Section: US & Canada
More belongings found at Ukraine disaster site
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. …read more Source: Miami...
Dutch recovery mission: Personal belongings found at Ukraine plane disaster site, no remains
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. …read more Source: FOX...
More belongings found at Ukraine disaster site
Speaking from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg said 88 experts Sunday searched an area of six square kilometers (2 square miles) near the village of Rozsypne in the fields where the plane’s wreckage is scattered. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels’ main stronghold in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...
McDonald’s CEO ‘Under Siege’ At Home And Abroad
By Lisa Baertlein Aug 3 (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp CEO Don Thompson sure could use a break. The head of the world’s biggest restaurant chain, who for much of his two years at the helm has been battling to spark sales growth in the United States and Europe, got battered by headline-grabbing bad news in late July. …read...
Ukrainian Army Steps Up Attacks On Rebel-Held Donetsk
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) — Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels’ main stronghold in …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine’s Army on Outskirts of Rebel Stronghold
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their calls for Russia to send troops to their aid. To support their operations, the pro-Russian fighters have been confiscating...
French, German Presidents Mark World War I Anniversary
French and German presidents evoked the bloody lessons of World War I and hailed the emergence of a largely peaceful Europe Sunday, as they marked the centenary of Germany’s declaration of war on France. French President Francois Hollande and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck met in France’s eastern Alsace region to lay the first...
Mourners Pack Service for 3 Siblings Lost on MH17
Thousands gathered at a memorial service on Sunday held for siblings Mo, Evie and Otis Maslin and grandfather Nick Norris, who were traveling back from a family holiday when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July. …read more Source:...
More remains found at site of Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine
Investigators searching the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine for a second day found more human remains and personal effects of victims as government forces continued battling pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: New York Daily...
