Section: US & Canada
Putin blames others for exploiting Ukraine crash
A man holds a baby as he walks next to a refrigerated train loaded with the bodies of victims, in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Fligh… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Maarten de Jonge, Dutch Cyclist, Was Supposed To Fly On Both Doomed Malaysia Airlines Flights
Maarten de Jonge is an incredibly lucky man. He managed to twice cheat death this year by simply changing his plane reservations. According to The Independent, the 29-year-old Dutch athlete who competes for Malaysia’s Terengganu Cycling Team was scheduled to fly on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot out of the sky on July 17 while...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know for Monday. 1. Refrigerated train cars supposedly carrying the bodies of victims from the Malaysian Airlines flight that was shot down on Thursday is held up in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian rebels, according to the New York Times. The Kiev government has accused the rebels of “blocking...
Asian stocks mostly higher as plane jitters fade
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as anxiety over the downing of a Malaysian jetliner over Ukraine eased and investors shifted their focus to U.S. corporate earnings. …read more Source: Miami...
Angry Australian PM: Ukraine Crash Site Probe ‘Shambolic’
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Monday hit out at the “shambolic” situation at the MH17 crash site as he demanded Russian President Vladimir Putin back up assurances with action. At least 37 Australian passengers were among the 298 people aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in an attack the West...
Putin blames others for exploiting Ukraine crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for “mercenary objectives,” the Kremlin said Monday. …read more Source: Miami...
Bodies from downed jetliner piled in boxcars in Ukraine; West condemns crash site tampering
Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing condemnation from Western leaders that the rebels were tampering with the site. …read more Source: FOX...
UN Security Council to vote as early as Monday on Ukraine crash probe
The Security Council could vote as early as Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around the area …read more Source: The Globe and...
Dutch Experts Hope To Travel To Plane Crash Site
A team of Dutch experts is hoping to travel to the crash site of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine on July 21. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Focus shifts to trainload of bodies from plane crash site in Ukraine
The battle for control at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 entered a new chapter Sunday focused on the fate of victims’ bodies, and U.S. and British leaders pointed fingers at Russia for nurturing the separatists suspected of bringing down the airliner. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
