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US Supreme Court to weigh Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
AFP, Published on 06/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship.
Sea drone attack shuts Russian oil terminal
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» MOSCOW - One of Russia’s largest oil terminals halted operations on Saturday following an attack by sea drones, hours before Ukrainian negotiators were headed to the United States for talks on ending the war.
Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.
Redford's Sundance legacy 'beyond comprehension' for US filmmakers
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» SUNDANCE (UNITED STATES) - Robert Redford was rarely spotted at Sundance in his final years, yet the late Hollywood legend forever looms large at the influential US movie festival he co-created.
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» NEW YORK - Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival.
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault at his retrial Wednesday and not guilty of another, with jurors still considering a rape charge after hearing graphic testimony from his alleged victims.
Trump and Fox News locked in 'invigorated' marriage of convenience
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» NEW YORK — Since being sworn in as president of the world's most powerful nation, Donald Trump has been sure to lavish the standard bearer of the conservative right Fox News with scoops, favors and an exclusive interview.
'Mulholland Drive' and 'Twin Peaks' director David Lynch dies at 78
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - David Lynch -- the groundbreaking director behind "Mulholland Drive" and television's "Twin Peaks," who gained a cult following for his unsettling portraits of American life -- has died. He was 78 years old.
US jury orders Monsanto to pay $857m over chemicals in school
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A US jury on Monday ordered chemical company Monsanto to pay $857 million to seven people at a school in the western state of Washington who said they were sickened by chemicals leaking from light fittings.
'Black Friday' kicks off US shopping season amid economic unease
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» NEW YORK - US retailers' efforts to attract holiday gift buyers build to a crescendo this weekend as the "Black Friday" shopping day kicked off with big discounts.