Monday, February 18, 2019

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February 18, 2019
EU to consider increasing sanctions on Russia over conflict in Ukraine - Euronews English
Deep Crises: Past, Present, Future? - Seeking Alpha
Even Trump Can’t Drive Europe Into Russia’s Arms - Bloomberg
Volker: Russia takes pause in talks on Donbas for period of elections in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
opinion Gleb Pavlovsky Russia and Ukraine: A Destructive Codependency Kiev and Moscow are not fighting a - The Moscow Times

EU to consider increasing sanctions on Russia over conflict in Ukraine - Euronews English

Euronews English
Nearly 13,000 people have been killed in five years of fighting in the border region between Russia and Ukraine. The conflict pitches government forces against Russian-backed separatists.
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Deep Crises: Past, Present, Future? - Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha
Venezuela's economic (and political, social, public, etc.) woes have been documented with exhaustion, although no one so far has produced a half-meaningful outline of solutions that are feasible and effective at the same time.
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Even Trump Can’t Drive Europe Into Russia’s Arms - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Even Trump Can’t Drive Europe Into Russia’s Arms  BloombergEuropeans don't trust the U.S. and are open to new security arrangements, but Putin squandered a historic chance at continental leadership.
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Volker: Russia takes pause in talks on Donbas for period of elections in Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia is not showing interest in meeting with the U.S. representative on Ukraine and does not want to take actions to settle the conflict in Donbas during the presidential campaign in Ukraine, United States Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has said.
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opinion Gleb Pavlovsky Russia and Ukraine: A Destructive Codependency Kiev and Moscow are not fighting a - The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times
Five years after the Ukraine crisis began, and as the presidential campaign gets under way in that country, it is conventional to see Russia’s intervention there and Ukraine’s response as a modern example of interstate power politics.
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Google Pixel 3 deals slashed ahead of S10 release - from only £18 per month - TechRadar
Apple buys voice app startup to boost Siri services - TechRadar
Japan's Abe won't confirm Trump Nobel Prize nomination, but media reports say he did - The Washington Post
Science being 'debunked:' Why are some countries making a vaccine U-turn? - CNN
Loadshedding and Valentine's Day generated over 1 million SA Google searches - Mpumalanga News

Google Pixel 3 deals slashed ahead of S10 release - from only £18 per month - TechRadar

TechRadar
The arrival of a brand new flagship phone from Samsung is a real double whammy when it comes to mobile phone deals. Firstly, there's the expectation and conjecture about the price of the new smartphone itself.
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Apple buys voice app startup to boost Siri services - TechRadar

TechRadar
Apple's HomePod may be one of the best sounding smart speakers on the market, but its actual voice controlled capabilities, powered by Siri, are sorely lacking when compared to the Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa competition.
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Japan's Abe won't confirm Trump Nobel Prize nomination, but media reports say he did - The Washington Post

The Washington Post
President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 7, 2018. (Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea.
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Science being 'debunked:' Why are some countries making a vaccine U-turn? - CNN

CNN
Fast-forward to 2019 and the anti-vaccination campaign is a global, multi-faced beast -- spurred by safety concerns, religious and political beliefs, preferences for homeopathic approaches and widespread misinformation.
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Loadshedding and Valentine's Day generated over 1 million SA Google searches - Mpumalanga News

Mpumalanga News
Loadshedding and Valentine’s Day generated over 1 million SA Google searches South Africans generated more than 1 million load shedding and Valentine’s Day Google search queries last week.
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