Section: US & Canada
Ukraine, Gaza Weigh on U.S. Markets
Major U.S. indices all finishing Monday in the red. But there was plenty of action after the closing bell. Shares of Netflix rallying. Revenue met estimates as the streaming media company added over a million users in Q2, saying a price increase didn’t keep customers away. That overshadowed earnings that were slightly below estimates. And...
After MH17, Challenges Ahead for the International Community in Ukraine
In the wake of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was shot down last week, diplomatic pressure for Russia and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine continues to mount. Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak recently announced an agreement with the leader of a pro-Russian separatist group to return bodies, hand over black boxes, and let...
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Ukraine rebels hand black boxes from downed plane to Malaysia experts [Video]
DONETSK, Ukraine – A senior separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, handed over two black boxes from an airliner downed over eastern Ukraine to Malaysian experts in the city of Donetsk in the early hours of Tuesday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Dutch Reporter Caroline Van Den Heuvel Reads MH17 Victim’s Diary on Air: Television Station 1V EenVandaag Apologizes (+Photo)
Dutch 1V EenVandaag reporter Caroline Van Den Heuvel was seen reading through a MH17 victim’s diary on air. Disgusting. Dutch journalist going through and reading from diary of MH17 victim pic.twitter.com/uYLKIyP1XH — Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) July 21, 2014 According to Dutch website nu, van den Heuvel browsed through a diary of...
Romania’s Basescu Slams EU for Soft Putin Stance
Romania’s President Traian Basescu on Monday accused the European Union of being weak and too slow in imposing sanctions on Russia to deter it from encroaching further into Europe after its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. An ex-communist state on the Black Sea, Romania joined the EU in 2007 and has been among the most vehement...
UN Security Council Condemns Downing Of Malaysian Airliner; Black Boxes Handed Over
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution condemning the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in eastern Ukraine with 298 people aboard. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rebels release train with bodies from downed jet
Netherlands’s Ambassador in Ukraine, Kees Klompenhouwer, left, and Ukrainian President, Petro Porosheko, express their condolences outside the Dutch Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, July 21, … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Britain’s Cameron warns of additional penalties on Russia after crash
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that he would press fellow European leaders to impose harsher sanctions on Russia in the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines crash. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Clinton: US, Europe should get tough on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the U.S. and Europe should work together to develop tougher sanctions on Russia while she backed President Barack Obama’s calls for a thorough investigation into the passenger jet that was shot down last week over Ukraine. Clinton said in … …read more Source: The...
What The Russian Papers Are Saying About Flight MH17
Scrambling to explain the downing of the MH17 Boeing 777, Russia’s print media is giving credence to Kremlin-friendly theories that to many outside the country would seem far-fetched. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
