Section: Time (USA)
Malaysians Want the Bodies of Their MH17 Dead Back Before the Ramadan Fast Ends
Dusk settles and Malaysia comes together to break the daily fasting of Ramadan. Hundreds of people in elegant attire mill about the lavish iftar buffet at Marriott Hotel in Putrajaya, 25 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Two floors down, however, the mood is less festive. There, MH17 relatives gather around tables in one of the conference rooms and yearn...
China’s Response to the MH17 Tragedy? Condemn the West
On July 18, shortly after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed over eastern Ukraine, extinguishing 298 lives, China’s Xinhua state news agency cautioned against making snap judgments. The U.S. and other Western nations had begun to finger pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine for shooting down the Boeing 777 passenger plane, but Xinhua dismissed...
Malaysia, the World’s Unluckiest Airline, Will Now Struggle to Survive
Only four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished somewhere in the Indian Ocean with 239 passengers on board, Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, causing the loss of another 298 souls — an unprecedented blow to a major international airline. Even a robust operator would have trouble overcoming twin disasters like that. But the...
The BRICS Don’t Like the Dollar-Dominated World Economy, but They’re Stuck With It
When the BRICS get together for their annual summit — as they did last week in Brazil — they always make a lot of noise about changing the way the global economy works. They have good reason to be frustrated. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are gaining in economic power and crave the political clout to match,...
MH17 Ukraine Crash: Russian Roulette II
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Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Australia Mulls G20 Putin Ban
The giant Létourneau pipe organ at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral sounded particularly somber Sunday morning as Prime Minister Tony Abbott and other Australian dignitaries joined hundreds of mourners at a service to commemorate victims of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was most likely hit by a missile before crashing...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Kerry Tells Russia to Take Responsibility
Secretary of State John Kerry asked Russia on Sunday to “step up” and take responsibility for the Ukrainian rebels who are suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. “It’s pretty clear that this is a system that was transferred from Russia,” Kerry said on...
Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Rebels Will Hand Over Black Boxes
MoreMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Families Left in Limbo‘Unreal’ Scenes from UkraineMalaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: Who Shot Down Flight MH17?Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine will turn over the black boxes from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to European aviation officials, the separatists’ leaders said Sunday. Flight 17 is widely...
Rebels to Give MH17 Black Boxes to Aviation Group
TOREZ, Ukraine — Rebels have recovered the black boxes from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and will hand them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization, a rebel leader said Sunday. MoreWhy Did Pro-Russia Rebels Seize Bodies at Gunpoint? To Be ‘Humane’ NBC NewsOn The Move: 50 Die as Thousands Flee Intense Shelling...
Ukraine Rebels Haul Away Victims of Malaysia Airlines Crash
MoreMalaysian Authorities Sharpen Tone on MH17 Attack, Call for JusticePutin’s Defiance After Malaysia Airlines Crash Points to Further IsolationismLives Lost: Remembering Karlijn Keijzer, Indiana University Rower and ChemistThe engine of the old Zil military truck sputtered as the rebel fighter put the gearbox in reverse, mixing the smell...
