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Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the sweeping tariffs he has imposed on nations around the world were making the country "great & rich again" as...

New York (AFP) - The issue of academic research on the Middle East has become a political flashpoint in the United States, where critics of Israel allege a "Palestine exception"...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five others on charges of running illegal "high-stakes" poker games at his mansion in...

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Meta reported robust second-quarter financial results Wednesday, with revenue jumping 22 percent year-over-year to $47. 5 billion as the social media giant continues investing...

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday said its profit soared above expectations in the recently ended quarter, driven by its cloud computing and artificial intelligence...

Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll on Wednesday directed West Point to rescind an offer for a former cybersecurity agency chief to hold a prestigious position...

Puerto Ayora (Ecuador) (AFP) - One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East Wednesday, causing tsunamis that forced millions to evacuate homes across the Pacific...

Cabo Rojo (Puerto Rico) (AFP) - Gloria Cuevas thought she would live forever in her pink, century-old house on Puerto Rico's west coast -- but then her landlord decided to...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 percent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified "penalty" over New Delhi's purchases of Russian weapons...

Chiba (Japan) (AFP) - One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across the...