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Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A California bookmaker who took at least 19,000 bets from the former interpreter of Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to one year...

Panama City (AFP) - US banana giant Chiquita Brands will resume operations in Panama and rehire thousands of workers fired after a crippling strike, the government of the Central American...

Washington (AFP) - The United States said Friday it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month's UN General Assembly, where France is leading a...

Venice (AFP) - Julia Roberts said she hoped to "stir it all up" for viewers of her new film about a university professor grappling with fraught US campus politics, as the...

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Friday ended tariff exemptions on small packages entering the country from abroad, in a move that has sparked concern among small businesses and...

Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela has breathed new life into independence hero Simon Bolivar and other long-dead historical figures, using their artificial intelligence avatars to drum up military reservists in view...

Washington (AFP) - An approaching US deadline to end tariff exemptions on small parcels has tripped up global deliveries to the world's biggest economy, with some businesses halting shipments to...

Minneapolis (AFP) - A shooter who sprayed bullets into a church filled with young students was "obsessed with the idea of killing children," investigators said Thursday, after reviewing writings and...

Washington (AFP) - An approaching US deadline to end tariff exemptions on small parcels has tripped up global deliveries to the world's biggest economy, with businesses halting shipments to American...

Miami (AFP) - A man convicted of the 1992 murders of three people has been put to death by lethal injection in Florida on Thursday in the 11th execution in...