US scion Robert Durst charged with wife's 1982 murder
(AFP) US real estate mogul Robert Durst, already serving a life sentence for killing his...
US set to vaccinate kids aged 5-11 against Covid from November
(AFP) The US is prepared to start vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 starting next month, a move...
Micron plans $150 bn push on domestic chip manufacturing, research
(AFP) US semiconductor company Micron announced plans Wednesday to invest $150 billion over the next decade on manufacturing and research, including...
New York orders police officers, firefighters to get vaccinated
(AFP) New York City on Wednesday ordered all public workers, including police officers, to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk...
Squid Game-boosted Netflix pulls in subscribers
(AFP) Netflix reported billion-dollar profits and booming subscriber growth Tuesday that beat forecasts as global hits like Squid Game drew...
FBI raids US properties of sanctioned Russian oligarch
(AFP) US Federal Bureau of Investigation agents conducted raids on Tuesday at luxury properties in Washington and New York linked...
All 21 on board scramble to safety after Texas plane crash
(AFP) A private plane crashed when attempting to take off Tuesday in Texas, with all 21 passengers and crew on...
Facebook to pay $14 mn in US worker discrimination suit
(AFP) Facebook has agreed to pay up to $14 million to settle a US government lawsuit accusing the tech giant...
Google debuts new Pixel, latest try in smartphone fight
(AFP) Google launched new Pixel 6 smartphones on Tuesday, its latest attempt in a market the tech giant has failed...
First fund linked to bitcoin futures debuts on NYSE
(AFP) Bitcoin took another step closer to mainstream investing Tuesday with the launch of a new security on Wall Street...
New York city hall to remove Jefferson statue over slave-ownership
(AFP) New York City lawmakers have voted to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson, one of the United States’ founding...
Disney delays Marvel, Indiana Jones films
(AFP) Disney pushed back multiple Marvel superhero films and delayed an Indiana Jones sequel by almost a year in the...
Cuba Gooding Jr faces February trial in New York groping case
(AFP) Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr will go on trial in New York in February on charges he groped three...
Colin Powell: war hero, historymaker haunted by Iraq
(AFP) Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first Black secretary of...
US missionaries' abduction poses latest test for a Haiti govt in turmoil
(AFP) Haiti’s already fragile government faces a serious new crisis after one of the island’s increasingly brazen criminal gangs kidnapped...
