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New York (AFP) - New York City police arrested a man suspected of setting fire to a woman on the subway in Brooklyn who died from the incident, authorities said,...

Washington (AFP) - A US health boss's murder sparked a torrent of online misinformation and calls for violence against other executives, suggesting a failure of social media moderation that analysts...

Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held surprise talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Kremlin on Sunday to discuss the future of Russian gas deliveries.  The...

(AFP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to "stop the transgender lunacy" on day one of his presidency, as Republicans -- set to control both chambers of Congress and...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Paramount's new action comedy "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped to the top of the North American box office this weekend, outdoing predictions with an...

Washington (AFP) - Stellantis confirmed Saturday it was reversing a decision to lay off 1,100 workers at its Jeep plant in the US state of Ohio, following the ouster of...

Moscow (AFP) - Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, the latest in a series of...

Paris (AFP) - Animal rights activist Paul Watson, freed this week from detention in Denmark, vowed on Saturday to end whale hunting worldwide and to stop Japan if it tried...

(AFP) - US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. Last minute legislative wrangling...

Washington (AFP) - The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal...