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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the UN's annual summit, in a show of...

Washington (AFP) - The boss of the Danish pharmaceutical giant behind the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy promised Tuesday to examine lowering their prices in the United...

New York (AFP) - Five years ago, the New York Liberty were used to playing games in a deserted, 2,100-capacity arena out in the suburbs, a world away from the...

Mexico City (AFP) - At least two people died after Hurricane John slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast, but as the now-weakened storm dissipated Tuesday, tropical storm Helene threatened over...

Miami (AFP) - The US state of Florida on Tuesday was preparing for the arrival of Storm Helene, due to make landfall later in the week as a powerful Category...

Washington (AFP) - Two men on death row in the United States were executed Tuesday, including a Black man convicted of murder who had maintained his innocence and drawn support...

Geneva (AFP) - A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Tuesday saying several people had been...

Geneva (AFP) - Swiss police said Tuesday they arrested several people after a US woman used a controversial suicide pod to end her life. The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which...

Washington (AFP) - The sole Federal Reserve official not to support last week's large interest rate cut said Tuesday that the risks of inflation reigniting remained "prominent. "Michelle Bowman's vote...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - American actor Meryl Streep has said a "squirrel has more rights" than a girl in Afghanistan, adding her voice to a call by Afghan...