MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND — The long-awaited second international conference on Syria opened with confrontational statements by the country's government and opposition Wednesday, and their main international backers, Russia and the United States, also presented opposing viewpoints.
Heavy snowfall, the heaviest of the year, is forecast in areas of the eastern United States Tuesday and temperatures are expected to fall to 10-25 degrees below normal.
President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican during a week-long trip to Europe set for late March.
The human rights group Oxfam reported that the wealth of the world's 85 richest people is equal to that of the poorer half the world's population.