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Oil drifts down despite China manufacturing bounce
The price of oil fell Thursday, giving back part of its sizeable jump the day before, despite improvement in Chinese manufacturing.Benchmark U.S. crude for September delivery was down 16 cents at $102.96 a barrel at 0650 GMT in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The contract gained delivery gained 73 cents to $103.12 on...
Air Algerie loses contact with plane over Africa
ALGIERS — Air Algerie said it lost contact with one of its aircraft nearly an hour after takeoff from Burkina Faso on Thursday bound for Algiers. “Air navigation services have lost contact with an Air Algerie plane Thursday flying from Ouagadougou to Algiers, 50 minutes after takeoff,” the airline said, cited by national news...
MH17: Russia calls on US to show proof of missile claims
A senior Russian official called on Thursday on the United States to prove its claims that the Malaysian passenger airliner shot down last week was hit by a missile fired from rebel-held territory in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...
Donetsk residents flee as Ukraine conflict worsens
Donetsk residents are fleeing the area with Russia saying it has set up refugee camps on the other side of the border, as the conflict in eastern Ukraine stepped up a notch. …read more Source: Channel...
Plane With More MH17 Crash Victims Leaves Ukraine
A Dutch military aircraft carrying remains of victims of the Malaysian plane which was downed over eastern Ukraine has departed for the Netherlands. …read more Source:...
Recovery of Remains from MH17 Can Take ‘Weeks or Months’: Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday it might take “weeks or months” before remains of his compatriots who perished in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine can be br… …read more Source:...
Toll rising from drug users in Russian-annexed Crimea
Russia’s annexation of Crimea has led to a surge in deaths among intravenous drug users, who no longer have access to vital therapy, specialists said at the world AIDS forum on Thursday (July 24). …read more Source: Channel...
Singapore Tells Airlines to Review Conflict Zone Risk Assessment
Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. Singapore’s civil aviation authority has asked airlines based in the city-state to review their risk assessment of conflict zones following the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine last week. The deaths of nearly 300 passengers and crew in the downing of Flight MH17 have shocked the aviation...
Malaysia Jet Probe Seeks Missile Evidence in Black Boxes, Bodies
A Malaysian expert, center, examines a black box belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 during its handover from pro-Russian separatists, in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 22, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Maxim Zmeyev) The black boxes from the downed Malaysian jet have begun giving up information a week after the tragedy in east Ukraine, with the...
Train Carrying MH17 Bodies Reaches Government-Held Ukrainian City
A guard stands on a train carrying the remains of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine after it arrived in the city of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on July 22, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Gleb Garanich) Donetsk, Ukraine. A train carrying the remains of many of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
