Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Stocks slide as worries about Ukraine build
NEW YORK (AP) The stock market fell to its lowest point since May as traders worried that tensions between Russia and Ukraine could flare up.Energy stocks were among the biggest decliners. Halliburton and Devon Energy each fell… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Underground misery at dank Ukraine bomb shelter
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) For the people huddled in a dank and chilly bomb shelter Tuesday, the question of who was responsible was less important than the fact of their misery.Two journalists from The Associated Press joined Donetsk… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian troops edge closer to rebel city
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian troops have taken control of a key checkpoint on the western edge of Donetsk, the biggest city in the rebellious east, and are making gradual advances to quash pro-Russian separatist forces.An Associated… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Eurozone recovery holding up despite Ukraine
LONDON (AP) Further evidence has emerged that the economic recovery across Europe is gaining some traction, providing some headroom against the potential impact from a further escalation in the crisis in Ukraine.Financial information… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Interfax: Russia starts air force drills
MOSCOW (AP) Interfax says Russia’s air force has started military drills in central and western regions of the country, a move that could spark further fears that Moscow is ready to flex its military muscle in neighboring Ukraine.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dogs join search for MH17 victims
A sniffer dog zigzagged swiftly across a field overgrown with grass as police experts in blue uniforms fanned out to methodically work their way across a debris-strewn field in eastern Ukraine.In the middle distance the boom of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
More belongings found at Ukraine disaster site
AMSTERDAM (AP) The head of a team of international investigators says more personal belongings of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in eastern Ukraine have been found, but no human remains.Speaking from the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Remains from Ukraine crash site sent to Kharkiv
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Body parts found by international investigators in the fields of eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down have been delivered in refrigerated trucks to the city of Kharkiv.The trucks carried… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
More human remains recovered at Ukraine site
AMSTERDAM (AP) Investigators using sniffer dogs recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of an international recovery mission said.Speaking… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UK general: Ukraine crisis holds lessons for NATO
WASHINGTON (AP) The second-ranking NATO commander is arguing for a more responsive allied defensive force that could be deployed in the event Russia massed troops along a NATO member’s border as it has done with Ukraine.NATO already… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
