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New York (AFP) - Tensions flared again Monday among jurors in the sex crimes retrial of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, raising the risk of a deadlocked jury and a...

London (AFP) - NATO head Mark Rutte on Monday urged a "quantum leap" in defence capabilities including a "400-percent increase" in air and missile defence to shield the alliance against...

London (AFP) - NATO head Mark Rutte was on Monday to urge a "quantum leap" in defence capabilities including a "400-percent increase" in air and missile defence to shield the...

Nice (France) (AFP) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans "become the wild west", at the start in France...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Police ordered the public to disperse from downtown Los Angeles after further unrest, with cars torched and security forces firing tear gas at protesters,...

New York (AFP) - "Maybe Happy Ending," a South Korean musical adapted for Broadway about two robots who find connection, won big at Sunday's Tony Awards, scooping up six prizes...

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump's sweeping new travel ban came into effect early Monday immediately after midnight, barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States and...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Demonstrators torched cars and scuffled with security forces in Los Angeles on Sunday as police kept protesters away from the National Guard troops President Donald...

(AFP) - Donald Trump's deployment of California's National Guard marks the first time in decades that a US president openly defied a state governor and sent troops to an emergency...

Herald Harbor (United States) (AFP) - For many just a tasty delicacy, the oyster may actually be the hero the world needs to fight environmental degradation -- and volunteers like...