Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns, Citing Government Turmoil
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offered his resignation to Parliament on Thursday, citing the legislative body’s inability to pass laws, the Associated Press reported. The nationalist Svoboda party and the Udar party said it would form a coalition parliamentary government. Oleksandr Turchynov, the speaker of Parliament, said it...
Pentagon confirms 2 Ukrainian fighter jets shot down near Russia border
The Pentagon has confirmed two Ukrainian Sukhoi-25 fighter jets were shot down near the Russian border Wednesday. …read more Source: FOX...
Fears MH17 Crash Site ‘Abandoned’
There are renewed calls for tighter security at the site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine, after some reports it had been left abandoned. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukrainian prime minister announces resignation
Arseniy Yatsenyuk made announcement after 2 parties said they’re exiting the governing coalition. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine Prime Minister Yatsenyuk resigns as ruling coalition collapses
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk abruptly resigned Thursday afternoon as Kiev’s ruling parliamentary coalition fell apart. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine’s prime minister resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Thursday to parliament after upbraiding politicians for failing to pass laws on energy and on the budget to increase financing for the army. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says he is resigning amid government turmoil
Yatsenyuk made the announcement from the dais of the parliament after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. “I am announcing my resignation in connect with the collapse of the coalition,” Yatsenyuk said. …read more Source: Calgary...
Experts Break Down The Two Plane Crashes In Bad Weather That Happened In The Last 24 Hours
It’s been a bad week for air travel — on Wednesday a plane crashed in Taiwan, and now another plane is thought to have gone down over Mali. While the official cause of these crashes has not yet been established, both planes went down in areas where there was bad weather. A TransAsia Airways flight carrying 58 people crashed while...
As Attention Focuses On Dead, Ukraine Crash Site Remains Gray Zone
As the world’s attention focuses on the sad task of burying the dead, the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine remains unsecured and barely open to investigators. That could make it increasingly difficult to ever prove decisively what brought the plane down. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian prime minister announces resignation
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government. …read more Source: Miami...
