General News

New York (AFP) - Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, appeared in court Friday again seeking bail, but a judge deferred the...

Washington (AFP) - A child in California has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu infection, authorities said Friday, as health officials offered checks...

Bangkok (AFP) - Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed...

Washington (AFP) - An Alabama man convicted of the murder of a hitchhiker was put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday, officials said, the third use of the controversial...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Animated films tackling parent separation and divorce are few and far between.  While live-action kids' classics like "The Parent Trap" and "Mrs

Panama City (AFP) - The number of US-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle has fallen by 39 percent so far this year, with a total of 294,000 attempting the...

Dnipro (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries....

Washington (AFP) - A group of chemical compounds used to disinfect water for one-third of the US population and millions of others globally produces a potentially toxic byproduct, according to...

Bangkok (AFP) - Five foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said...

Washington (AFP) - "Planet of the Apes" may have been onto something. Chimpanzees are steadily honing their tool-using skills -- a process unfolding over millennia, driven by the exchange of...