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The diplomatic move, also involving France and Germany, is the result of increased Western concern over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The U.S. has hinted at sending weapons to Ukraine, but the German government is not on board.

Lavrov and Kerry have been point men for their respective countries' interests in Ukraine over the past year.

The company currently has over 300,000 employees, of whom 115,000 are based in Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are scheduled to meet Putin in Moscow on Friday.

The Russian and Greek leaders talked Thursday about gas projects, which could help alleviate economic woes in both countries.

NATO's top leaders met Thursday to discuss an expansion of its rapid-reaction force from 13,000 to 30,000 troops.

The decision came after Greece's new finance minister claimed that the ECB would do "whatever it takes" to support member states.

The survey, carried out mostly before the ECB announced its QE program to boost the economy, pointed to first-quarter growth of 0.3 percent.

The bulk of the crisis was over by the time aid hit the areas most affected by the Ebola outbreak.

Sending weapons to Ukraine could escalate fighting, but may be necessary to confront Russia's wider aggression.

A crucial interception and a stellar performance by Tom Brady prompted millions of Twitter postings during the Super Bowl.

Sunday’s live telecast delivered a new Twitter high for the Super Bowl but fell short of a World Cup semifinal match in July.

Alexis Tsipras, Greece's leftist prime minister, says he intends to pursue his mandate of renegotiating debt terms with Europe.

The survey's results were mostly collected before the European Central Bank announced a near-trillion euro quantitative easing program.

Arsenal made easy work of Aston Villa Sunday in a 5-0 win. Also, a look at the latest transfer rumors.

In just two weeks since the Facebook group was created, more than 10,000 members have signed up for "Date an Inmate" in Denmark.

The call comes one day after the latest round of truce talks buckled in Minsk Saturday.

Greece has enough money on hand to meet its February and March obligations of 3.5 billion euros ($3.95 billion) but not anything beyond that.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he is confident “we will soon manage to reach a mutually beneficial agreement" with Europe.

With transfer season closing soon, Wenger may have his eye on the German national.