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NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Nobel Prize medal of celebrated American geneticist James Watson sold for $4.75 million in just minutes at auction on Thursday in New …
BANGKOK (AFP) ― Thailand’s ailing but much adored King Bhumibol Adulyadej cancelled plans to hold an annual audience to mark his 87th birthday Friday on …
U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his choice for a new defense secretary on Friday, his spokesman said, amid widespread speculation that former Deputy …
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Demonstrators hit the streets in several areas of New York City after a grand jury declined Wednesday to charge a white police officer in …
A car burns following a blast near the heavily fortified gates of the airport in Mogadishu on Wednesday. (AFP-Yonhap) MOGADISHU (AFP) ― Four people were …
BRUSSELS (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday welcomed any Iranian military action against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq as …
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing over President Barack Obama’s recently announced executive actions on immigration, arguing …
GROZNY, Russia (AP) ― A gun battle broke out after midnight Thursday in the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, puncturing the patina …
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is unlikely to shift his stance on Ukraine until the full …
STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven called the country’s first snap election in over half a century on Wednesday after a far-right party …