Section: US & Canada
Despite Heavy Fighting, Experts Finally Reach Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Crash Site
KIEV (Reuters) – International experts started recovery work at the wreckage site of a downed Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine on Friday despite clashes nearby between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. The group was the largest to reach the site since flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held territory on July 17, killing all 298...
Is Putin Looking for a Way Out of Ukraine?
Sometimes it’s a good idea to pay attention to what Andrei Kolesnikov writes. The Kommersant columnist is one of the Kremlin’s anointed court scribes and is often described as President Vladimir Putin’s favorite journalist. Ben Judah, author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell Out Of Love With Vladimir Putin, recently wrote that...
Ukraine: investigators set up near crash site ahead of grid search for victims
Dozens of international investigators arrived Friday at the zone where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed and began preparations to comb the rural area for remains. …read more Source: Toronto...
Italy, Poland vie for top EU foreign policy job
BRUSSELS (AP) — As the European Union struggles to respond to what it perceives as Russia’s aggressive meddling in Ukraine, Italy and Poland are staking their claims to provide the bloc’s new … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Pro-Russian rebels kill 10 Ukrainian soldiers near Malaysia Air crash site
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. …read more Source: FOX...
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...
Ukrainian Troops Suffer Heavy Losses In Ambush By Pro-Russian Rebels
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. A few hours earlier, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist...
At least 10 Ukrainian troops killed in ambush near MH17 crash site
A team of several dozen international investigators descended Friday on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine to begin combing an area now designated as a crime scene. …read more Source:...
