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New York (AFP) - Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Russian strike on a southern Ukraine market killed six people on Tuesday, authorities said, as the nation held a moment of silence marking a major...

Strasbourg (AFP) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday said he was released after years of incarceration only because he had pleaded guilty to doing "journalism", which he described as...

Trenton (United States) (AFP) - Each man gobbled up 44 pork rolls in 10 minutes, but it was the last bite that earned one of them the $2,000 top prize...

New York (AFP) - Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday after last-minute negotiations yielded no new labor contract, a stoppage expected...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hit king who left the sport in disgrace after being banned for betting on games, died Monday aged...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A man who tried to breed enormous hybrid sheep using genetic material from endangered animals so he could sell them to trophy hunting ranches...

New York (AFP) - Officials at 14 ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts were making last-minute preparations on Monday for a likely labor strike that could drag on...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - The manslaughter conviction for the armorer on the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" will stand, a US judge ruled Monday, dismissing her argument that withheld...

Valdosta (United States) (AFP) - Donald Trump sought to turn a storm that killed more than 100 people and caused destructive flooding across the US southeast into a major presidential...