Section: Malaysia
Hong Kong: At eight-month high
STOCKS surged 1.69 per cent to an eight-month high yesterday as tensions over Ukraine eased and speculation grew that China would ease property purchase rules to kickstart the sector. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Britain to analyse black boxes – PM Cameron
LONDON : Britain has agreed to a Dutch request for air accident investigators to retrieve data from the black boxes of the Malaysia Airlines plane that was downed over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. …read more Source: New Straits...
Wall St finishes slightly lower
NEW YORK: US stocks slipped on Monday as investors remained cautious about instability in Ukraine and Gaza, though the three major indexes ended well off their lows, a sign that some appetite for riskier assets remained. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Train carrying bodies departs for Kharkiv
DONETSK, Ukraine: A train carrying the bodies of those killed in downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left the railway station in the rebel-held town of Torez in eastern Ukraine on Monday, an eyewitness told AFP. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: “What exactly are they trying to hide?” – Obama
WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama is calling for international investigators to have “immediate and full access” to the site in eastern Ukraine, where a passenger jet was shot down last week. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukraine at potential turning point after crash
MOSCOW: The crash of the Malaysian airliner in rebel-held eastern Ukraine is being viewed as a potential turning-point in the conflict — either, the international revulsion over the death of all 298 people on board will force the warring parties to seek an end to the violence, or the disaster will stoke the fighting as the recriminations...
MH17: Dutch expert says Ukraine body recovery team "did a hell of a job"
HRABOVE, Ukraine: The Dutch head of a team sent to identify the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 praised the Ukrainian recovery workers who collected hundreds of bodies from a giant swathe of land in a war zone for doing a “hell of a job.” …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: No military action around crash site, Ukrainian president orders army
Leslie Andres …read more Source: New Straits Times
MAS said to present turnaround plans this week
Malaysian Airline System Bhd, the state-backed carrier whose jet was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, will present turnaround plans this week to the government fund that controls it, people familiar with the matter said. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Putin demands access for experts at Ukraine crash site
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said today the downing of a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine must not be used for political ends and urged separatists to allow international experts access to the crash site. …read more Source: New Straits...
