Steve Simmons

A pro-European integration protester sits in a burnt police bus after a rally near government administration buildings in Kiev January 20, 2014. With tension still high, about 1,000 protesters confronted police on Monday near Kiev's main government headqu

New clashes in Kiev, reviewing the guest list for Syria’s peace talks, and Russian fears of ‘black widows’

Global Scan

The situation in Kiev remains volatile, with protesters in favor of closer ties with the European Union burning buses and hurling projectiles at police. And planned Syria peace talks in Geneva this week were nearly derailed by a UN invitation to include Iran. And Russia is looking for four women it is worried may be planning suicide attacks at the Sochi Olympics. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.

US sailors sue over radiation illnesses they blame on Fukushima

Health & Medicine
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