Section: US & Canada
President Obama: One American killed on downed Malaysia Airlines flight
President Barack Obama says one American was killed on the plane over Ukraine. He says the airliner was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CNY...
Q and A: Sen. Raynell Andreychuk on judges, ethics and Ukraine
Conservative Sen. Raynell Andreychuk is a former judge and ambassador who chairs the committee overseeing the Senate’s new ethics and conflict of interest code. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q. Justice Minister Peter MacKay recently made controversial remarks on female judges. What was it like for you to be a woman...
UN to vote as early as Monday on crash resolution
Australia’s foreign minister says an urgent vote could take place as early as Monday in the U.N. Security Council on a resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site. …read more Source: Miami...
MH17 Ukraine Crash: Russian Roulette II
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UN Security Council to vote as early as Monday on Ukraine crash investigation
Australia’s foreign minister says an urgent vote could take place as early as Monday in the U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
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...
Brzezinski: Europe Risks Becoming A ‘Satellite’ Of Russia If It Doesn’t Stand Up To Putin
Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski came out swinging in an interview on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS show on Sunday. He challenged Europe’s leaders to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the wake of the crash of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, which US and Ukrainian intelligence believe was shot...
