General News

Havana (AFP) - At least 15 protesters were sentenced to up to nine years in prison after participating in a day of protests in Cuba last year over power and...

Geneva (AFP) - Amid a threat of towering US tariffs, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is seeking ways to enable Americans to pay less for their medicines, its chief said in...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would meet US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week as Russia intensified...

Bogota (Colombia) (AFP) - Colombia on Friday blasted the United States' "excessive" military presence in the Caribbean as destabilizing for all Latin America, a sharp rebuke from one of Washington's...

New York (AFP) - The rights and wrongs of the horse-drawn carriages that carry tourists around New York's Central Park have been loudly debated for years, but the mayor has...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday the world should not be  "intimidated" by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - More than 140 world leaders will descend on New York next week for the annual United Nations General Assembly summit, which will be dominated...

New York (AFP) - Stock markets steadied and the dollar mostly rose Friday at the end of a week marked by central bank decisions, as attention turned to a call...

Accra (AFP) - A group of west Africans deported from the United States have sued the government of Ghana, alleging they were sent to the country despite having deportation protection...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump hailed on Friday a call with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, claiming a deal to sell blockbuster app TikTok could be a "formality" and saying...