General News

Washington (AFP) - The US jobs market cooled much more than expected in July with unemployment reaching its highest rate since 2021, government data showed Friday, fueling calls for interest...

Paris (AFP) - Flamboyant American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson blasted into the Paris Olympics on Friday, as a row grew over the gender eligibility of two women boxers.  Richardson eased through...

New York (AFP) - US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil reported higher profits Friday on record oil and gas production following the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, offsetting sharply lower...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A Britney Spears biopic is in development after Universal Pictures bought movie rights to the pop star's best-selling memoir, the Hollywood studio announced Thursday....

San Francisco (AFP) - US tech giants saw their shares fluctuate this week as investors tried to gauge whether artificial intelligence will fill coffers or drain them. While it is...

San Francisco (AFP) - Amazon reported Thursday its profit in the recently ended quarter doubled to $13. 5 billion with the help of renewed momentum of its AWS cloud computing...

Washington (AFP) - US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Undercover officers posing as sex buyers at last week's Comic-Con event in California rescued human trafficking victims, including a 16-year-old girl, and made multiple...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - One person has died in a Colorado wildfire, officials said Wednesday, as around a hundred infernos continue to blaze across western US states and...

Houston (AFP) - Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael Zambada Garcia is to appear in court on Thursday amid ongoing mystery about the circumstances surrounding the arrest of the alleged Mexican drug...