General News

Washington (AFP) - Private sector hiring in the United States slowed more than anticipated this month, according to data Wednesday from payroll firm ADP, following efforts to cool the world's...

London (AFP) - Online betting giant Flutter this week took the first step to switch its main listing from London to New York, in a fresh post-Brexit blow to the...

Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve is almost certain to hold its key lending rate steady for a fourth consecutive meeting on Wednesday, as inflation inches closer towards its...

New York (AFP) - Half a century after his 29-foot long jump at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics, Bob Beamon's record still stands -- though he is ready to...

New York (AFP) - A judge in the US state of Delaware voided the $56 billion compensation package of Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on Tuesday, siding with a shareholder...

Washington (AFP) - A new treatment shows promise against the deadly neurodegenerative disease ALS, a study based on mice showed Tuesday. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease after...

Washington (AFP) - A deep sea exploration company has released a sonar image they say may be the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who...

Washington (AFP) - An Ohio man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for trying to burn down a church that planned to host drag shows, the Justice Department...

New York (AFP) - Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay was slain in an ambush fueled "by greed and revenge," US prosecutors told jurors Monday, as defense lawyers cast doubt on...

New York (AFP) - Storied auction house Sotheby's reported on Monday that sales had dipped last year to $7. 9 billion, down $100 million from the record-breaking 2022 which was...