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US calls Russia’s threat against captured Americans ‘appalling’

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2022 (AFP) - by Sebastian Smith The United States on Tuesday called it "appalling" for the Kremlin…

Biden to call for three-month suspension of federal gas tax as prices skyrocket

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2022 (AFP)   US President Joe Biden will ask Congress Wednesday to suspend the federal gas tax…

Texas school shooting response deemed ‘abject failure’

NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 (AFP)   The police response to the Uvalde school massacre in Texas last month was an…

President of Panama announces blood cancer diagnosis

  PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) -- The President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo said on Monday that he has blood cancer,…

Russian Nobel laureate sells medal for $103.5 mn to benefit Ukraine kids

by Maggy Donaldson  Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper…

Boy killed, three wounded in shooting after Washington concert

A 15-year-old boy was killed and three other people, including a police officer, were wounded in a shooting after a…

US approves Covid vaccines for youngest kids

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US health authorities on Saturday cleared the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for children aged…

‘I am good’: Biden falls from bike but is unhurt

US President Joe Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state…

Elon Musk sued for $258 bn over dogecoin support

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- An investor in dogecoin, originally created as a joke but whose value increased and…

Is recession the only way out of US inflation scourge?

by Heather Scott  Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A massive interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve…

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