Game-2019' contest - Economic Times Arron Banks's private Twitter messages leaked by hacker - The Guardian Google Assistant will finally get Nest’s best feature next year - Tom's Guide Bushfires flare and temperature records fall amid catastrophic conditions in South Australia - ABC News Bushfires flare and temperature records fall amid catastrophic conditions in South Australia Updated November 20, 2019 18:58:20 South Australia is experiencing catastrophic bushfire conditions, with emergency warnings issued as crews battle fires fanned by gale-force winds. read more Police chief convicted for having child sexual abuse image on phone - The Guardian A police chief has been convicted of having a child sex abuse video on her phone but cleared of corruption. Robyn Williams, a Metropolitan police superintendent, had been on trial for three weeks over the claims, which she denied. read more IAF's mobile video game gets selected for Google 'Best Game-2019' contest - Economic Times Internet giant Google has selected Indian Air Force's video game, 'Indian Air Force: A Cut Above', to compete for 'Best Game-2019' in the 'Users Choice Game' category. Taking to its official Twitter handle, the read more Arron Banks's private Twitter messages leaked by hacker - The Guardian Arron Banks’s Twitter account has been hacked and the entire private message history of the Leave.EU founder uploaded to the internet, in what appears to be a targeted attack that has been reported to the police. read more Google Assistant will finally get Nest’s best feature next year - Tom's Guide It’s been more than six months since Google announced—and then retracted—its decision to end Works with Nest, a program that let developers and smart home device makers easily connect the Nest Learning Thermostat to their products. read more

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