The talks in Geneva, Switzerland, were expected to focus on Ukrainian-held territory in the east that Russia wants to control as the price of peace. Kyiv has said that demand is a nonstarter.

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Nicknamed “Tomba la Bomba,” the Italian skier was a global superstar before he drifted from the limelight. Decades later, the Winter Games have given him a new platform.

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Life and business are back along a road once defined by war damage. But even with improved security, Afghans are desperate for jobs and development.

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Trading of Japanese government bonds, long considered moribund, is roaring back to life as fears of the country’s debt have sent yields surging.

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NYU Langone Health cited the “current regulatory environment” in its decision to discontinue its gender medicine program for minors.

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High winds were fueling the risk of wildfires across the Southwest and the Plains, and an Oklahoma town faced a mandatory evacuation. Officials said the weather had caused a deadly pileup in Colorado.

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A New York City election worker told an undercover reporter he would not report non-citizens trying to register to vote, saying "that's not my job."

What they Rangers needed in the short term was a break, and it was welcomed for both mental and physical rest.

UCLA might need more than a lineup change. How about a whole new roster? This team seems incapable of putting up a fight against top opponents based on what’s happened the last two games as part of a season that’s quickly unraveling

The LADP's pilot program, which sends drones to 911 calls before officers arrive, was bolstered by the $2.1 million gift from LA Police Foundation.

CEO said services have restarted after termination of grants led to criticism that US was ceding ground to China

Radio Free Asia has resumed broadcasts to people in China, its chief executive said on Tuesday, after Trump administration cuts last year largely forced the US-funded outlet to cease operations.

For years, RFA and its sister outlets, including Voice of America (VOA), had been financed with funding approved by the US Congress and overseen by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

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• Football club donation equal to prize money Ukraine pays gold medallists

• Heraskevych barred from racing while wearing ‘helmet of memory’

The owner of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk has donated more than $200,000 to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych. The athlete was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games before competing over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, the club said on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Heraskevych was disqualified last week when the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation jury ruled that imagery on the helmet — depicting athletes killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 — breached rules on athletes’ expression at the Games.

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Kimmel, 58, is billed as the event’s “special guest,” just below former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). 

We were deprived of the intra-Rangers matchup a year ago at 4 Nations, with Zibanejad missing Sweden’s round-robin finale against the U.S. after coming down with the illness

California's High Speed Rail Authority chief has revealed he will take a leave of absence after being arrested over a domestic violence dispute with his fiancée.

Baty’s hamstring discomfort emerged about two weeks ago, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, during offseason workouts.

The maniac allegedly told police he was trying to kill her – and had been planning to since Christmas.

The current charts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2026-2027 budget reveal how spending has exploded during his governorship.

One Nation leader’s statements about Muslims also labelled ‘bigoted and wrong’ by NSW minister for multiculturalism

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Australia’s race discrimination commissioner has called on Pauline Hanson to apologise for inflammatory comments about Australian Muslims, amid backlash to comments denounced by others as “reprehensible”.

Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman said Hanson was targeting Muslims with her increasingly inflammatory comments, joining condemnation from across the political spectrum.

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The right-hander will pitch for Team USA.

It appears Deandre Ayton ran into trouble on his way back to Los Angeles.

The social media star's father pleaded not guilty to the charges.

In what is becoming a regular occurrence, someone trans-identifying is accused of committing a mass murder, this time during a high school hockey game, in suburban Rhode Island.

LA's schools boss often puts ICE on blast -- but now police have told protesting students to chill.