Section: US & Canada
Train Carrying Crash Victims’ Remains Arrives in Ukraine-held City
The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way to the Netherlands on Tuesday as a senior Ukrainian separatist leader handed over the plane’s black boxes to Malaysian experts. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a news conference on Monday that a train carrying around...
Donetsk Rebels Hand MH17 Black Boxes To Malaysian Experts
Rebel leader Aleksandr Borodai handed over two black boxes from an airliner downed over eastern Ukraine to Malaysian experts in Donetsk in the early hours of July 22. Both sides signed a document, which Borodai said was a protocol to finalize the procedure after lengthy talks with the Malaysians. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free...
Train carrying bodies of Malaysian jet victims arrives in Ukraine-held city
A train carrying the remains of victims of a Malaysian plane downed over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine arrived in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday. 1. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached with Ukrainian separatists to recover the bodies of victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet. The bodies are on a train headed for the Netherlands, where most of the passengers...
Putin’s Remarks on Plane in Ukraine
President Vladimir V. Putin, in a video statement, offered conciliatory words about the crisis over the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Rebels Hand Over Black Boxes From Downed Malaysia Passenger Jet
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way to the Netherlands on Tuesday as a senior Ukrainian separatist leader handed over the plane’s black boxes to Malaysian experts. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a news conference on...
Ukraine jet-downing crisis eases
DONETSK, Ukraine — After days of resistance, pro-Russian rebels on Monday yielded some ground in the crisis surrounding downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 — handing over passengers’ bodies, relinquishing the plane’s black boxes and pledging broader access for investigators to the crash site. …read more Source:...
‘The world must choose sides’
In the wake of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, “every country, including Russia,” must determine whether it is “together with the terrorists or together with the civilized world,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday. …read more Source:...
Flight 17 victims’ bodies finally heading home
4 days after Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over eastern Ukraine, train carrying most victims reaches gov’t territory for identification …read more Source:...
2 dogs among casualties of Malaysia Airlines crash
A cargo manifest revealed that two dogs were among the casualties of the doomed Malaysian jet that fell from the sky in eastern Ukraine this week. …read more Source:...
