Section: US & Canada
Amsterdam Remembers MH17 Victims In Silent March
Dressed in white, Amsterdam residents walked silently through the city’s streets on July 23 in memory of the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, 193 of whom were Dutch. Flags on government and private buildings flew at half mast as mourners released hundreds of white balloons into the sky from the capital’s Dam Square....
Disenchanted With Putin, Some Russians Are Voting With Their Feet
By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) – Most of Vladimir Paley’s clients want him to dig up their family history with one goal in mind: making a case to obtain foreign citizenship and leave Russia. Six months ago the soft-spoken genealogist had few such requests, but this month he hired an assistant to help him with the flow of...
EU to weigh far-reaching sanctions on Russia
EU diplomats will weigh sweeping Russian sanctions on Thursday, according to a proposal seen by the Financial Times. …read more Source:...
Tel Aviv Diary: Israelis Grow Impatient With Obama and Kerry
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL—This was a day of reflection in Israel. The number of rockets falling on the nation’s cities has lessened in the past few days. While Hamas has continued to send rockets toward the center of the country, the numbers of rockets have dropped off by 50 percent. One more person in Israel, however, has died—a Thai...
2 planes with more crash victims to leave Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s government says 51 containers holding bodies and body parts of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash are ready to depart for the Netherlands aboard two military transport planes. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukraine has not received Canadian aid promised months ago, ambassador says
Comment marks point of friction between two countries as Harper has made opposition of Russia a centre of policy …read more Source: The Globe and...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Hello! Here’s what people will be taking about on Thursday. 1. The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on U.S. flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. The agency suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv on Tuesday over concerns related to a rocket strike near the airport. 2. A Ukrainian rebel admitted in an...
Malaysian PM: ‘Weeks or Months’ Before Crash Victims’ Remains Returned
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday it might take “weeks or months” before remains of his compatriots who perished in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine can be brought home. Malaysia, a majority Muslim country, had initially sought to have the remains returned by July 28 for Hari Raya, also known...
Rebels had missiles, commander reportedly admits, while NATO reports more weapons moving into Ukraine
By Roland Oliphant in Donetsk Ukraine said yesterday (Wednesday) that two of its military aircraft had been shot down by missiles fired from Russia, as a senior rebel commander reportedly admitted that separatists forces had been in possession of Buk anti-aircraft missiles. The two Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jets were downed near the village of...
Gaza Fighting Continues Even As FAA Lifts Flight Ban To Tel Aviv
GAZA/JERUSALEM, July 23 (Reuters) – Gaza fighting raged on Wednesday, displacing thousands more Palestinians in the battered territory as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas had made some progress. U.S. aviation authorities lifted a ban on flights to Tel Aviv which had been in force for...
