Section: US & Canada
Ukraine: Investigators start jet crash site search
Australian experts examine the area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. The head of the Dutch-led in… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Reporter Nearly Killed By Gunfire At MH17 Crash Site
An SBS News reporter and Al Jazeera English contributor was caught in the middle of direct gunfire Thursday near the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash site. The Australian news service said that journalist Nick Lazaredes is “lucky to be alive” Friday. Lazaredes told SBS Radio he was leaving the MH17 crash site when shooting broke...
Ukraine antigovernment protesters remain squarely planted in Kiev
Borys Vitaliy was happily married with a successful recycling business when protesters began gathering in the Ukrainian capital’s Independence Square, also known as the Maidan, in November. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Italy, Poland Competing for Top EU Foreign Policy Job
BRUSSELS—The top diplomats of Italy and Poland are competing for the prestigious position of EU foreign policy chief amid the unfolding tensions with Russia. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi’s office said Friday it officially nominated Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini for the position, while Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his...
Investigators Set Up Base at Malaysia Air MH17 Crash Site in Ukraine
HRABOVE, Ukraine—With the sound of artillery fire in the distance, dozens of international investigators arrived Friday at the zone where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine and began preparations to comb the rural area for remains of as many as 80 victims and jet debris. Several hours before they arrived, at least 10...
Investigators set up search base at jet crash site
Investigators reach Ukraine war zone crash site where Malaysian air liner went down …read more Source:...
Large Team Of Dutch, Australian Experts Gets To Work At MH17 Crash Site
A large team of international experts has gotten to work recovering bodies at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Vox Pop: Muscovites On New Western Sanctions
RFE/RL’s Tom Balmforth asked residents of Moscow if they were concerned about the new round of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine. Most of the respondents said they thought the sanctions would have little effect on the Russian economy. They also expressed regret at...
Senate Follies Almost Derail Confirmation Of New U.S. Ambassador To Russia
In the midst of major political turmoil, fiery rhetoric, sanctions, violence in eastern Ukraine and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, America’s new diplomatic envoy to Russia almost didn’t get confirmed by the Senate. On Thursday night, a Republican senator refused to confirm John F. Tefft as the new ambassador to Russia as...
White House Adviser Goes Ballistic After Republicans Block Russian Ambassador Nominee
The Senate on Thursday night eventually confirmed John Tefft to be the U.S. Ambassador to Russia late Thursday night, after an initial blocking of his confirmation by Senate Republicans prompted an unusually public outburst by a senior White House adviser. U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...
