Section: US & Canada
Researchers killed in Malaysia Airlines crash honoured by AIDS Conference
Officials held a moment of silence at the opening of the 20th International AIDS Conference for colleagues killed in the MH17 crash over Ukraine. …read more Source: Toronto...
Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars in Ukraine
TOREZ, Ukraine — 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: Boston...
10 Things You Need To Know As Asian Markets Open
Good morning. The world’s still reeling from the MH17 crash and there’s widespread anger in Australia at the inability of investigators to get to the site. Let’s start the week… 1. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke to Vladimir Putin overnight and pressed for his support in repatriating the bodies of the 28...
Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Russia’s Anti-West Isolationism
The rhetoric emanating from the Kremlin has been one of the main drivers of support for the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source: The New York...
MH17 and the Long Term Costs of Russia’s Ukraine Incursion
Policymakers, especially policymakers who have never seen action, are often seduced by covert operations. They see them as the perfect policy instrument: cheap, deniable, effective. Yes, there can be tremendously effective covert or at least non-conventional operations and campaigns, but just as all intelligence operations must come to terms with...
Crews Clear Debris, Bodies from MH17 Crash Site
Rescue workers clear debris and bodies from the site of the Malaysian airliner crash in eastern Ukraine’s town of Hrabove. A total of 298 people died as a result of the crash on Thursday (July 17). Emergency workers, who have to navigate reporting both to the authorities in Kiev and the rebels who control the crash site and other areas in...
Video indicates that separatists have flight recorder
KIEV, Ukraine — The mystery over the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17’s flight data and voice recorders seemed to clear up a little on Sunday when video surfaced of separatist emergency workers coming upon the device in a field in eastern Ukraine.Reuters posted the video, taken Friday, of one worker calling out “flight...
Moscow: Continue U.S. cooperation in space
Moscow wants to work with Washington to further space exploration despite a recent NASA memo noting the crisis in Ukraine has nearly severed prospects for partnership, Russian officials say. In an April 2 memo, NASA suspended “contact with Russian entities” as a result of “the ongoing violation of Ukraine sovereignty.”...
Fisher: Russia’s Vladimir Putin cranks up Soviet-era propaganda machine
When a bear is cornered it becomes angrier and more unpredictable. That is where Vladimir Putin’s Russia has found itself since a Malaysian airliner was shot down out of the sky near the Russian border on Thursday. The president’s dream of making Russia a respected global player again has run into trouble at its first stop in Ukraine....
US building case tying separatists to plane crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began building a case Friday linking pro-Russian separatists to the shocking downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. A somber President Barack Obama declared the deaths of those on board, including at least one American, an “outrage of unspeakable proportions.” Obama said the U.S. believes the...
