Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Ukraine, Gaza Weigh on U.S. Markets
Major U.S. indices all finishing Monday in the red. But there was plenty of action after the closing bell. Shares of Netflix rallying. Revenue met estimates as the streaming media company added over a million users in Q2, saying a price increase didn’t keep customers away. That overshadowed earnings that were slightly below estimates. And...
EU at Crossroads on Russia Sanctions
The piles of flowers grow outside Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport – the departure location of the doomed Malaysian jet carrying 298 passengers, 193 of them Dutch. The plane reportedly downed by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine now lies at the heart of the crisis. As the fighting rages on, so does international...
Pressure Grows on Putin as Dutch Reach Crash Victims
Dutch forensics experts finally gained access to the remains of the victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine after days of standoffs over access to the site and growing pressure on Russia to clear the way for a full international investigation. …read more Source: The Boston...
BBC Witnesses ‘Panic’ in Donetsk
Fergal Keane reports from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine where heavy fighting has been heard and “people are panicking”. …read more Source: The Boston...
Abbot’s Anger Over Air Crash Site
Australia’s prime minister’s launched an angry attack on activity at the scene of the MH17 plane crash which remains under the control of pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. Tony Abbott delivered a scathing assessment of the situation at the wreckage site which he says is more like a garden clean-up than a forensic investigation....
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...
Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet
The Ukrainian government said Saturday that it had proof that Russia had provided the surface-to-air missile system that shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Hiding Plane Crash Evidence
International observers have verified that a train, close to the Malaysian Airlines crash site, contained bags with frozen bodies. With armed rebels at their side, OSCE monitors took photographic evidence. But they were not let inside of the carriages. An anonymous representative said he did not know where the bodies were being taken next or...
Mourning Mass in the Netherlands
A Mourning mass was held in the Netherlands on Sunday for the 298 victims of the Malaysian aircraft shot down over eastern Ukraine. Many of the victims were from the Netherlands. In Harleem, in the north of the Netherlands, Catholics gathered at Saint Bavo Cathedral for a special memorial service where 298 candles were lit in the memory of those...
First Video to Show “Black Box” at Ukraine Crash Site
Newly released Reuters video shows men — wearing Ukrainian Emergency Ministry uniforms — recovering a flight recorder from the Malaysian airlines crash site. A man’s voice is heard saying “flight recorder” in Russian. The video was recorded Friday. On Sunday, the Ukrainian Separatist leader said they had found parts...
