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Live updates: Ukraine says talks focusing on security guarantees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 06:55 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The United Nations chief has launched an initiative to immediately explore possible arrangements for “a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine” in order to allow the delivery of desperately...

New round of talks aims to stop the fighting in Ukraine

Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 06:52 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Another round of talks aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine is scheduled for Tuesday as the fighting looks increasingly like a stalemate on the ground, with the two sides trading control of a town in...

Live updates: Support for Ukraine shown at Oscars

Monday, 28 March 2022, 07:42 Last update: about 6 years ago

At the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night, attendees expressed support for Ukraine by going silent for 30 seconds. A tribute that started with words from the Ukrainian-born...

Ukraine pleads for help, says Russia wants to split nation

Monday, 28 March 2022, 07:37 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea. Zelenskyy...

At a pugnacious Oscars, Apple's feel-good 'CODA' triumphs

Monday, 28 March 2022, 07:34 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top...

Biden lashes at Putin, calls for Western resolve for freedom

Sunday, 27 March 2022, 06:24 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

President Joe Biden delivered a forceful and highly personal condemnation of Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday, summoning a call for liberal democracy and a durable resolve among Western...

Live updates: Russians in Czech Republic protesting invasion

Saturday, 26 March 2022, 06:17 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Russian forces in Ukraine appear to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv to instead prioritizing what Moscow calls the liberation of the contested Donbas...

Russians shift focus from Kyiv — scaling back goals in war?

Saturday, 26 March 2022, 06:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Russian forces in Ukraine seem to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv, the capital, to instead prioritizing what Moscow calls liberation of the contested Donbas region in...

Pope's peace prayer for Ukraine recalls Fatima prophecy

Saturday, 26 March 2022, 06:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine in a ceremony Friday that harked back to a century-old apocalyptic prophecy about peace and Russia that was sparked by purported visions of the Virgin Mary to...

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