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New US jobless claims plunged 92,000 last week: govt

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Americans filed 92,000 fewer applications for unemployment aid last week, the government reported Thursday, in…

California sequoia still smoldering after 2020 fires

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- One of California's iconic giant sequoia trees was recently found to be still smoldering…

Touchdown! SpaceX successfully lands Starship rocket

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX managed to land its prototype Starship rocket at its Texas base…

Americans given life sentences in Italy for cop murder

by Alexandria SAGE ROME, Italy (AFP) -- An Italian court convicted two young Americans Wednesday for the murder of a…

US backs plan to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents

by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced support for a global…

Japan, S.Korea meet with Blinken despite rifts

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met jointly with his South Korean and…

California governor candidate brings bear to rally

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- One of the many Republican candidates vying to replace the governor of California in…

US urges ‘utmost restraint’ after Colombia protest violence

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Tuesday urged authorities in Colombia to act with "utmost restraint" to…

Rocket attack, 3rd in 3 days, targets US in Iraq: army

  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- The Iraqi army said two rockets were fired Tuesday at a base hosting Americans, in…

US ex-cop convicted of Floyd murder seeks new trial

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP0 -- Derek Chauvin, the white ex-policeman convicted of murdering the African-American man George Floyd, asked Tuesday…

W. House wants 70% adults to have first Covid shot by July 4

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of adults in the US to have received at…

Biden says, ‘hope and expectation’ for Putin meeting in June

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he expects to hold a summit with his Russian…

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