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There's also no sign of a breakthrough in the latest U.S.

broker talks over the war in Ukraine.

Wednesday's talks in Geneva were the third round organized by the U.S.

after meetings earlier this year in Abu Dhabi.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accusing Russia of trying to drag out the negotiations while it presses its invasion.

Meanwhile, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led a group of Democratic lawmakers to Odessa, a key Ukrainian port that's been hard hit in Russia's war, as Empire's Michelle Kellerman reports.

At the Winter Olympics, double drama, men's ice hockey as the two favorites, the U.S.

and Canada, were both forced into overtime at knockout quarterfinal games.

Steve Fetterman reports.

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Authorities in Northern California say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found.

They say the eight were found fairly close together and that three of them were discovered by the skiers who survived Tuesday's avalanche near Lake Tahoe.

One skier remains missing.

French authorities have arrested 11 suspects over the killing last week of a far-right activist by members of a far-left group, among them an assistant to a hard-left member of parliament.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the incident is becoming a political crisis that some are calling France's Charlie Kirk moment.

The major financial markets in Europe are slipping in early trading today following gains in Asia.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei closed up half a percentage point.

Stocks in South Korea jumped more than 3%.

I'm Jyle Snyder, NPR News.