Section: US & Canada
AIDS movement ‘lost a giant’ on Flight MH17 as researchers, activists believed killed
A large number of world-renowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an international conference in Australia were on board a Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday. …read more Source:...
Finger-pointing intensifies over jet shoot-down
As Ukrainian separatists and Kiev deny shooting down Malaysia Airlines jet, Russia claims “activity” at Ukrainian military missile site …read more Source:...
Woman loses relatives in 2 Malaysia air disasters
In an almost incomprehensible twist of fate, an Australian woman who lost her brother in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 learned on Friday that her stepdaughter was on the plane shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Malaysia Flight MH17 Black Box May Now Be In Moscow: Here’s A Complete Update On The Crash
At least one of the “black box” flight data recorders on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may already have been spirited away to Moscow by the pro-Russian separatist rebels who shot the plane down with a surface to air missile, killing 298 civilian people on board, according to The Telegraph and the BBC. Although the rebels said they...
Most passengers on doomed airliner were Dutch
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine on Thursday was carrying 298 people from at least 10 countries. Here is a breakdown of the nationalities of those on board: Netherlands: 173 Malaysia: 44 (including 15 crew and two infants) Australia: 27 Indonesia: 12 (including one infant) United Kingdom: 9...
MH 17 Shot Down? Yes, Missile Took Down Plane Over Ukraine, Source Confirms
WASHINGTON—American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile took down a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, a U.S. official said, but the Obama administration was still scrambling to confirm who launched the strike and whether there were American citizens killed in the crash. Vice President Joe Biden said the...
Malaysia Airlines crash: Why airlines didn’t avoid risky Ukraine airspace
The possibility that the civilian jetliner downed over war-torn eastern Ukraine with nearly 300 people onboard was hit by a missile could have profound consequences for the world’s airlines. …read more Source: FOX...
Dutch flags at half-staff as nation mourns crash
Flags flew are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Putin seeks impartial probe after plane downed
The Russian president, in a phone call with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, demanded a ‘thorough and unbiased’ investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
Markets Unnerved by Ukraine Plane Crash, Israel Operation
A run-up in geopolitical stress surrounding Russia and Israel has jolted markets, but investors’ search for safe assets is proving muted. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
