Section: New Zealand
Oil falls to near $102 amid Gaza peace efforts
The price of oil retreated to near $102 per barrel on Wednesday amid a new push for a cease-fire between Israel and Palestine and after Europe imposed additional sanctions on Russia that fell short of a heavy hit.U.S. benchmark… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Australia: All Ukraine victims may not be found
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) The remains of some victims of the Malaysian airliner crash may never be recovered unless there is a secure and thorough search of the area in rebel-controlled east Ukraine where it was shot down, Australia’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bodies of Malaysia jet victims to leave Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine is preparing a departure ceremony for the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster, which are being flown to the Netherlands.Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday’s ceremony… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Australia focuses on both Malaysian jet disasters
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia says the hunt for the Malaysian airliner that vanished off the Australian coast continues uninterrupted despite the top search official shifting his attention to recovering bodies from the Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Flight bans show skittishness over trouble spots
When U.S. and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots following last week’s downing of a passenger plane over Ukraine.Delta… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Amid sanctions, France in warship sale to Russia
PARIS (AP) French President Francois Hollande is defending plans to deliver a warship to Russia, despite calls for a European arms embargo against Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine.European Union foreign ministers are meeting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine at potential turning point after crash
MOSCOW (AP) 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… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars in Ukraine
TOREZ, Ukraine (AP) Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US turns up heat on Russia over downed plane
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration on Sunday turned up the heat on Russia for its support of Ukrainian separatists accused by the United States and others of shooting down a Malaysian passenger plane.In some of the administration’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Europe leaders warn Russia to get crash zone open
PARIS (AP) The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are telling Russia’s Vladimir Putin to ensure that separatists in Ukraine give full access to investigators at the Malaysian plane crash site or risk the ire of Europe.French… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
