Section: US & Canada
How To Pitch A Hamburgers In A War Zone
Even as Ukraine remains in a military and financial crisis after the upheavals of 2014, Ukrainian business owners are trying to drum up interest from Western investors.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
The Missing AirAsia Flight Is Thought To Have Crashed Near An Island In Indonesia
The missing AirAsia flight is thought to have crashed near the Indonesian island of Belitung, The Jakarta Post reports. A search and rescue team has been dispatched to the area. CCTV News reports that wreckage might have been spotted near Belitung Island, but there has been no official confirmation of that yet. An official from the Indonesian...
Russia must influence separatists to end Ukraine crisis, says Merkel
German Chancellor makes appeal to Russian government …read more Source: The Globe and...
AirAsia jet lost in stormy weather over Indonesia with 162 aboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A massive sea search was underway for an AirAsia plane that disappeared Sunday while flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board through airspace possibly thick with dense storm clouds, strong winds and lightning, officials said. More than 12 hours later, shocked family members huddled at the Surabaya airport...
AirAsia jet lost in stormy weather over Indonesia with 162 aboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia A massive sea search was underway for an AirAsia plane that disappeared Sunday while flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board through airspace possibly thick with dense storm clouds, strong winds and lightning, officials said. More than 12 hours later, shocked family members huddled at the Surabaya airport...
Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Reactor For Second Time This Month
Ukraine has shut down a reactor at of its most powerful nuclear power plant for the second time in a month due to an apparent electrical malfunction. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
AirAsia plane missing while flying from Indonesia to Singapore
JAKARTA, Indonesia – An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board lost contact with ground control on Sunday while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city in Indonesia for Singapore. The two countries immediately launched a search and rescue operation but there was no word on the plane’s whereabouts more than six hours...
Ukraine nuke plant unit taken offline
MOSCOW (AP) — One unit of Ukraine’s Zaporozhiya nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been taken offline because of generator problems. State nuclear power company Energoatom says the unit was disconnected from the electricity net early Sunday to prevent internal damage to the generator. It did not give further details, but said...
In Reversal, Germany Cools to Russian Investment
After years of post-Cold War business and political alliances, mistrust over the conflict in Ukraine has created a slew of canceled deals and ventures. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukrainian nuclear plant takes unit offline because of generator problem
One unit of Ukraine’s Zaporozhiya nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been taken offline because of generator problems. …read more Source: FOX...
