Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is "tragic" that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries

The Bay Area will set to host six 2026 World Cup matches as President Trump has threatened to take away games from cities governed by Democrats.

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The groups for the 2026 World Cup will be selected at random next week in Washington, D.C., but one of the participating countries has decided to boycott the draw.

As China held a massive parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, edited images and videos of the country's military circulated in social media posts falsely claiming AFP published them with a "sombre" filter. While the agency did ...