General News

Washington (AFP) - A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on Tuesday, the first...

Washington (AFP) - Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment -- these are just a few of the challenges space travelers face on long-duration missions, even before considering the...

Colorado Springs (United States) (AFP) - Dressed in a floral shawl, Benji Dezaval carefully places hallucinogenic mushrooms on the tongues of the faithful of his Colorado "psychedelic church," as if...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Monday picked Michelle Bowman to be the Federal Reserve's next vice chair for supervision, tapping someone seen as favoring a lighter touch...

(AFP) - Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, who has been found liable of sexual assault, met Donald Trump during a Saint Patrick's Day visit on Monday during which...

Geneva (AFP) - Washington has questioned UN agencies, nonprofits and charities that received US funds on whether they have "communist" links or support "gender ideology", and other topics targeted by...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Conan O'Brien will return to host a second consecutive Oscars, the Academy said Monday, after this month's well-reviewed gala drew almost 20 million viewers...

Washington (AFP) - The death toll from tornadoes and violent storms that ravaged the central and southern United States over the weekend has risen to at least 40 people, with...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in international waters begins...

(AFP) - US officials expressed optimism Sunday that a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal could be reached in "weeks," as President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss...