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Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis is alert and still making jokes despite having double pneumonia, Italy's prime minister said Wednesday after visiting the 88-year-old pontiff in hospital. Francis was...

New York (AFP) - Global stocks were under pressure Wednesday after US President Donald Trump broadened his tariff threats, leaving European bourses lower even as the S&P 500 notched a...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty of two counts of felony assault at the conclusion of a trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday....

(AFP) - President Donald Trump sniped at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky Tuesday and effectively blamed him for Moscow's invasion -- even as he said he was more confident of a...

Geneva (AFP) - The sweeping tariffs threatened or already imposed by US President Donald Trump risk triggering inflation, market distortions, and even a global recession, China said Tuesday at the...

New York (AFP) - Global stock markets held largely steady on Tuesday as top US and Russian diplomats held their first high-level discussions since Russia invaded Ukraine.  The talks, which...

(AFP) - The Trump administration has put an "anti-fraud expert" in charge of Social Security, long a politically untouchable entitlement program, the White House confirmed Tuesday after the previous chief...

Washington (AFP) - An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3. 1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released Tuesday -- making it...

Berlin (AFP) - US director Richard Linklater and long-time collaborator Ethan Hawke have teamed up again for "one-scene" musical drama "Blue Moon" which premiered at the Berlin film festival on...

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Dramatic new footage released on Tuesday showed a passenger plane hitting the runway hard and flipping upside down at Toronto's airport, as investigations began into the...