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Washington (AFP) - A former US telecom company employee who provided information about Chinese dissidents and Falun Gong members to China was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday,...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said Monday its air defences had shot down eight ballistic missiles fired by Ukraine, amid heightened tensions over Kyiv's use of Western-supplied long-range arms against...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Lyle and Erik Menendez are set to face a judge Monday as the campaign to free them from their life sentences for the shotgun...

Washington (AFP) - Through an avalanche of giving in amounts from $10 to $10 million, Americans have proved their love for Paris's Notre Dame cathedral, mobilizing to support the rebirth...

Middletown (United States) (AFP) - The planned reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant is praised as a boon for Pennsylvania and a boost for AI, but it is...

New York (AFP) - US shoppers are coming out in force this holiday season, but the festiveness is being tempered by inflationary pressures that have abated but not completely faded....

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Forced to flee Iran, dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof says it is bittersweet that his latest movie will contend at the Oscars -- under the...

Caracas (AFP) - Venezuelan opposition leaders called Saturday for mass protests on December 1 against President Nicolas Maduro's contested reelection, as his government claimed it had uncovered another alleged "destabilization"...

(AFP) - Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent is a credible, safe choice for US Treasury secretary -- and one that is likely positive for markets -- observers said Saturday following...

San Francisco (AFP) - Amazon is doubling its investment in Anthropic to $8 billion in a deepened collaboration on artificial intelligence, the companies said Friday. The e-commerce and technology behemoth...