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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…
Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — The official campaigning to head Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the govern…
Ships, aircraft fight new fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast on Tuesday, two days after the previous three-day blaze was dou…
8-year-old killed, 2 adults wounded during Chicago shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were shot Monday evening in Chicago while traveling in a vehicle on the city's South Side.
The Latest: New Mexico sees lowest new case number in months
SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico health officials are reporting 46 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus — the lowest daily number in the state since early April.
El Salvador prosecutors search prisons in pact investigation
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Prosecutors in El Salvador said Monday they have searched two prisons to investigate whether the administration of President Nayib Bukele had negotiated with one of the country’s mo…
Search for missing livestock ship crew off Japan resumes
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese coast guard ships resumed searching on Tuesday for a livestock ship and its 40 missing crew members off Japan's southern islands after the efforts were suspended due to a typhoon.
Asian shares mostly higher as US set to reopen from holiday
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday, after European stocks rallied and U.S. markets were closed for the Labor Day national holiday.
Japan's economy shrinks 28% in 2Q, worse than 1st estimate
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy shrank at a record, even worse rate in the April-June quarter than initially estimated.
Trump: Pentagon leaders want war to keep contractors 'happy'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that top Defense Department leaders want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.”
China says Indian forces crossed border, fired warning shots
BEIJING (AP) — China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a “serious military provocation” and a violation o…
Barty opts out of French Open title defense amid pandemic
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Ash Barty will not defend her French Open title because of concerns over traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Latest: Trump questions Pentagon leaders' motives
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Scorched earth: Record 2 million acres burned in California
SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so high the U.S. Forest Service announced Monday it was closing all eight na…
US couple found dead in well in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified bodies found in a well in northern Mexico as two missing tourists from the United States, officials said Monday.