Section: US & Canada
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:...
‘This is in a hot war zone’: The challenges of investigating the Malaysia plane crash
Investigators assigned to the crash of the Malaysia airline jetliner face the additional obstacles of conducting a probe in the middle of a major regional conflict, a significant challenge that could pose major hurdles and compromise the investigation. …read more Source:...
Who Did It? What We Know About the Ukraine Jet Crash
Two days after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over contested Ukrainian territory many questions surrounding the tragedy remain unanswered. …read more Source:...
Airlines symbolize nations’ hopes or reflect shame
FILE -In this Friday, July 18, 2014, file photo, a piece of a plane with the sign “Malaysia Airlines” lies in the grass as a group of Ukrainian coal miners search the site of a crashed Malaysi… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
10 Art Exhibits to Discover This Summer
The summer season is the perfect time to catch up on art: gallery and museum openings are slow, which gives art aficionados a chance to visit all the shows they might have missed. MoreAn Artist Turned His Childhood Drawings Into This Beautiful, Surrealist SeriesNew Museum Puts Spotlight on Art From the Arab WorldSecond Life: Could Brazil’s...
Drudge Report Highlights Question About MH17 Flight ‘Who Shot It Down?’ With a Photo of Putin
Drudge Report is highlighting the big question about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on Friday. The conservative webpage, which provides links to top stories of the day, has as its biggest link a New York Times story that explores who actually shot down MH17 over eastern Ukraine on Thursday. Igor Girkin–also known as Igor Strelkov–the...
Police: 9 dead, 43 injured in bus crash in Germany
BERLIN — Several buses crashed on a German highway near the eastern city of Dresden, leaving nine people dead and 43 injured, police said Saturday.The crash, which happened about 2 a.m. Saturday, involved a Polish bus, a Ukrainian bus and a Polish minibus, said Dresden police.According to a preliminary investigation, the Polish bus hit the...
Malaysia Airlines crash shows cruelty — and mercy — of fate
The circumstances surrounding a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down in Ukraine on Thursday not only demonstrate the risk of flying over war-torn regions, but also show how fate can determine the victims and survivors of major disasters. …read more Source:...
Interview: RT Is About ‘Pointing Fingers’ Says Ex-Correspondent Who Resigned
Sara Firth, a London-based correspondent with RT (previously known as Russia Today), has resigned in protest at the channel’s coverage of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Firth told RFE/RL’s Golnaz Esfandiari that the Russian state run news channel is all about “pointing fingers” and...
