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Washington (AFP) - A diplomatic upgrade and a surprise appearance by Barack Obama: US President Joe Biden pulled out the stops as he hosted Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for a lavish state visit aimed at competing with Russia and China for influence in Africa. At a gala dinner in a large pavilion set up on the White House lawn, Biden praised "the belief in freedom, democracy, dignity and equality" that he shared with Ruto, the first African leader to receive a Washington state visit in 15 years. Biden matched pomp with a string of deals on security, climate and debt -- and delivered an Irish...
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Washington (AFP) - Ukrainian opera singer Yurii Ivaskevych traded his tuxedo for military fatigues to fight the Russian invasion. When he lost his leg in a mine explosion last year, music called him again. Ivaskevych, 51, is a member of Cultural Forces, a recently created Ukrainian military unit that consists of professional musicians who perform for soldiers on the front lines to lift their spirits and relieve them, if only briefly, of the horrors of war. "With us, they can cast their mind back to their past lives even for an hour -- something good, some positive emotions," Ivaskevych, whose ...
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Havana (AFP) - Maria Paez feels relieved after receiving a package of food items including eggs, ham, and yogurt from her children in Miami -- bought online and shipped to Havana. These days, with a severe economic crisis and food shortages, Cubans abroad increasingly prefer to send care packages to family back home, rather than cash transfers. "Receiving these types of products is a relief for us" and, "in terms of spending money, the savings are substantial," Paez, a 59-year-old mathematics graduate told AFP. "Receiving eggs is very important" because "it is a guaranteed breakfast," added Pa...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump rolled the dice on a campaign stop in deepest Democratic New York Thursday seeking to woo Black and Latino voters whose support for Joe Biden has shown signs of faltering. The event, in the Bronx where the Republican was trounced in 2020, follows a trend of Trump sorties into traditionally liberal states, most recently in New Jersey and Minnesota. But his speech in the South Bronx was more about signaling that he can draw large crowds among the Hispanic and African-American coalition seen as crucial to Biden's hopes of retaining the White House. Though the crowd w...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit Thursday seeking to break up an alleged monopoly in the live music industry between concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary, bookings website Ticketmaster. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in New York, claims that Live Nation has abused its dominant market position to raise ticket fees, squeeze out competitors and limit choices for fans, venues and artists. "Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live events industry in the Un...
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New York (AFP) - Singer Casandra Ventura said Thursday -- in her first comments since video emerged of her being beaten by rap mogul and former partner Sean "Diddy" Combs -- that domestic violence "broke" her. In an Instagram post, Ventura did not mention Combs but her comments came a week after CNN broadcast hotel security footage from 2016 in which the hip-hop star apparently hits, drags and kicks her. "Domestic violence is THE issue. It broke me down to someone I never thought I would become," she wrote, thanking supporters for their reaction. "The outpouring of love has created a place for...
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Washington (AFP) - Republican lawmakers in the southern US state of Louisiana gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would criminalize possession of abortion pills without a prescription. The legislation, passed 29-7 by the state senate and 64-29 in the state house, is the first in the country to classify the drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. It is expected to be signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry. The bill comes as abortion rights are being hotly debated ahead of November's presidential election pitting Democratic incumbent Joe Biden against likely Republican challenge...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick." Polling invariably shows immigration as a priority for voters ahead of November's presidential rematch between President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump, with illegal crossings at historic highs. The Border Act, hammered out by both sides over months of negotiations, initially had broad support but was killed by Republicans in Fe...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a congressional map in the southern state of South Carolina that civil rights groups said was improperly drawn along racial lines. The case touching on the thorny issues of race and politics could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the House of Representatives next year. In a 6-3 vote, the conservative-dominated top court ruled that a congressional district map drawn by the Republican-majority legislature in South Carolina was not an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The case was one of several ...
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Washington (AFP) - Les élus de l'Etat conservateur de Louisiane, dans le sud des Etats-Unis, ont définitivement approuvé jeudi une proposition de loi criminalisant la possession de pilules abortives sans ordonnance. Le texte, voté par le Sénat et la Chambre de Louisiane, classe les pilules abortives comme substances dangereuses, une première dans le pays. Il devrait être promulgué par le gouverneur républicain Jeff Landry. Ce vote intervient au moment où la question de l'avortement et des droits reproductifs est l'un des thèmes-clés de la campagne pour la présidentielle de novembre, qui oppose...
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