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Hostages freed in Texas synagogue standoff, suspect dead

by Francois Picard All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been…

Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on…

US lays out case against ‘unlawful’ China maritime claims in South China Sea

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Wednesday laid out its most detailed case yet against Beijing's…

Reduced hospitalization risk, shorter stays for Omicron patients: US study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A preliminary US study of nearly 70,000 Covid positive people showed a substantially reduced risk…

US sanctions five North Koreans after missile launch

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on five North Koreans linked to the country's ballistic…

US gov’t donates add’l 2.7 million Pfizer doses; total COVID-19 vaccines delivered to PHL breach 213M doses

  (Eagle News) -- The United States donated an additional 2.7 million Pfizer vaccine doses to the country which were…

‘Victims on every floor’: Nine kids among 19 dead in New York fire

by Ana FERNANDEZ, Ed JONES and Eleonore SENS NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Nine children were among at least…

Russia rules out any concession at Ukraine, security talks with US

by Nina Larson with Shaun Tandon in Washington Russia ruled out Sunday any concession at talks with the United States…

Baldwin says complying with ‘Rust’ shooting investigation

US actor Alec Baldwin insisted Saturday that he was complying with the investigation into the fatal on-set shooting of a…

Pioneering movie star Sidney Poitier dies at 94

Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first major Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has…

US snowstorm strands drivers for 24 hours or more

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The snow storm is over but the travel misery lingered: drivers on a major highway…

Japan extends US military support amid China, N.Korea ‘challenges’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Japan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held…

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