Politics

(AFP) - Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was appointing Mehmet Oz, a former surgeon and TV celebrity known as "Dr. Oz," to lead the United States' massive public health...

(AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary on Tuesday -- a choice set to bring a tougher stance...

(AFP) - The first time G20 leaders took their photo together at a summit in Rio they forgot Joe Biden. On Tuesday they had a reshoot -- with the outgoing...

(AFP) - Democrats and LGBTQ rights advocates expressed outrage Tuesday after a Republican lawmaker introduced a measure that would ban the first openly transgender person elected to the US Congress...

(AFP) - SpaceX was poised for its next test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with US President-elect Donald Trump joining his close ally Elon Musk in Texas to...

(AFP) - Latin America can expect closer scrutiny from US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, expected to take a tougher approach towards the leftist governments...

Washington (AFP) - A US lawmaker critical of COP29 host Azerbaijan said he was nearly assaulted when he attended the climate talks in what he called an orchestrated attack by...

(AFP) - The Philippines will remain an important US ally whoever is in the White House, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday, offering reassurances to Manila as President-elect Donald...

(AFP) - SpaceX is poised for its next Starship megarocket test flight on Tuesday, with US President-elect Donald Trump expected to witness the second ever attempt to catch its descending...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - G20 leaders met in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for talks on climate change, ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, and more, at a...