Section: US & Canada
Tributes round the world for victims of Ukraine crash
Families and small communities around the world pay tribute to the 298 people on board the Malaysian jet, which crashed in eastern Ukraine. Sarah Toms reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
China Hesitant to Accuse Russia for Plane Crash
The missile attack against a civilian airliner high above eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 aboard, is already seen as a pivotal moment in the Ukraine crisis. China has said the conflict is an internal struggle that should be negotiated peacefully, but has resisted joining Western-led sanctions against Moscow. After the MH17 crash, China joined...
Putin’s Defiance After Malaysian Airlines Crash Points to Further Isolationsim
At some point on Thursday evening, just after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 blew apart over some wheat field in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin had a chance to take stock of his options. There were essentially two. The Russian President could stand behind the rebel fighters in eastern Ukraine, even as suspicion grew that they were responsible for...
Buses From Ukraine And Poland Crash In Germany, Killing Nine
In Germany, at least nine people were killed on July 19 when several buses crashed into each other on a highway near the city of Dresden. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Raw: Crash site has been compromised
Malaysia’s transport minister expresses deep concern over preservation of plane crash site in Ukraine. (July 19) …read more Source: USA...
Malaysia ‘deeply concerned’ that Ukraine site where jetliner went down not ‘properly secured’
Malaysia’s transport minister says the country is “deeply concerned” that the site in Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down with 298 people onboard “has not been properly secured.” Liow Tiong Lai said at a news conference Saturday in Kuala Lumpur that “the integrity of the site has been...
Ukraine says Russia helping destroy crash evidence
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory with 298 people onboard.The government in Kiev said militiamen have removed 38 bodies from the crash site in eastern Ukraine and have taken them to the rebel-held...
Russia helping destroy Flight MH17 crash evidence, Ukraine says
Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of assisting separatist rebels in destroying evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down with 298 people onboard. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says Russia helping destroy crash evidence
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory with 298 people onboard. While the delegation was leaving under orders from armed rebel overseers, two Ukrainian members lingered to look at a fragment of the...
Crash site in Ukraine goes neglected
Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 lay splayed for miles across silent rural fields in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. Two days after the jet crashed, some bodies remained strapped in seat belts — wearing inflight headphones. …read more Source:...
