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Istanbul (AFP) – Ankara on Monday summoned the Greek ambassador and protested to Washington after accusing Greece of deploying US armoured vehicles on two Aegean islands near the Turkish coast. Greece branded the move as “completely unfounded and incom…

Laurel (United States) (AFP) – NASA’s DART mission to test deflecting an asteroid using “kinetic impact” with a spaceship is just one way to defend planet Earth from an approaching object  — and for now, the only method possible with current technolog…

Los Angeles (AFP) – It turns out that, all the noise aside, Olivia Wilde didn’t need to worry. The actor/director’s new film “Don’t Worry Darling” topped the North American box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $19.2 million, industry watcher…

Detroit (AFP) – The emerging fleet of electric vehicles (EV) provoked fascination at the Detroit Auto Show, but many consumers were not yet ready to take the plunge to own one themselves. Some, like Justin Tata, wanted a first-hand look at new EV offer…

New York (AFP) – Pharoah Sanders, one of the most wildly inventive figures in jazz who wrestled his saxophone to its limits and felt equally at home in Indian and African music, died Saturday. He was 81. His record label, Luaka Bop, said he died peacef…

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia on Saturday toughened penalties for voluntary surrender and refusal to fight with up to 10 years imprisonment and replaced its top logistics general after a series of setbacks to its seven-month war in Ukraine.  The tough …

San Sebastian (Spain) (AFP) – Spain’s prestigious San Sebastian film festival wrapped up on Saturday with the international premiere of “Marlowe” starring Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson. Based on John Banville’s novel “The Black Eyed Blonde”, the mov…

New York (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday for calm over Taiwan as he met his Chinese counterpart, as soaring tensions showed signs of easing a notch. Blinken met for 90 minutes with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York…

New York (AFP) – The New York Philharmonic is tuning up to open their brand-new performance space next month — and it’s not only the instruments that need to strike the perfect pitch. The hall itself is getting trial runs, with the famed symphony test…

New York (AFP) – US securities officials fined Boeing $200 million over the aviation giant’s misleading assurances about the safety of the 737 MAX airplane following two deadly crashes, regulators announced Thursday. Boeing agreed to the penalty to set…