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Russia risking European peace with ‘Cold War demands’, says Berlin

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - Russia is putting Europe's security at risk with demands that hark back to the Cold War,…

$600 million pledged for Haiti earthquake relief

PORT-AU- PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The international community pledged $600 million Wednesday to help rebuild Haiti's devastated south, where an…

Sandy Hook families settle with gunmaker for $73 mn over school massacre

by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook school…

Webb telescope spots its first star — and takes a selfie

Star light, star bright, the James Webb Space Telescope has seen its first star (though it wasn't quite tonight) --…

Canada truckers defy order to clear key bridge

by Geoff Robins with Michel Comte in Ottawa Truckers snarling a key bridge between Canada and the United States in…

Biden seizes $7 bln in Afghan assets

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)-- President Joe Biden seized $7 billion in assets belonging to the previous Afghan government on…

US, Asia allies meet to deepen bulwark against China

by Paul HANDLEY Agence France-Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) - The top diplomats of the United States, Australia, Japan and India…

Biden warns American citizens in Ukraine to ‘leave now’

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, and…

California sizzles in February heatwave

by Paula RAMON LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A heatwave was bringing unseasonably high temperatures to California on Thursday,…

US approves $14 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Indonesia

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US State Department on Thursday approved the potential $14 billion sale to Indonesia of…

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