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Washington (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday put back on hold a controversial Texas law barring social media platforms from “censoring” posts based on viewpoints. The law threatens to essentially make it a crime for social media platforms to curb…

Washington (AFP) – South Korean K-pop supergroup BTS used a White House visit Tuesday to call out a growth in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. The singer Park Ji-min, better known as Jimin, said through a translator ahead of a meeting with …

Uvalde (United States) (AFP) – Grieving families were to hold the first funerals Tuesday for Texas shooting victims one week after a school massacre left 19 children and two teachers dead, with President Joe Biden vowing to push for stricter US gun reg…

Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders agreed late Monday to ban more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports, tightening economic screws on the country even as Moscow’s forces made gains in the eastern Donbas region of war-ravaged Ukraine. The comprom…

New York (AFP) – Only time will tell how much record US prices at the pump will dent driving demand this summer, but don’t expect a significant increase in gasoline supply from American refineries. The reason: Several US gasoline refineries have shut d…

Washington (AFP) – Fast-food employees in Manhattan demonstrating for a wage of $20 an hour: a demand unthinkable before the Covid-19 pandemic has become unexceptional, as short-handed companies offer big wage increases without, however, doing much to …

Atlanta (AFP) – Sixteen months after the US Capitol was sacked by a pro-Trump mob chanting “hang Mike Pence,” the target of its fury is making nice with the Republican right — and hinting at a bid to rival his old boss for the 2024 presidential nomina…

Uvalde (United States) (AFP) – US President Joe Biden arrived Sunday in Uvalde to console residents mourning 19 children and two teachers who were gunned down at an elementary school in the small Texas town. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were to visi…

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first trip Sunday to the war-torn east since Moscow’s invasion started, as Russian forces tightened their grip around key cities in the Donbas region. After visiting Kharkiv, Zel…

Houston (AFP) – Keith Jehlen says the shooting at a Texas elementary school makes him “sick,” but that “you can’t blame the gun” used to murder 19 small children and two teachers. “We’ve always had guns in this country,” says the 68-year-old retired US…