Section: US & Canada
Experts recover DNA from Ukraine crash site
KIEV, Ukraine — A small advance team of forensic experts on Thursday finally reached the site where a Malaysia Airlines flight went down in eastern Ukraine two weeks ago, after four days of false starts cut short by heavy fighting in the area. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Without Realizing It, Russian Soldiers Are Proving Vladimir Putin Is Lying About Eastern Ukraine
In the age of social media, many people seem to have the urge to share everything about their lives: Heading to concerts, birthdays, or maybe even what’s on the reading list. But in the case of some Russian soldiers, their urge to share has serious geopolitical consequences, as a few have been revealing their presence in or near eastern...
On Centennial, Seven Harvard Scholars List Lessons of WWI — And How They Might Apply Today
This week marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I. WorldPost contributors such as Walter Russell Mead and Artyom Lukin have asked whether events in 2014 parallel those of 1914. Here, seven scholars from the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government offer the historical lessons they see. –...
Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation
A week after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said he wanted to resign, the government offered a reply: You can’t. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
EU Slaps Sanctions on Five Russian Banks
The European Union has sanctioned five Russian banks to protest Moscow’s intervention in restive eastern Ukraine. The EU said it is limiting the banks’ access to European capital markets, which could further impede the already weak Russian economy that some analysts say is sliding toward a recession. The 28-nation EU bloc called for...
Russia halts Ukrainian soy, sunseed imports: Report
Russia will suspend Ukrainian soy, soymeal and sunseed imports starting from Aug. 1 due to breach of phytosanitary requirements, Interfax news said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine MH17 Wreckage Site Finally Accessed By Investigators
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — As mortar fire landed nearby, an international team of investigators finally reached the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wreckage site Thursday and got their first look at a scene experts fear has been badly compromised in the two weeks since the plane was blown out of the sky. For the families of the 298 victims, it...
MH17 Victims’ Items and DNA Retrieved From Crash Site
Investigators from the Netherlands and Australia finally returned Thursday to the site in eastern Ukraine where MH17 was shot down two weeks ago. …read more Source:...
Dutch retrieve DNA of some Ukraine crash victims
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The head of the Dutch-led international team investigating the Malaysian Airline Flight 17 disaster says his group has retrieved additional DNA samples from 25 victims at a mo… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Brits Say Putin Shows NATO Is Useless
NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance that has protected America and western Europe from attack since the end of World War Two, is no longer fit for purpose. The growing aggression of Russian president Vladimir Putin and his territorial ambitions, as displayed in his annexation of Crimea and his supplying pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, has shown...
