Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Search of Ukraine MH17 crash site over: Dutch team
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the MH17 plane crash site in eastern Ukraine, the mission’s head said on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — the majority of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over rebel-held eastern...
Foreign donors raise 180 mn euros for new Chernobyl cover
LONDON: International donors agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros (US$201 million) to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant at a conference in London on Wednesday. “Chernobyl pledging event raises 180 million euros to close funding gap,” the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which is...
Ukraine probes alleged embezzlement linked to oligarch
KIEV: Ukrainian police have launched a criminal probe against ex-employees of a state gas company over their dealings with an oligarch whom the United States wants to extradite, the government said Wednesday. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the investigation was opened after the government went to court over the alleged embezzlement. The...
‘Intense shelling’ in flashpoint Ukraine village: OSCE
VIENNA: OSCE observers said Monday they have witnessed the most intense shelling in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian village of Shyrokyne since fighting began there in mid-February, as well as movement of heavy weapons. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which is helping to monitor a ceasefire in Ukraine, said that...
Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash
FRANKFURT: Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday. Investigators are still trying to determine who was responsible for downing the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in July last year, killing all 298 passengers...
Over two tonnes of cocaine seized off Scotland
PARIS: Nine men have been charged with drug trafficking after the British coastguard seized more than two tonnes of cocaine off the east coast of Scotland, French and British officials said on Sunday. French customs shared “specific information allowing two ships from the Royal Navy and the British coastguards to board a tug 100km east of...
Dutch expert fired after showing MH17 victim photos
THE HAGUE: A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year’s MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been fired after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, the government said Thursday. “The collaboration with George Maat has been terminated,” Justice Minister Ard van der Steur told lawmakers in parliament....
Dutch expert suspended after showing MH17 victim photos
THE HAGUE: A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year’s MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been suspended after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, police said Thursday. “He has been suspended from his work and we’ll see if other measures need to be taken,” Thomas Aling, spokesman for the...
EU charges Russia’s Gazprom with abuse of market position
BRUSSELS: EU regulators on Wednesday formally charged Russian gas giant Gazprom with abusing its dominant market position in Europe, a move that risks inflaming tensions with the Kremlin. “All companies that operate in the European market — no matter if they are European or not — have to play by our EU rules,” said Margrethe Vestager,...
US starts training Ukraine forces to fight pro-Russian militants
YAVORIV: US paratroopers launched a training mission Monday for Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on. President Petro Poroshenko welcomed troops from the US 173rd Airborne Brigade for Operation Fearless Guardian in a rain-soaked ceremony at a military...
