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Zelenskyy travels to UAE as momentum grows for talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

By JON GAMBRELL
Feb 17, 2025 11:44 am - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates on Monday as momentum grows for potential peace talks ending Russia's war on the country.
Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv

By MATTHEW LEE, JUSTIN SPIKE and BARRY HATTON
Feb 17, 2025 8:00 am - Senior American and Russian officials, including the countries’ top diplomats, will hold talks on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor nearly three years ago.
'Life-threatening cold' expected as polar vortex stretches across U.S. after deadly weekend flooding

Feb 17, 2025 7:56 am - Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 10 people, including nine victims in Kentucky who died during flooding from heavy rains.
As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved

By Natalie Allison and Dan Diamond
Feb 15, 2025 8:47 pm - Federal and nonprofit employees across Washington are reeling, some preparing to be jobless as President Donald Trump takes an ax to their agencies. Government aid worker...
A 23-year-old man stabbed 5 people in Austria killing 1 in what police describe as a random attack

By STEPHANIE LICHTENSTEIN
Feb 15, 2025 6:49 pm - VIENNA — A 23-year-old man stabbed six passersby in southern Austria on Saturday in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and five others inju...
As Trump vents about COVID, experts worry his moves could worsen next threat

By Dan Diamond and Lena H. Sun
Feb 15, 2025 5:18 pm - In Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday was told to lay off an estimated 10% of its staff, including nearly an entire class of “disease detec...
Trump moves with dizzying speed on his to-do list. But there are warning signs in his first month

By WILL WEISSERT, JOSH BOAK and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Feb 15, 2025 5:03 pm - WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump approaches the first-month mark in his second term, he has moved with dizzying speed and blunt force to reorder American social and...
Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges from backlogged courts amid major government cuts

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Feb 15, 2025 3:34 pm - SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal...
Zelenskyy, Scholz take strong stands as new line from Washington under Trump jolts Europe

By PHILIPP JENNE, SUSIE BLANN and EMMA BURROWS
Feb 15, 2025 8:33 am - Two top European leaders stiffened their spines Saturday over unsettling new policies from Washington under President Donald Trump, as Ukraine’s president urged creation of an “armed forces of Europe” and the leader of Germany denounced meddling in its election after U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with a German far-right leader.
Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases hundreds of prisoners as fragile ceasefire holds

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, MELANIE LIDMAN and JALAL BWAITEL
Feb 15, 2025 8:12 am - Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages Saturday and Israeli forces freed hundreds of prisoners in return, in the latest indication that a fragile ceasefire that had teetered in recent days is holding.

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