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Washington (AFP) - After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into...

Washington (AFP) - The United States announced Tuesday that it has disbursed a $20 billion loan for Ukraine backed by proceeds earned on frozen Russian assets, as part of a...

New York (AFP) - Boeing has resumed production on the 737 MAX after a nearly three-month stoppage due to a lengthy labor strike in the Seattle region. The company's Renton...

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's administration finalized nearly $6. 2 billion in funding for Micron Technology on Tuesday, firming up a deal to boost domestic semiconductor production before...

Washington (AFP) - Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, died aged 81 after a long battle with cancer, her friends and...

Tokyo (AFP) - China's "coercive behaviour" threatens regional stability, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday, after Taiwan said Beijing was carrying out its biggest maritime mobilisation around the self-ruled...

Tokyo (AFP) - Outgoing US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday, having a day earlier warned American troops near Tokyo of the threat represented...

New York (AFP) - A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder Monday in the targeted killing of a health insurance executive on the streets of New York, along...

Washington (AFP) - The suspect in the high-profile killing of a health insurance CEO that has gripped the United States graduated from an Ivy League university, reportedly hails from a...

Washington (AFP) - The suspect in the high-profile killing of a health insurance CEO that has gripped the United States graduated from an Ivy League university, reportedly hails from a...