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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…
Friends bring businesses to aid needy Bangladeshi people
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When Bangladeshi authorities prepared to enforce a nationwide lockdown in late March, three friends fretted: How would rickshaw drivers, factory workers and other working poor people surviv…
Asia Today: Beijing receiving 1st int'l flights since March
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing’s main international airport on Thursday began receiving international flights again from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection.
Study: Electronics could stop 40% of big truck rear crashes
DETROIT (AP) — Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles, a new study has found.
Video shows deadly deputy shooting of Black bicyclist in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grainy video shows a Black man stopped while riding a bicycle struggling with a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. But it doesn't confirm whether he reached toward a dropped gun before being …
China commemorates 75th anniversary of end of Pacific War
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, during which it endured a brutal invasion and occupation of much of its territory by Japan.
The Latest: Beijing airport receives international flights
BEIJING — Beijing’s main international airport on Thursday began again receiving international flights from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection.
Nana strengthens into hurricane as it barrels toward Belize
PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Hurricane Nana barreled westward Wednesday just off the coast of Honduras on a collision course with the Central American nation of Belize, where thousands of people were stocking up on f…
Typhoon pummels South Korea, ship missing in rough waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A powerful typhoon ripped through South Korea’s southern and eastern coasts with tree-snapping winds and flooding rains Thursday, knocking out power to more than 270,000 homes and leaving …
Asian stock markets follow Wall Street higher
Asian stock markets rose Thursday after Wall Street turned in its biggest daily gain since July despite uncertainty about the global outlook.
Man imprisoned for life for Sydney violence targeting judges
SYDNEY (AP) — A former firefighter was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for a series of murders and bombings in Sydney during the 1980s that terrorized Australia’s legal fraternity.
AP FACT CHECK: Barr raises voter fraud specter, China threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the 2020 presidential race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden heats up, Attorney General William Barr warned of the potential of substantial fraud in voting by mail — but he …
Livestock ship carrying 42 crew missing off southern Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that sent a distress signal during rough weather off southern Japan.
Work starts to stop sewage flows into California from Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Work has begun to stop a decades-old problem of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana, Mexico, flowing into the United States and polluting San Diego County beaches, the Trump administration's…
The Latest: 'The Rock,' family test positive for coronavirus
LOS ANGELES -- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he and his family tested positive for the coronavirus.
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CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1