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CIA chief visits Israel amid Iran tensions

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- US Central Intelligence Agency chief William Burns was due in Israel Tuesday for talks on common…

US announces extra $165 million in Yemen aid

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United States on Monday announced an additional $165 million in humanitarian aid for…

US warns citizens against travel to France over Covid concerns

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US State Department has advised Americans to avoid all travel to France over rising…

Pentagon to mandate Covid shots for military

by Paul HANDLEY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Pentagon said Monday it will make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all…

Canada welcomes fully vaccinated Americans across reopened border

by Geneviève NORMAND LACOLLE, Canada (AFP) -- American visitors trickled across the Canada-US border on Monday, cheering the reopening of…

All-conquering US win seventh straight women’s Olympic basketball title

SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) -- A rampant United States swept past Japan to their seventh straight women's basketball crown Sunday, with…

California wildfire now second-worst in state history

by Josh Edelson GREENVILLE, United States (AFP) -- The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California has grown to become the…

Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals in northern blitz

The Taliban tightened the noose over northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing two more provincial capitals as they take their fight to…

Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city Kunduz

Afghan forces and the Taliban were fighting fiercely Sunday in the centre of Kunduz, officials and residents said, after the…

Five reported missing in huge California wildfire

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- US authorities said Saturday they were searching for five people missing as a…

More US companies require employees to be vaccinated

by Juliette MICHEL NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, slaughterhouses to airlines, more American…

US gains 943,000 jobs in July, unemployment falls to 5.4%: govt

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The recovering US economy added 943,000 new jobs in July, according to government data released…

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