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Paris (France) (AFP) - Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads, suggesting they "recorded the passage...

Seoul (AFP) - The powerful sister of Kim Jong Un said Wednesday she was "unaware" of reported communication between her brother and Donald Trump, after the US president hinted at...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The number of aid workers killed worldwide in 2025 reached 350, with the most fatalities in Gaza and Sudan, the United Nations said Wednesday,...

Qusra (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian-American has raised the US flag on his home besieged by Israeli settlers, as the United States renewed criticism of the siege that has generated...

Seoul (AFP) - Annual war games between South Korea and the United States will end around a week earlier than planned, both countries said on Wednesday, after US President Donald...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - When he sat down to write "Insidious: Out of the Further," the sixth installement of the blockbuster horror franchise, director Jacob Chase channeled his...

New York (AFP) - Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of American rock-blues group ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77, the band and their publicist announced Tuesday.  Beard,...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo on Tuesday became the first Black African to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....

Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a US federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately...

Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children,...