Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine prime minister quits, new election to be called
Ukraine’s prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk has quit, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase funds for the army. …read more Source: ABC...
Very bad week: Airline disasters come in a cluster
WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 300 passengers are killed when their plane is shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. Airlines suspend flights to Israel’s largest airport after rocket attacks. An airliner crashes during a storm in Taiwan,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama: Plane stiffens Europe’s spine on sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine “may stiffen the spine of our European partners” as they consider additional sanctions against Russia.Obama welcomed Europe’s earlier sanctions… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dyczynskis push on towards crash site
The Perth parents of one of the passengers on board flight MH17 are in Ukraine and travelling east towards the rebel-controlled crash site. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
MH17: ‘We believe our daughter is alive’
The Perth-based parents of Fatima Dyczynski, who is believed to be a MH17 victim, are on their way to the flight’s Ukrainian crash site, still holding onto the hope that their daughter is alive.Miss Dyczynski’s father, Dr Jerzy… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dyczynskis push on towards crash site (AAP)
The Perth parents of one of the passengers on board flight MH17 are in Ukraine and travelling east towards the rebel-controlled crash site. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch sending unarmed police to Ukraine crash site
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Dutch prime minister says he is sending 40 unarmed military police to eastern Ukraine as part of a ramped-up effort to find the last victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 still at the wreckage… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s PM resigns, complicating MH17 probe (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister resigned Thursday after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM quits after fists fly
UKRAINIAN Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has resigned after two political parties cut ties with the majority coalition and fists flew in parliament. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s PM resigns amid deadly rebellion complicating MH17 probe (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister resigned Thursday after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east. …read more Source: The West...
