Section: US & Canada
Investigators reach Flight MH17 crash site
As fighting raged in eastern Ukraine, an international team of investigators on Thursday reached the crash site of the Malaysia Airline Flight 17 and got a first look at where it was brought down by a missile two weeks ago. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukrainian Soldier’s Mother Receives Letter From Son’s Killers
Volodymyr Yakobchuk died on June 17 in a rebel ambush outside the town of Metalist in eastern Ukraine. A separatist fighter then posted social media messages taunting at the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers caught in the ambush. Days later, the rebels sent Volodymyr’s mother a letter saying they killed the soldier for invading their land....
Ukraine’s Parliament Refuses PM Resignation
Ukraine’s parliament has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who announced last week his intention to step down after the two parties supporting him left the ruling coalition. The legislature voted Thursday not to accept Yatsenyuk’s resignation, despite his loss of political backing. The lawmakers also...
Send More Help to the Hot Zone
The lives of both local and international health care workers, as well as the lives of thousands of people in West Africa and possibly beyond, are at stake in the world’s largest Ebola epidemic to date. Organizations such as Samaritan’s Purse and Doctors Without Borders have taken the lead in combatting the disease, which has seen...
Indonesia’s Moment
Indonesia’s President Suharto reigned for over three decades based on an implicit compact with his citizenry. The former general would ensure the world’s fourth most populous nation prospered so its people could climb out of poverty, and in return they consented to his autocratic rule and turned a blind eye when his family and cronies...
International Investigators Reach Ukraine MH17 Crash Site
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine—As fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine, an international team of investigators on Thursday managed to reach the crash site of the Malaysia Airline Flight 17 for the first time since it was brought down by a missile two weeks ago. Clashes along routes to the wreckage site between government troops and pro-Russian...
Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation
The vote was 16 for accepting and 109 against, with the rest of the 450-member parliament either absent or not voting. …read more Source: Toronto...
Monitors Reach Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash Site After Days of Delays
The Ukrainian government said it had suspended operations against pro-Russia rebels in the area to allow the monitors safe passage, Reuters reported. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukrainian Parliament Rejects PM’s Resignation
Ukraine’s parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s resignation, after approving legislation he said was essential to fund the military operation against pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Is Obama Really Adrift in the World?
For all the hands shaken and hamburgers eaten, President Obama has never quite shaken his reputation for detachment. He is the “cool” president who doesn’t lose his temper even when he should. He is the former constitutional law professor who is too “academic” for the Oval Office. He uses his brain when he should be...
