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A man sentenced to 400 years in prison in the United States is finally cleared and released, after 34 years in detention, local media reported. Sidney Holmes, 57, was released on Monday after spending 34 years in a Florida prison. He spent more than half his life behind bars, for …

Ruth Carter wins the Oscar again this year 2023 for dressing the cast of the saga’s sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The imagination and ingenuity of the costume designer of the Black Panther films were rewarded at the 95th Academy Awards. “Oh, listen! I got out of it. I started …

The Oxford dictionary, which defines itself as the reference for the English language, has just added 47 words or expressions in Māori, the language spoken by the people of the same name, indigenous to New Zealand. By these additions, the institution said it recognized “the deep and lasting impact” of …

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees, or roughly 13 percent of its work force, the latest move to hew to what the company’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has called a “year of efficiency.” The layoffs will affect its …

China will relaunch from Wednesday its issuance of virtually all its visas for foreigners, very restricted since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Washington announced on Monday, a new step towards a return to normal wanted by Beijing. “In addition, visas issued by Beijing before March 28, 2020 and …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is travelling to Africa for a two-nation tour – the latest in a series of visits to the continent by top American officials, reports said. Security, a ravaging drought and the jihadist threat in the Sahel will be the focus of Mr Blinken’s visit …

Those responsible for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the financial institution Signature Bank will be “accountable”, US President Joe Biden said. “I am firmly committed to holding accountable those responsible for this mess,” Joe Biden said in a statement, assuring that “American people and businesses can be …

The United States took a significant step on Tuesday towards a ban on the popular TikTok app via a White House-backed bill, amid growing Western distrust of the Chinese social network. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that he “welcomed” a bill tabled the same day …

A brother and sister born 126 days before their mother’s due date in Canada were named “the world’s most premature twins” by the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday, their first birthday. This is an atypical record, to say the least. The duration of a pregnancy is usually nine …

Beijing said on Wednesday that the FBI was undermining its credibility after comments by its director saying that a laboratory accident in the Chinese city of Wuhan is “very likely” at the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. FBI boss Christopher Wray’s statements to Fox News on Tuesday came two days …