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New York (AFP) - Stock markets charged higher Monday as investors cheered prospects that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end, after lawmakers reached a deal likely to...

Washington (AFP) - The United States will remove strong safety warnings on many hormone therapies used to alleviate menopausal symptoms, saying the risks have been exaggerated, authorities announced Monday. Hormone...

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Monday heard the case of a devout Rastafarian who is seeking damages after his knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was...

Washington (AFP) - The US health regulatory agency on Monday said it would direct manufacturers to remove a bold warning on many hormone therapies used to alleviate menopausal symptoms, saying...

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - The United Nations climate conference opened Monday in the Brazilian Amazon with pleas for the world to keep up the fight against global warming, even as...

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - In the race for AI dominance, American tech giants have the money and the chips, but their ambitions have hit a new obstacle: electric...

New York (AFP) - Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted Sunday in New York on federal charges involving rigged bets on individual pitches in Major League...

London (AFP) - The director general of the BBC announced his resignation Sunday following a row over the editing of a documentary about Donald Trump as the US president attacked...

Washington (AFP) - Air travel in the United States could soon "slow to a trickle," authorities warned Sunday as thousands more flights were cancelled or delayed and passengers faced chaos...

Washington (AFP) - The US civil aviation regulator ordered Saturday that all MD-11 cargo planes remain grounded for inspections, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in...