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Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday a series of executive measures to combat climate change, in an effort to push forward an environmental agenda stalled by an unsupportive Congress and a conservative Supreme Court. Biden …

Washington (AFP) – At least 17 Democratic lawmakers, including prominent progressives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, were arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday, police said. The US Capitol p…

Washington (AFP) – A high-stakes court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter began Tuesday in Delaware, a tiny slice of America’s east coast best known as the nation’s oldest state. Yet it’s also the legal home for many corporations, drawn by its reputa…

New York (AFP) – US gasoline prices have fallen from historic highs earlier in the summer, a retreat highlighted by a politically beset White House as a sign of moderating inflation. President Joe Biden, who has seen his approval rating tumble amid the…

San Francisco (AFP) – Uber will offer several million dollars in compensation to tens of thousands of passengers with disabilities who were charged extra fees, US prosecutors said Monday. The case brought by the US Department of Justice centered on dis…

Washington (AFP) – US aid chief Samantha Power on Monday promised $1.18 billion to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa and urged other nations including China to do more to fight a food crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Power voice…

New York (AFP) – US-based pop art sculptor Claes Oldenburg, known for his giant work depicting everyday objects such as hamburgers, lipstick and electric plugs, has died aged 93. Oldenburg’s sculpture was critically acclaimed and widely popular over hi…

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Britain’s Prince Harry told the UN Monday that the overturning of constitutional rights in the United States was part of “a global assault on democracy and freedom.” The Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations…

Washington (AFP) – The US House committee investigating the January 6 assault on the Capitol said late Friday night it had subpoenaed the Secret Service over questions surrounding missing text messages from the days surrounding the riot last year. The …

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s atomic energy agency accused Russia of using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and shell the surrounding regions of Nikopol and Dnipro that were hit Saturday. Petro Kotin, president of Ukrainian nucl…