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New York (AFP) - Preliminary shopping data indicated that US holiday sales increased 3. 1 percent compared with the year-ago period, a solid but unspectacular increase reflecting mixed sentiment on...

Moscow (AFP) - The Kremlin on Tuesday acknowledged a Ukrainian attack had damaged a warship in the occupied Crimean port of Feodosia in what Ukraine and its Western allies called...

Vatican City (AFP) - People donned Santa caps on beaches, ski slopes and streets around the globe on Monday to celebrate Christmas, as Pope Francis called for an end to...

Cocoa Beach (United States) (AFP) - Santas of all stripes descended on Florida's Cocoa Beach this Christmas Eve -- not to deliver presents, but to ride some waves and raise...

Washington (AFP) - A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses and became pregnant in both gave birth to twin girls on different days, she announced on...

New York (AFP) - Manhattan's Tenement Museum already preserves the history of some immigrants who shaped New York City -- from destitute Irish fleeing the great famine to Jewish survivors...

Miami (AFP) - A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty Friday in a US federal court to conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead in 2021 in...

Washington (AFP) - A measure of inflation favored by the US Federal Reserve weakened in November on lower energy prices, government data showed Friday, providing further reassurance to policymakers keen...

Washington (AFP) - Sales of new US homes cooled more than anticipated in November, slipping to the lowest level in a year, according to government data released Friday. The market...

Washington (AFP) - Conspiracy theorists who believe in a secret cabal of child sex traffickers have set their sights on yet another online retailer: Etsy, a website best known for...