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Ukraine honours Malaysian jet victims before bodies sent to the Netherlands
Jul23

Ukraine honours Malaysian jet victims before bodies sent to the Netherlands

Ukraine began a departure ceremony Wednesday for the bodies of Malaysia Airlines passengers and crew who became victims of fighting raging far below them on the plains of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Bodies of MH17 victims to be flown to the Netherlands Wednesday, Ukraine says
Jul23

Bodies of MH17 victims to be flown to the Netherlands Wednesday, Ukraine says

Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday’s ceremony was set for 11 a.m. local time at the airport in Kharkiv, before the bodies are flown to the Netherlands …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine prepares departure ceremony for bodies of Malaysia jet victims
Jul23

Ukraine prepares departure ceremony for bodies of Malaysia jet victims

Ukraine is preparing a departure ceremony for the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster, which are being flown to the Netherlands. …read more Source:...

Putin can’t back down now
Jul23

Putin can’t back down now

Pressure from at home and narrative he has constructed is preventing the Russian President from discontinuing support for rebels in Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...

Safe skies? How pilots avoid flying near conflict hot spots
Jul23

Safe skies? How pilots avoid flying near conflict hot spots

Whether or not airspace is “safe” may not always be best judged by the nation controlling it. That was made clear following outrage over the doomed Malaysian Airlines jet’s flight path over volatile Ukraine, and again when international airlines ordered their Tel Aviv-bound commercial jets to divert due to rocket attacks....

‘She was my everything’: Dutch fathers grieve as bodies of MH17 victims return home
Jul23

‘She was my everything’: Dutch fathers grieve as bodies of MH17 victims return home

Two grieving Dutch fathers connected by an immense tragedy following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tell CBC News about loved ones they lost in the disaster. …read more Source:...

Photos July 22: Top images from around the world
Jul22

Photos July 22: Top images from around the world

The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A commuter bus drives by aircraft wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A team of Malaysian investigators visited...

Ukraine’s ambassador: ‘It’s unfortunate we have to fight’
Jul22

Ukraine’s ambassador: ‘It’s unfortunate we have to fight’

The downing of a Malaysian civilian jet focused world attention anew on Russia’s role in the separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, Vadym Prystaiko, talked with Mark Kennedy about the crisis. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Q. It seems like there is chaos. What’s...

Air Canada cancels Tel Aviv flight
Jul22

Air Canada cancels Tel Aviv flight

Air Canada has cancelled its Tuesday night Toronto to Tel Aviv flight and Wednesday’s return flight from Israel because of risks from the conflict in Gaza. The airline tweeted the news Tuesday afternoon, saying it had cancelled the two flights and will “continue to evaluate going forward & update.” The move follows a...

Train carrying bodies of Flight 17 victims arrives in Kyiv-controlled Kharkiv
Jul22

Train carrying bodies of Flight 17 victims arrives in Kyiv-controlled Kharkiv

KHARKIV, Ukraine — A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow for relatives […] …read more Source: Calgary...