General News

Washington (AFP) - US infant mortality surged in the months following the Supreme Court decision to overturn the national right to abortion, driven by a rise in the number of...

Houston (AFP) - A planned appearance on Monday before the Texas legislature of an autistic man on death row convicted in a problematic "shaken baby" case has been postponed, lawmakers...

Istanbul (AFP) - Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Turkey of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged 83, his movement...

Taipei (AFP) - A US and a Canadian warship have passed through waters separating Taiwan and China, a week after Beijing held large-scale military drills in the sensitive passage. The...

Port Angeles (United States) (AFP) - You can't walk very far through a forest in this part of the United States without stumbling upon a mushroom, an eruption from a...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Paramount's new horror film "Smile 2" has surpassed its successful predecessor, taking in an estimated $23 million in North American theaters this weekend, industry...

New York (AFP) - Cher, Mary J. Blige and Ozzy Osbourne were among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, an elite group formally introduced into the music...

Washington (AFP) - Boeing and its striking Seattle-area workers have reached a tentative deal to end a more than month-long stoppage, the union said Saturday. Boeing confirmed a tentative deal...

Bogotá (AFP) - Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from,...

Berlin (AFP) - US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Germany, France and Britain pledged Friday to keep up support for Ukraine and condemned "Russia's continued war of aggression"....