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(AFP) - Outgoing US President Joe Biden proposed Tuesday to give millions more Americans access to weight loss drugs -- but Donald Trump's incoming health chief looked set to shoot...

Washington (AFP) - New home sales in the United States fell short of analyst expectations in October, hitting the lowest rate since late 2022, according to government data released Tuesday,...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Moscow on Tuesday vowed to retaliate after announcing Ukraine had struck Russian military installations with US-supplied weapons, after President Vladimir Putin had warned Kyiv and the...

Taipei (AFP) - Beijing said Tuesday it deployed air and naval forces to monitor a US military plane as it flew over politically sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan. The...

Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution, a gargantuan challenge given the major...

Miami (AFP) - Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, two-time major winner Xander Schuaffele and DP World Tour Championship winner Rory McIlroy were named Monday as 2024 PGA Tour Player of the Year...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Family of Lyle and Erik Menendez told a judge Monday they want the men freed from the life sentences they are serving for the...

Washington (AFP) - A sonar image suspected of showing the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, has turned...

Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - Google and the US government faced off in a federal court on Monday, as each side delivered closing arguments in a case revolving around the...

(AFP) - Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss the federal cases against US President-elect Donald Trump -- including one for election subversion -- citing an official policy...