Section: US & Canada
Football team in Ukraine war zone changes homes
After Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa said he was “afraid” to return to Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian club located in a war zone announced that it would play its home games elsewhere. …read more Source:...
Associated Press Bungles Malaysia Airlines Crash Alert, Sends Newsrooms Into Panic
For a brief moment on Wednesday morning, Twitter users nearly had a collective blip of a heart attack when the AP tweeted that one of the Dutch planes carrying bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines flight “crash lands in Eindhoven.” The apparent news from one of the most trusted news sources in the world, that one of the planes...
MH17 Victims’ Phones Answered by ‘Eastern European Accents’ Amid Looting Reports, Dutch Families Say
Grief-stricken relatives of the victims killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over Ukraine with a missile have reported calling their family members’ phones to find them not only working, but answered by strangers. …read more Source: International Business...
Europe Sleeps as Putin Waits
European leaders are squabbling over which country has been most feckless in its failure to take action on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
For Civilian Airliners, Shoulder-Fired Missiles Still a Global Threat
WASHINGTON — The horrifying deaths of 298 passengers of a jetliner shot down over Ukraine have focused the world’s attention on a previously unrecognized threat: the proliferation of surface-to-air missiles in the hands of rogue, non-state actors. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was brought down by a BUK-17, a high-tech Russian-built...
EU Preparing Further Sanctions Against Russia After MH17 Crash
For a continent determined to present a united message of outrage and reprisals after the downing of Flight MH17 killed 211 of its citizens, the signals coming from the European Union this week have been contradictory. MoreHagel Pushes NATO Partners to Put More Skin in the GameNot Even the Threat of War in Europe Can Unite the E.U.’I Lost...
Victims Of MH17 Return To The Netherlands In A Stunning Procession
Nearly a week after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down over eastern Ukraine, the victims are finally being returned home. CNN has reporters in the Netherlands, where there is a procession on Wednesday for victims of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. A plane arrived with the first 40 coffins Wednesday morning, and now dozens of hearses are...
PHOTOS: The Dutch Pay Their Respects To The Victims Of MH17
Members of the Dutch royal family and the country’s political leadership looked on as the first 40 coffins carrying the remains of passengers aboard the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday, nearly one week after the plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine. In a long line of hearses, the bodies were...
Dutch Mourn Victims of Malaysian Plane Downed Over Eastern Ukraine
Thousands of people lined the roads in the Netherlands on Wednesday, solemnly applauding the slow procession of 40 black hearses carrying the bodies of passengers killed when their passenger jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine. Some threw flowers in front of the cars, while others quietly lay bouquets and lit candles at the many impromptu...
MH17 Crash Exposes UK Arms Sales To Russia, And It’s A Huge Embarrassment For Cameron
The shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine is turning out to be a huge embarrassment for Britain’s Conservative prime minister, David Cameron. Four different reports from various House of Commons committees have revealed that the U.K. has as many as 251 active arms sales licenses with Russia....
