Section: US & Canada
WWE uses Ukraine plane crash to ramp up drama
A pair of wrestling personalities used the Malaysia Airlines tragedy to drum up the drama at WWE Battleground on Sunday night. …read more Source: New York Daily...
EU Ministers Threaten Russia with Sanctions but Action Unsure
European Union foreign ministers threatened Russia on Tuesday with harsher sanctions over Ukraine, but tougher talk may not be matched by much action after France’s president signaled the disputed delivery of a warship to Moscow would go ahead. The 28 EU ministers met under growing pressure from the United States and Britain to step up...
France Defies Allies, Confirms Warship for Russia
President Francois Hollande won broad domestic applause on Tuesday for defying allies Britain and the United States by confirming plans to deliver a helicopter carrier to Russia. One backer dismissed their objections as hypocritical. Speaking on the eve of a European Union meeting to discuss sanctions on Moscow over Thursday’s downing of a...
MH17 bodies now out of rebel territory | USA NOW
Four refrigerated rail cars carrying the bodies of 282 of the 298 victims of a downed Malaysian jetliner arrived in the city of Kharkiv, controlled by the Ukrainian national government, en route to Amsterdam. …read more Source: USA...
Dutch PM: 1st Victims Should be Home Wednesday
THE HAGUE, Netherlands— The Dutch prime minister says his government aims to have the first bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 back in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Mark Rutte said Tuesday that a plane is ready to bring the first remains back from the Ukrainian government-controlled town of Kharkiv, where they...
Train with MH17 bodies arrives in Ukrainian-held city
The remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in territory held by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, after delays and haphazard treatment of the bodies that put pressure on European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to impose tougher economic sanctions on Russia. …read more Source:...
A Closer Look At The Soviet-Era Missile System Probably Used To Shoot Down MH17
There is overwhelming evidence that Malaysia airlines Flight MH 17, carrying 298 people, was shot down by SA-11 Buk surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles that were fired by the rebels — and supplied by the Russians. Even the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta admits the obvious: “There is practically no doubt that the aircraft was shot...
Train carrying MH17 bodies arrives in Ukrainian-held city of Kharkiv
A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow for relatives of the victims. …read more Source: CTV...
Dutch prime minister: Government expects to have 1st bodies of Ukraine victims home Wednesday
The Dutch prime minister says his government aims to have the first bodies of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 back in the Netherlands on Wednesday. …read more Source: FOX...
France Sells Warship to Russia Despite Ukraine Tensions
PARIS—French President Francois Hollande is defending plans to deliver a warship to Russia, despite calls for a European arms embargo against Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine. European Union foreign ministers are meeting Tuesday in Brussels, with some calling for tougher sanctions against Russia. Hollande told reporters that the...
