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Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The World Cup final is set, with Messi and Argentina facing Yamal and Spain for the title on Sunday

The best offense. The best defense. The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Latest: Norway plans for new virus wave as cases spike

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian health authorities say the Scandinavian country must "plan for a new, national wave” of the coronavirus as Norway sees a spike in the number of cases.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
European flight safety agency completes Boeing 737 Max tests

BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s flight safety authority said Friday the first flight tests for the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes revealed design issues with the jet, have now bee…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Trump, Biden commemorating 9/11 at memorial events

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — One spent time quietly consoling families.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Israeli PM backs down after uproar over private plane

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday scrapped plans to fly to Washington with his family on a private plane and said he would instead travel with the official delegation.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
China, Philippine defense chiefs discuss territorial dispute

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief told his Chinese counterpart on Friday that Manila will adhere “without any possibility of compromise” to a 2016 international arbitration ruling that invalid…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
8 Italians suspected in sexual assault of British girls

MILAN (AP) — Police in southern Italy have arrested four men and are investigating another four on suspicion of sexually assaulting two British girls at a villa where a party was being held, authorities said Friday…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Sudan floods kill over 100, threaten archaeological site

CAIRO (AP) — Flash floods in Sudan have killed more than 100 people this summer and inundated over 100,000 houses, threatening even a famous archaeological site near the capital of Khartoum and compounding the coun…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Trump, Biden commemorating 9/11 at Flight 93 memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

The number of daily U.S. deaths from the coronavirus is declining again after peaking in early August, but scientists warn that a new bout with the disease this fall could claim more lives. Experts say the arrival …

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Latest: Relatives, Trump, Biden gather to mark 9/11

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
AP Entertainment Digest for Friday, Sept. 11

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Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Hungary's Viktor Orban says he is rooting for Trump victory

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister said Friday that he is rooting for the reelection of U.S President Donald Trump because what he represents "is good for Central Europe."

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Turkey tells EU to stop 'blindly' backing Greece in standoff

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey called on European Union countries Friday to abandon a policy of “blindly” taking the side of EU members Greece and Cyprus in a tense standoff over energy exploration rights in the east…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Suicide bomber kills 2, wounds 6 outside mosque in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in the southern port city of Kismayo as Friday prayers ended, killing two people.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, September 11, 2020