China Eastern Airlines has grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-800 jets after China's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.A flight with 132 people aboard plunged into a forested area in southern China, causing a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images.Data from flight-tracking website FlightRadar24-dot-com shows the plane went into a deep dive from its cruising altitude of about 30-thousand feet and crashed about 90-seconds later.

A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says a 13 year old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people. NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday the truck's left front tire, which was a spare tire, also blew out before impact. One must be 14 in Texas to start taking classroom courses for a learner's license and 15 to receive that provisional license to drive with an instructor or licensed adult in the vehicle. The pickup crossed into the opposite lane on a darkened, two-lane highway before colliding head-on with a

The Texas Department of Public Safety says nine people were killed in a head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco says a pickup truck crossed the center line of a highway and crashed into a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams. They had been playing in a tournament in Midland, Texas. Blanco says six students were killed, along with a faculty member. The driver of the pickup and his 13 year ol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged members of the U-S Congress and all Americans to remember Pearl Harbor and September 11th.Zelenskyy used his video address to play an emotional video of the destruction and devastation in his country, saying Ukraine needs the U-S to do more to help it fight Russia.U-S President Joe Biden has insisted there will be no American troops in Ukraine and has resisted Zelenskyy's relentless pleas for warplanes as too risky, saying it could lead to World War Three.

Two journalists working for Fox News were killed in Ukraine after their vehicle came under fire outside of Kyiv, the network said Tuesday. The incident on Monday that took the lives of videographer Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra `Sasha' Kuvshynova's also injured reporter Benjamin Hall, who remains hospitalized. Their vehicle was struck while reporting in Horenka. Zakrzewski was a veteran war photographer who had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria for Fox. Kuvshynova was a 24 year old journalist helping the Fox crews navigate the country. They were the seco

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told M-Ps and senators that Russia is trying to annihilate his country.He used an address via video link to plead with Canadians to imagine the terror and horror of having cities bombed and destroyed and homes burned.Zelenskyy says he's grateful to the Canadian government for its support, but says sanctions so far have not been enough.He says what's needed is a no-fly zone to stop Russian planes and missiles.

Ukrainian and Russian officials have held a a new round of talks as Moscow's troops press their assault on Kyiv and other cities. Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted a photo of the two sides meeting by video link on Monday but said the talks had ended for the day and would resume Tuesday. Podolyak said on Twitter earlier that the negotiators would discuss ``peace, ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops & security guarantees.''Previous rounds were held in person on the border with Belarus, most recently a week ago, and failed to produce a breakthrough.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Vladimir Putin needs to know that the further targeting of civilians in Ukraine is going to be met with the severest of responses.Trudeau held a joint news conference with Poland's president, telling reporters that Russia is going to lose its war because of the resilience of Ukrainians and the united response from Western allies.Trudeau says Canada will help with a war crimes investigation following Russia's targeting of civilians and a maternity hospital in Mariupol. Later today, Trudeau plans to visit a temporary shelter for refugees.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced Canada is sending another 50-million-dollars in military equipment to Ukraine.The latest shipment will include cameras used in drones that are manufactured by a Canadian company.During a news conference in Berlin with Germany's chancellor, Trudeau admitted getting the equipment into Ukraine hasn't been easy, but believes the challenges aren't insurmountable.Trudeau and Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and energy security in Europe, which is heavily reliant on Russian oil and gas.