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Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Growing up in a rural, religious community in western Canada, Kyle McCarthy loved hockey, but once he came out at 19, he quit, convinced being openly...

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Elon Musk's platform X announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, but the Philippines on Thursday said...

Caracas (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had held a "long call" with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez, the first known contact between the two leaders since...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - The number of people tuning in to watch the Golden Globe Awards shrank this year, organizers announced Wednesday, as Hollywood's gala evenings continue to...

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - California launched an investigation Wednesday into Elon Musk's xAI after its Grok chatbot generated sexualized images of women and children, as European officials said...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - Don't say the c-word. Global temperatures soared in 2025, but a NASA statement published Wednesday alongside its latest benchmark annual report makes no reference to...

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, global climate monitors...

Nairobi (AFP) - African manufacturers on Wednesday welcomed US lawmakers' approval for renewing their duty-free access but called for urgency in finalising the deal. The African Growth and Opportunity Act...

Copenhagen (AFP) - US President Donald Trump has stepped up his designs on Denmark's autonomous territory Greenland, but questions abound about why he seeks to take it over when the...

New York (AFP) - US luxury retail group Saks Global, the heavily indebted parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, said Wednesday it had filed for...