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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…
AP Week in Pictures, North America
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UN urges end to attacks on schools, especially in Africa
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday urged warring parties in all conflicts to immediately stop attacking schools and teachers and reaffirmed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ call for glob…
North Carolina deputy shot to death; suspect killed
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A suspect in a vehicle break-in fatally shot a deputy before the suspect was killed by other officers during an early morning encounter, a North Carolina sheriff said Thursday.
Syria reports Israeli airstrike near northern city of Aleppo
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli warplanes fired missiles on suburbs of the northern city of Aleppo early Friday, Syrian state media said, amid increased airstrikes on Syria in recent weeks. There were no immediate r…
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Young protesters force Nepal to better manage virus crisis
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — On a sunny June day in Nepal, hundreds of young people in face masks stood a meter apart behind the barbed-wire barricades and rows of riot police guarding the prime minister's residence, sh…
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Dozens missing as firefighters battle two large Oregon fires
Peru's Indigenous turn to ancestral remedies to fight virus
PUCALLPA, Peru (AP) — As COVID-19 spread quickly through Peru’s Amazon, the Indigenous Shipibo community decided to turn to the wisdom of their ancestors.
In a year of restrictions, virus changes Sept. 11, too
NEW YORK (AP) — In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped countless American rituals, even the commemoration of 9/11 could not escape unchanged.
India, China agree to disengage thousands of border troops
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the Ladakh region where the two countr…
Van repeatedly rams police car in Amsterdam, driver arrested
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A driver repeatedly rammed a van into a police car early Friday morning in downtown Amsterdam and then drove into two police motorcycles that were parked to form a roadblock, police in the Dutch ca…
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The Latest: Remembering 9/11 in the age of coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks (all times local):
Black woman's party death gets renewed scrutiny in Georgia
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — The 2018 death of a Black woman during a sleepover party for adults is getting renewed attention since authorities launched a new investigation.
Australian leader threatens to fire ministers over koalas
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state leader on Friday shut down a revolt in her coalition government over a policy to protect koala habitat by threatening to fire seven renegade ministers.