Section: US & Canada
Dutch team arrives in Ukraine to investigate MH17 crash site
A rebel official said there were at least four tanks and armored vehicles trying to break through into the city …read more Source: The Globe and...
Putin Lashes Out, Blames Ukraine For Jet Crash
“Such events should not divide people, but unite them,” Russian leader says in wake of attack which downed Boeing 777. …read more Source:...
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...
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...
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...
AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT
US tries to make case that Ukraine separatists downed passenger plane, with Russian complicity WASHINGTON (AP) – Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at … …read more...
John Kerry: Growing evidence Russia armed rebels that shot down plane
Pro-Russia separatists seized control of recovered bodies from the downed Malaysian airliner Sunday in eastern Ukraine as U.S. and international officials urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to rein in the rebels so investigators could have unimpeded access to the crash site. Secretary of State John F. Kerry also said there … …read...
U.S. builds case against rebels, Russia
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration expanded its case Sunday accusing Ukrainian separatists and Russian forces of working hand in hand to acquire and operate a missile battery believed to have shot down a Malaysia Airlines jetliner last week, killing nearly 300 people. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...