Section: US & Canada
MH17 Flight Code Ends
The last Malaysia Airlines flight ever to have the code MH17 landed at Kuala Lumpur international airport early on Friday morning. The code’s being retired as a mark of respect for the 298 people who died when their plane was shot down over Ukraine exactly a week earlier. Travellers on Friday’s flight from Amsterdam said some...
German Business Confidence Continues To Fall
BERLIN (AP) — German business confidence is down for a third month in a row amid ongoing concerns about the economic impact of the crises in Ukraine and Iraq. The closely-watched Ifo Institute survey fell to 108 points in July from 109.7 points in June. Economists had widely been expecting a slight rise over June’s figure. The...
Ukraine’s parliament says yet to receive PM’s resignation as work stalls
Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Thursday saying parliament was betraying its people’s demands for change by failing to pass legislation …read more Source: The Globe and...
Australia readies 90 police to secure Malaysian jet crash site
Australia is close to finalizing a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a multinational team, the Australian prime minister said Friday. …read more Source:...
Australia to Send 100 More Officers to MH17 Crash Site
Australia is close to finalilzing a plan to send 100 additional police and some defense force personnel to Europe to join a planned Dutch-led international security force to secure the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday. Armed pro-Russian separatists control the area and have hampered...
MH17 Investigators ‘Hampered’
The heads of Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Service and the Dutch Police Mission in Ukraine say armed separatists are hampering work at the scene of the MH17 plane crash. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe denies there’ve been any incidents. But Ukraine officials say investigators have been chased away. Dutch...
Australia readies 90 police for Ukraine crash site
Australia is close to finalizing a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a multinational team, the Australian prime minister said Friday. …read more Source: Miami...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Hello! Here’s what people will be taking about on Friday. 1. The U.S. said on Thursday it had new evidence of Russia firing artillery across the border into Ukraine. A state department spokeswoman also said that Russia plans to “deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers to the separatist forces in Ukraine.” 2....
Ukraine Names Hroysman Acting Prime Minister
The Ukrainian government has officially named Volodymyr Hroysman as the country’s acting prime minister. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Australia close to finalizing deal with Ukraine to send police to secure Malaysian crash site
Australia’s prime minister says his country is close to finalizing a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a multinational team. …read more Source: FOX...
