--- description: THE WEEK PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO KIEV 'Republicans will not win again in my lifetime, for the presidency, unless they become a new GOP. '... title: Briefing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Briefing (20 Feb 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2014 3:30 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2014 3:30 PM CUT THE WEEK PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO KIEV ‘Republicans will not win again in my lifetime, for the presidency, unless they become a new GOP. ‘ RAND PAUL, Kentucky Senator, talking to Glenn Beck about his party’s need for “transformation” 3,000+ Approximate volume, in gallons, of crude oil spilled after a train derailed in Pennsylvania $2,000 Bond a South Carolina woman had to post after being jailed for not returning a VHS tape she rented in 2005 ‘Next Olympics I go to, I’m sure as heck not getting fifth.’ MIKAELA SHIFFRIN, U.S. Olympic skier, who fell short during the giant-slalom race in advance of her best event, the slalom, on Feb. 21 GOOD WEEK Candy Crush King, the game’s maker, saw profit soar 7,000% last year, according to its IPO filing BAD WEEK Coca-Cola Stock price fell after lackluster quarterly earnings ‘I AM TIRED OF LYING BY OMISSION.’ ELLEN PAGE, actress, coming out as gay during a speech for the Human Rights Campaign 900 ft. Width of an asteroid that whizzed by Earth at 27,000 m.p.h. ‘Welcome to 11:30, bitch!’ STEPHEN COLBERT, greeting Jimmy Fallon during Fallon’s debut as host of The Tonight Show ‘We want to make it clear … that we know how to take revenge.’ OMAR KHALID KHURASANI, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, after the group took responsibility for killing 23 paramilitary soldiers; the move was a response to the government’s supposed execution of Taliban prisoners Sources: The Blaze; CNN; New York Times (2); The Tonight Show ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/8692/briefing-57/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/8692/briefing-57/"},"headline":"Briefing (20 Feb 2014)","datePublished":"2014-02-20T15:30:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:02:14.809Z","description":"THE WEEK PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO KIEV 'Republicans will not win again in my lifetime, for the presidency, unless they become a new GOP. '...","url":"https://time.com/8692/briefing-57/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/8692/briefing-57/","name":"Briefing (20 Feb 2014)"}}]}] ```