General News

Washington (AFP) - Between January and August, the United States was struck by a record-breaking 23 weather and climate disasters where losses exceeded $1 billion in each case, official data...

New York (AFP) - A key catalyst for the 2008 global financial crisis, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers still reverberates for those who lived through it. Here are the accounts...

Washington (AFP) - As an intense US manhunt for an escaped killer entered its 11th day, Pennsylvania authorities on Sunday released security camera pictures showing the man had slipped through...

Paris (AFP) - Morocco said late Sunday it was accepting offers from just four countries: Britain, Spain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, after the earthquake that has killed more...

Washington (AFP) - The number of missing persons following the massive wildfire that leveled a town on the island of Maui last month has fallen from 385 to 66, Hawaii...

Los Angeles (AFP) - Danny Masterson, a prominent Scientologist who was jailed this week for raping two women, was a "role model" to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, the star told...

Washington (AFP) - A US government advisory panel on Friday denounced ally France's ban on schoolgirls wearing abayas, saying the restriction on the long, flowing dresses was meant to "intimidate"...

Washington (AFP) - Top US Air Force officer General Charles Brown warned service members Friday that China is seeking to "exploit" American and NATO military knowledge to improve its armed...

Washington (AFP) - US tech billionaire Elon Musk says he prevented Ukraine from wiping out Russia's Black Sea navy fleet last year by denying Starlink internet access -- a revelation...

Beijing (AFP) - Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema will begin an official visit to China on Sunday, as the heavily indebted African nation works to secure financial relief after a restructuring...