Improving the safety of air travel

March 18, 2014 - Daily News Briefing

It’s been 10 days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared.

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In the most comprehensive sanctions against Russia since the end of the cold war, President Obama on Monday froze the US assets of seven Russian officials, including top advisers to President Vladimir Putin, for their support of Crimea’s vote to secede from Ukraine. The European Union followed a similar course. Meanwhile, the head of the referendum election commission said that the final results show that 97 percent of voters supported leaving Ukraine to join Russia.

The chief Palestinian negotiator says Israel must choose between building West Bank settlements or a peace agreement but “they can’t have both.” Speaking to reporters Monday, Saeb Erekat signaled that Palestinian authorities are prepared to end nine months of negotiations if an agreement for peace is not reached by an April 29 deadline set last summer.

The search for the missing Malaysian jet pushed deep into the northern and southern hemispheres Monday as Australia scoured the southern Indian Ocean and Kazakhstan – more than 6,000 miles to the northwest – answered Malaysia’s call for help in the unprecedented hunt.

Researchers say they have spotted evidence that a split-second after the Big Bang, the newly formed universe ballooned out at a pace so astonishing that it left behind ripples in the fabric of the cosmos. On Monday they reported that they had found the evidence by peering into the faint light that remains from the Big Bang of nearly 14 billion years ago.

A predawn earthquake rolled across the Los Angeles basin Monday, shaking buildings along a 150-mile swath of southern California but causing no major damage. It was one of the largest earthquakes to hit Los Angeles since a deadly magnitude-6.7 Northridge quake caused $25 billion in damage in 1994.

US factory output rebounded strongly in February after harsh winter storms caused a steep drop-off in production in January. The Federal Reserve said Monday that factory production surged 0.8 percent, nearly reversing a 0.9 percent plunge in January.

China has announced plans to expand its cities and improve public services to support economic growth by allowing millions more rural residents to migrate to urban jobs. The Cabinet plan issued Sunday calls for raising the share of China’s population of almost 1.4 billion people living in cities to 60 percent from 53.7 percent now, a shift of about 90 million people.

US Navy SEALs seized an oil tanker off the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, stopping an attempt by a Libyan militia to sell the shipload of crude in defiance of the Libyan government. Supporters of the militia, which calls for autonomy for the eastern half of Libya, vowed Monday to try again to export oil from the ports they control.

British telecommunications company Vodafone agreed on Monday to buy Spain’s Ono for $10 billion as it seeks to expand operations across Europe.

Compiled from wire service reports

“The object of the Monitor is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.” – Mary Baker Eddy

The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

British telecommunications company Vodafone agreed on Monday to buy Spain’s Ono for $10 billion as it seeks to expand operations across Europe.

Compiled from wire service reports

“The object of the Monitor is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.” – Mary Baker Eddy

The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

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