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Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve should proceed carefully when deciding whether or not to hike interest rates further to bring down inflation, two senior officials said Monday.  The...

Stockholm (AFP) - The Nobel prize in economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research helping understand the role of women in the labour market....

Washington (AFP) - More than 450 years ago, a three-masted ship sank in a hurricane off the coast of Florida, taking with it France's hopes of colonizing the peninsula. Since...

Owings Mills (United States) (AFP) - Clad in a pink T-shirt that reads "A girl and a gun," firearms instructor Charneta Samms shows a group of women how to get...

Pacífica (United States) (AFP) - As Dianne Finez helps her Latino and African American students through their first surf lesson, she remembers the time she first took to the waves,...

Antwerp (Belgium) (AFP) - US superstar Simone Biles continued her spectacular return from a two-year break by claiming her 21st world title with all-around gold at the world gymnastics championships...

Antwerp (Belgium) (AFP) - US superstar Simone Biles continued her spectacular return from a two-year break by claiming a 21st world title with gold in the women's all-around at the...

New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks rebounded to join major European indexes in positive territory Friday, after an initial sag as traders digested a hotter than expected US jobs...

New York (AFP) - Citing last-minute progress in talks, the head of the US auto workers' union said Friday the labor group would maintain its current strike but not expand...

Washington (AFP) - A former US Army sergeant was arrested on Friday for seeking to provide classified information to China, the Justice Department said. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, who served...