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Police detain 100 as pro-Palestinian camp cleared at US university

BOSTON, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - Police detained about 100 people as they moved in to clear an encampment of…

Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America

By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - They're loud. They're sexually aroused. And for one special, cacophonous month…

Xi tells Blinken US, China should be ‘partners, not rivals’

By Shaun TANDON and James EDGAR BEIJING, April 26, 2024 (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top…

Scores of tornadoes lash central US plains states

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - Dozens of tornadoes struck the central United States on Friday, razing homes, knocking down…

Pro-Palestinian US campus protests grow as police crack down

By Romain FONSEGRIVES with Moises Avila in Austin LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2024 (AFP) - Pro-Palestinian protests spread to more…

Leaders of 18 nations call on Hamas to release hostages

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2024 (AFP) - The leaders of the United States, Britain, France and more than a dozen other…

What next for TikTok in the US?

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2024 (AFP) - TikTok on Wednesday said it will fight a new US law that orders the…

Blazes break out in western Canada as wildfire season begins

MONTREAL, April 22, 2024 (AFP) - First responders were battling several wildfires in western Canada Monday, in an area facing…

US House approves Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid, threatens TikTok

By Camille CAMDESSUS WASHINGTON, April 21, 2024 (AFP) - The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved long-delayed military aid…

Two killed, six wounded in Memphis block party shooting: police

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2024 (AFP) - Two people were killed and six others wounded in a shooting at a block…

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