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Los Angeles (AFP) – James Caan, the US actor best known for playing Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather,” has died aged 82, his manager said Thursday. Caan, who also had roles in “Misery,” “Thief” and “Rollerball,” received an Oscar nomination for his tra…

New York (AFP) – Elon Musk said Thursday that he was helping combat falling birth rates after it was reported that he had twins last year with an executive at one of his companies. “Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis,” tweeted the billion…

Moscow (AFP) – US basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug smuggling charges in a Russian court but denied intending to break the law in a case that has further inflamed tensions between Moscow and Washington.  The two-time Olymp…

Los Angeles (AFP) – Water in Utah’s Great Salt Lake has fallen to its lowest level ever recorded, authorities announced this week, a result of the ongoing drought impacting the western United States which scientists warn has been exacerbated by climate…

Los Angeles (AFP) – The man who shot dead Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle in broad daylight on a Los Angeles street in 2019 was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday. Eric Holder did not deny killing Hussle — a fast-rising star whose death se…

Washington (AFP) – US central bankers last month flagged the concern that sky-high inflation could become a permanent fixture, and stressed their readiness to continue raising interest rates to tamp down price pressures, according to the minutes of the…

Sloviansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The evacuation of civilians from Sloviansk continued Wednesday as Russian troops pressed towards the eastern Ukrainian city in their campaign to control the Donbas region, as Ireland’s prime minister visited Kyiv to voice so…

Highland Park (United States) (AFP) – The 21-year-old man arrested for a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb has confessed and admitted he considered a second attack while on the run, police said Wednesday. After fleeing the shooting s…

Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden will tout his economic vision in the US industrial heartland Wednesday, as spiraling inflation and a stalled domestic agenda undermine his pledge of commitment to blue-collar America. The Democratic leader’s trip …

New York (AFP) – Acclaimed American guitarist Carlos Santana was taken to a hospital after he collapsed on stage during an open-air concert in Michigan late Tuesday. The 74-year-old wrote on Facebook that he got “dehydrated and passed out” after he “fo…