Section: South America
Malaysian jet disaster hits Australian family again -reports
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – An Australian couple who lost a son and daughter-in-law on a Malaysian Airlines jet that disappeared in March are again mourning after more relatives were killed when their plane was downed in Ukraine, media reported on Friday. Irene and George Burrows, from Biloela in central Queensland state, were the parents of Rodney...
First MH17 bodies flown in the Netherlands
The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last Thursday arrived back in the Netherlands amid grief tinged with anger. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
First MH17 bodies arrive in the Netherlands
The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last Thursday arrived back in the Netherlands today amid grief tinged with anger. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Pro-Russian rebels shoot down Ukrainian fighters near Donetsk
Pro-Russian rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in the self-proclaimed independent republic of Donetsk, less than 20 kilometers away from the site where the Malaysian airliner MH17 was shot down last Thursday killing its 298 passengers. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
S&P inches higher at open, buoyed by earnings
US stocks inched up at the open today, boosted by earnings from companies like Boeing, Pepsi and Microsoft, though conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip weighed on investor confidence. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
European equities propped up Daimler, Akzo Nobel
Forecast-beating earnings from carmaker Daimler and chemicals group Akzo Nobel lifted European shares offsetting concerns about a ramping up of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Obama vows US will seek justice in downing of Malaysian jet
The United States will not rest until justice is done in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 over eastern Ukraine, President Barack Obama vowed in a condolence book for the nearly 300 victims today. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Train carrying MH17 bodies reaches Ukraine city Kharkiv
A train carrying the remains of many of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in a Ukrainian government-held city on the first leg of their final journey home to be reclaimed by their families. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Data, earnings lift Wall Street; conflicts eyed
The S&P 500 hit a record high today as inflation data was seen keeping the Federal Reserve in an equities-friendly tone, while hopes rose for an easing of tensions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Global shares up as Ukraine rebels allow improved access
US stocks are modestly higher at the open today as a cascade of earnings landed and inflation was tame, while hopes rose for an easing of tensions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
