A fire burns at the barricades on the outskirts of Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine’s presidency said Friday that it has negotiated an international deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- UKRAINE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES EARLY ELECTIONS
Yanukovych also promises to form coalition government in bid to defuse crisis, end fighting in Kiev between police and protesters.
- WHY FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT IS FADING AS A POLITICAL ISSUE
Annual spending gap has fallen sharply, lawmakers are tired of budget battles, and public has shifted its focus to issues like health care.
- LIFE OF YOUNG WOMAN IN YEMEN IS ENTANGLED WITH AL-QAIDA
Story of Abeer al-Hassani, her ex-husband and three brothers provides rare look at one branch of the terror network.
- WHO OBAMA WILL HOST AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama coming for a meeting. Visit could hurt already tense relations with China, which denounces him as a separatist.