Section: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Coca-Cola, Pepsi investigated in Crimea map probe
Ukrainian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the online publication by US drinks companies Coca-Cola and Pepsico of a map that showed Crimea as a part of Russia, a Ukrainian lawmaker says. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine rebel leader rejects MH17 report
A senior Ukrainian rebel leader has rejected a Dutch report concluding that a Russian-made missile was responsible for downing a Malaysian passenger jet, killing all 298 people on board. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
A century of air crash probes and pressures
As the spotlight falls on Dutch crash investigators and their high-profile probe into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, air accident detectives worldwide are waging a much more discreet daily battle to keep flying safe. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17 confirmed shot down by missile
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, a report on the crash that killed all 298 people on board concludes. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine PM accuses Russian forces of downing MH17
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says he has no doubt Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces because “drunken separatists” could not have operated the missile. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17 crash report won’t lay blame
The Dutch Safety Board is to issue long-awaited findings of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, and is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
One dead, 90 injured in Ukraine protest
A Ukrainian national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others wounded by grenades hurled from a crowd of nationalist protesters as they were guarding parliament where lawmakers backed giving more autonomy to rebel-held areas. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
MH17 fragments ‘may be Russian missile’
Some of the debris recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be fragments of a Russian-made missile system, Dutch prosecutors leading an international investigation say. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine reports heaviest shelling in six months
Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a ceasefire deal. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russia vetoes Council’s proposal for MH17
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
