General News

Cape Canaveral (AFP) - As soon as Wednesday, NASA is poised to make history -- sending the first woman, the first person of color, and the first non-American on a...

Lawrenceville (United States) (AFP) - Don't call it the "Marty Supreme" effect: table tennis is a growing sport in the United States, in part because of a new professional league...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey was sacked by the team on Monday after condemning the NBA's support for the LGBTQ community. A brief statement...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump threatened Monday to destroy Iran's key oil export hub of Kharg Island along with power and desalination plants unless Tehran quickly accepted a deal,...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - The FBI said on Monday that a vehicle-ramming attack at a Michigan synagogue earlier this month was an act of terrorism "inspired" by Lebanese militant...

New York (AFP) - Oil prices rose as the Middle East crisis escalated Monday with US President Donald Trump threatening to destroy Iran's main export terminal, and after the entry of...

Matanzas (Cuba) (AFP) - Cubans on Monday cautiously welcomed the imminent arrival of a Russian oil shipment, with some warning it would do little to ease an energy crisis after...

New York (AFP) - The US-Israel strikes against Iran have triggered a series of retaliations and military escalation in the Middle East that have sent shockwaves through global financial markets....

Paris (France) (AFP) - A scrubby island in the Gulf that is roughly one third the size of Manhattan, Kharg Island is the nerve centre of the Iranian oil industry...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - Air Canada said Monday that CEO Michael Rousseau will retire later this year, an announcement following controversy over his failure to issue condolences both in...