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Updated 2 weeks, 6 days 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, 11 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, August 29, 2020

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
UN expresses concern over 'dramatic turn' in Libya crisis

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations on Saturday voiced alarm over what it called “a dramatic turn of events” in Libya's civil war, after a power struggle between leaders of the Tripoli-based government surfaced in the …

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, August 29, 2020

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
2-story restaurant collapses in China, killing 17 people

BEIJING (AP) — Seventeen people were killed in China after a two-story restaurant collapsed during a gathering Saturday morning, state media said.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
AP News Digest 7:05 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
France's horses killed in mysterious ritual-like mutilations

PARIS (AP) — Armed with knives, some knowledge of their prey and a large dose of cruelty, attackers are going after horses and ponies in pastures across France in what may be ritual mutilations.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Protest in Mauritius over oil spill, dozens of dead dolphins

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Honking and drumming, thousands of people protested Saturday in the capital of Mauritius over the government’s handling of an oil spill from a grounded Japanese ship and the alarming discovery o…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Riots in Sweden after Quran burning by far-right activists

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Far-right activists burned a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police said Saturday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
The Nation's Weather

The Nation's Weather for Sunday, August 30, 2020

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Ruler of United Arab Emirates issues decree formally ending boycott of Israel amid US-brokered normalization deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ruler of United Arab Emirates issues decree formally ending boycott of Israel amid US-brokered normalization deal.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Zimbabwe's 'keyboard warriors' hold protests off the streets

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Unable to protest on the streets, some in Zimbabwe are calling themselves “keyboard warriors” as they take to graffiti and social media to pressure a government that promised reform but is n…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
7 suspected rebels, 1 Indian soldier killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Seven suspected rebels and an Indian army soldier were killed in two gunbattles in Indian-administered Kashmir in the last 24 hours, officials said Saturday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
AP Week in Pictures, Global

AUG. 22 - 28, 2020

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
AP News Digest 3:10 a.m.

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