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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…
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…
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…
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):
Schools that are mostly Black, Latino favor starting online
Missi Magness wanted her children back in school.
10 dead as California fire becomes deadliest of year
GRIDLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California wildfire that destroyed a foothill hamlet has become the state's deadliest blaze of the year with 10 people confirmed dead — and the toll could climb as searchers look f…
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.
Asia Today: India adds 96K virus cases, orders some retests
NEW DELHI (AP) — India edged closer to recording nearly 100,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours as it ordered retesting of many people whose first results were from the less reliable rapid antigen tests being widely …
Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump
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.
The Latest: South Korea stays in downward infection trend
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s daily count of new coronavirus cases is under 200 for a ninth straight day, continuing a downward trend in fresh infections for the country.
Asian shares mixed after technology fall leads US stock fall
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday following a selloff of technology shares on Wall Street.
10 now dead in massive Northern California wildfire
GRIDLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California wildfire became the state’s deadliest of the year Thursday when authorities announced seven more deaths, bringing the total to 10 and there was the unnerving prospect th…
Explosions occur at Jordanian military munitions depot
ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Several explosions occurred early Friday in a Jordanian military base warehouse where unsuitable mortar bombs were being dismantled, authorities said.
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.
India, China agree to disengage thousands of border troops
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the cold-desert Ladakh region whe…