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(AFP) - Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent is a credible, safe choice for US Treasury secretary -- and one that is likely positive for markets -- observers said Saturday following...

San Francisco (AFP) - Amazon is doubling its investment in Anthropic to $8 billion in a deepened collaboration on artificial intelligence, the companies said Friday. The e-commerce and technology behemoth...

New York (AFP) - US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser to limit the company's market clout in a move that...

(AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and...

New York (AFP) - Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, appeared in court Friday again seeking bail, but a judge deferred the...

Washington (AFP) - A child in California has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu infection, authorities said Friday, as health officials offered checks...

Bangkok (AFP) - Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed...

Washington (AFP) - An Alabama man convicted of the murder of a hitchhiker was put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday, officials said, the third use of the controversial...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Animated films tackling parent separation and divorce are few and far between.  While live-action kids' classics like "The Parent Trap" and "Mrs

Panama City (AFP) - The number of US-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle has fallen by 39 percent so far this year, with a total of 294,000 attempting the...