The Latest Breaking News from AFP

Moscow (AFP) - Evacuations from the front line around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant prompted safety warnings from the UN nuclear watchdog on Saturday, as a string of recent strikes escalate predictions of a looming spring counteroffensive. 

Beirut (AFP) - At Lebanon's national music conservatory, pianos collect dust and classrooms sit empty, making the institution another casualty of an economic collapse that has crippled the public sector and hampered education.

Los Angeles (AFP) - Argentinian striker Cristian Espinoza scored twice as the San Jose Earthquakes sent champions Los Angeles FC crashing to their first defeat of the Major League Soccer season on Saturday while New England and Cincinnati surged six points clear at the top of the Eastern Conference.

San Francisco (AFP) - The United States claimed the last semi-final berth at the LPGA International Crown on Saturday to book a clash with Thailand, the only team to emerge from four-balls pool play with a maximum six wins.

Miami Gardens (United States) (AFP) - Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said victory in Sunday's Miami Grand Prix is "not impossible" despite him starting ninth on the grid.

Washington (AFP) - Washington's power brokers love playing chicken.But the rest of the world will watch in dread Tuesday when President Joe Biden and Republican leaders meet to negotiate the US debt ceiling -- praying that one side finally blinks.

Farmingdale (United States) (AFP) - Caitlyn Blanco realized early on that there was no ready template to follow in her quest to become a professional pilot.

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress have resumed crunch talks aimed at averting a damaging US debt default, which Treasury officials recently warned could come as early as June 1.

New York (AFP) - Airlines and unions disagree on many aspects relating to today's tight labor market, but concur on at least one thing: the need to diversify the pilot workforce pool.