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Russia, Ukraine and the US are holding peace talks in Abu Dhabi. They're coming at a key moment 01/23/2026 12:58pm • Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys met in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington's push for progress to end Moscow���s nearly 4-year-old invasion. The talks follow a flurry of d What weather apps sometimes miss about dangerous winter storm conditions 01/23/2026 12:57pm • Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it's better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like the one blowing through the U.S. The multistate storm An avalanche in Pakistan and snowstorms in neighboring Afghanistan kill at least 20 people 01/23/2026 12:54pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� An avalanche killed nine members of a single family in northwestern Pakistan on Friday while a heavy snowstorm the day before in neighboring Afghanistan left 11 people dead, officials said. Winter storms also stranded thousands of tourists and blocked roads near Islamabad, the Pak Swiss court orders release on bail of bar owner in probe of fatal New Year's fire 01/23/2026 12:49pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� A court on Friday ordered the release on bail of one of the owners of the Swiss bar where a fire broke out during a New Year's celebration, killing 40 people and injuring more than 100. The court of compulsory measures in the southwestern Valais region on Jan. 12 ordered three months Kishan and Yadav blast New Zealand for India to lead T20 series 2-0 01/23/2026 12:44pm • RAIPUR, India (AP) ��� Ishan Kishan and captain Suryakumar Yadav blasted half-centuries for India to beat New Zealand by seven wickets and lead their Twenty20 series 2-0 on Friday. Kishan smacked 76 off 32 balls with 11 boundaries and four sixes. Yadav top-scored with 82 not out off 37 balls, with n Italian expert's manufactured snow will play big role at the Milan Cortina Games 01/23/2026 12:35pm • Davide Cerato will play a major role in skiing and snowboarding events at the upcoming Olympics, but he won't be competing. The Italian snowmaking expert is responsible for perfecting several of the courses that will feature in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, and he takes his job seriously. ��� US hits 9 tankers with sanctions over Iranian oil during protest crackdown and internet shutdown 01/23/2026 12:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a fleet of nine ships and their owners accused of transporting hundreds of millions of dollars in forbidden Iranian oil to foreign markets. The sanctions are being imposed because of Iran���s ���shutdown of internet access to conc The next Eric Heiden? US speedskater Jordan Stolz draws comparisons ahead of Milan Cortina Olympics 01/23/2026 12:20pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Jordan Stolz appreciates that people liken what he will be trying to do at the Milan Cortina Winter Games to Eric Heiden���s record five speedskating gold medals at Lake Placid in 1980. Who wouldn���t be flattered? ���It���s a cool comparison because not everybody is able to have Morocco urges African fraternity after surge in hate speech linked to chaotic Africa Cup final 01/23/2026 12:11pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� King Mohammed VI of Morocco is appealing for fraternity with African nations as rights groups warn of a rise of hate speech in the country following a chaotic final in the Africa Cup of Nations. Host Morocco was beaten 1-0 in extra time by Senegal in a game Sunday that saw Se The College Football Playoff will remain 12 teams after SEC and Big Ten failed to agree on expansion 01/23/2026 12:09pm • IRVING, Texas (AP) ��� The College Football Playoff will remain 12 teams after SEC and Big Ten failed to agree on expansion. Texas QB Arch Manning has 'minor' foot surgery but should return for spring practice 01/23/2026 12:07pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Texas quarterback Arch Manning had foot surgery this week and will be limited in off-season workouts, the school announced Friday. He is expected to return for spring practice. Texas officials called the procedure ���minor��� and said it was a ���preventative measure to addres Icebreakers, the key tech to unlock Greenland, are only made by either US allies or adversaries 01/23/2026 12:02pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The cold, hard reality facing any U.S., NATO or European plans for Greenland is the ice. It chokes harbors, entombs minerals, and freezes shorelines into minefields of white and blue shards that threaten ships all year. And the only way to break through all that is, well, with iceb German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump 01/23/2026 11:54am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A German soccer federation executive committee member says it���s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump. Oke G��ttlich, the president of Bundesliga club St. Pauli and one of the German federation���s 10 vice presidents, told the Ha Kosovo authorities arrest over 100 people over alleged ballot manipulation in December vote 01/23/2026 11:52am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ��� Authorities in Kosovo on Friday detained 109 people in connection with alleged vote manipulation that has led to a recount of last month's early parliamentary election in the Balkan country. 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