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Mexico City (AFP) - Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico's first woman president, inheriting a country beset by gang violence and economic uncertainty over controversial reforms passed by...

Washington (AFP) - Breast cancer rates are rising sharply in the United States, driven by increases among younger women and Asian Americans, a study said Tuesday. The biennial report by...

Houston (AFP) - A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row...

Washington (AFP) - Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel, the United States said Tuesday, warning that any such assault would have "severe" consequences for Tehran. The...

New York (AFP) - Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Russian strike on a southern Ukraine market killed six people on Tuesday, authorities said, as the nation held a moment of silence marking a major...

Strasbourg (AFP) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday said he was released after years of incarceration only because he had pleaded guilty to doing "journalism", which he described as...

Trenton (United States) (AFP) - Each man gobbled up 44 pork rolls in 10 minutes, but it was the last bite that earned one of them the $2,000 top prize...

New York (AFP) - Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday after last-minute negotiations yielded no new labor contract, a stoppage expected...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hit king who left the sport in disgrace after being banned for betting on games, died Monday aged...