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New York (AFP) - US banking giant Capital One announced Monday it will acquire financial services company Discover in a $35. 3 billion all-stock deal combining two of America's major...

New York (AFP) - Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez went on trial in New York on Tuesday on charges of drug trafficking, including the transfer of 500 tons of...

Kempten (Germany) (AFP) - An American man accused of raping and killing a fellow US tourist near Bavaria's famed Neuschwanstein castle last year made a wide-ranging confession on the first...

Washington (AFP) - Two police officers and a first responder were shot and killed early Sunday in the US state of Minnesota after answering a call about a domestic dispute...

Paris (AFP) - Ukraine's withdrawal from the city of Avdiivka hands Vladimir Putin a major symbolic victory before Russia's presidential election in March and exposes Kyiv's critical shortages of weapons...

Los Angeles (AFP) - The family of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson have asked a court to put him under a conservatorship as he struggles with a neurocognitive issue and...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Golf superstar Tiger Woods withdrew in the second round of the Genesis Invitational because of illness on Friday in the latest setback for the 15-time major...

New York (AFP) - A larger-than-expected rise in US wholesale prices Friday rekindled worries over the timing of interest rate cuts and brought a halt to Wall Street's recent rebound....

Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve should "resist the temptation to act quickly" as it contemplates the right time to begin interest rate cuts, a senior bank official said...

Washington (AFP) - Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade which left one person dead and 22 wounded, officials...