Section: KXAN (USA)
Ukrainian woman, daughter among dead in Burkina Faso attack
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says a Ukrainian woman and her daughter were among those killed when al-Qaida fighters attacked a popular cafe and hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgeny Ignatovsky told 112 Ukraina television on Sunday that the woman and her husband owned the cafe...
Uneasy times: What to look out for at Davos this year
LONDON (AP) — Extremist attacks, plunging markets, and the break-neck pace of technological innovation. The world is beset by uncertainties as 2,500 business executives, political leaders and activists gather in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos this week. Although the glitzy event, which features speeches, panels and debates, has drawn criticism...
Ukraine expects to restore control over rebel east this year
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says he expects the government to restore control over the separatist-held eastern Ukraine before the year’s end. A military conflict between government forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed more than 9,000 people and left parts of the Ukrainian industrial heartland in ruin since fighting...
Poland’s PM: No risk of EU sanctions against Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Beata Szydlo says she does not believe the European Union will impose sanctions on Poland over its new laws that have been criticize as running counter to the block’s principle of the rule of law. The EU on Wednesday decided to carry out a preliminary assessment of new Polish laws...
Russia asks Dutch officials to look into new MH17 evidence
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian aviation officials say they have uncovered new evidence about the 2014 downing of a Malaysian jet over eastern Ukraine and are asking Dutch investigators to look into the findings. The Dutch Safety Board said in its final report released in October that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was destroyed by a Soviet-made Buk...
Alps avalanche: Students may have skied ahead of teacher
PARIS (AP) — A French official says that some high school students swept away by a deadly avalanche in the Alps may have skied ahead of their teacher. Jean-Paul Bonnetain, top administrative official for the Isere region, urged all skiers to heed avalanche warnings after three people were killed at the Deux-Alpes ski resort Wednesday. Two were...
Negotiators vow to enforce cease-fire in eastern Ukraine
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine have pledged to make a new effort to enforce a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine and exchange prisoners. OSCE envoy Martin Sajdik says the parties agreed to make a new attempt to fully halt fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels. He spoke after Wednesday’s...
Lithuania marks 25th anniversary of Soviet crackdown
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With flowers and solemn speeches, Lithuanians are marking the 25th anniversary of a deadly Soviet crackdown that failed to quash the Baltic country’s quest for independence. Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday outside Parliament and near a TV tower in Vilnius to honor the 14 people killed when Soviet troops and...
UN: International migration surged 41 percent since 2000
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The number of people who migrated to foreign countries surged by 41 percent in the last 15 years to reach 244 million in 2015, according to a United Nations study released Tuesday. Of those people, 20 million are refugees. The U.N. is planning a series of meeting to address migration in 2016, including a March 30 gathering...
Timeline of Russia’s doping scandal and of IAAF papers
PARIS (AP) — A timeline of how internal IAAF documents reported by The Associated Press fit into Russia’s sports doping crisis: —July 6, 2009: IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss tells Russian athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichev of “the constant difficulties in testing” elite Russian athletes who will compete at the World Championships in...
