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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…
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, raising fears that it could come ashore as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an "unsurvivable” 20-foot storm surge that could sink entir…
Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli attack helicopters struck observation posts of the militant Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border overnight after shots were fired at Israeli troops operating in the area, the military s…
Kenosha Police: 3 people shot, 2 fatally, during protests in Wisconsin over a Black man shot in the back by an officer
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha Police: 3 people shot, 2 fatally, during protests in Wisconsin over a Black man shot in the back by an officer.
Berlin bans weekend protests against anti-virus measures
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Berlin on Wednesday banned several protests planned for the weekend against coronavirus pandemic measures. The protests have drawn support from the German far right.
National Hurricane Center now expects rapidly intensifying Laura to become a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — National Hurricane Center now expects rapidly intensifying Laura to become a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane.
Yemeni separatists suspend talks with gov't, clashes resume
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Fighting resumed in southern Yemen between Emirati-backed separatists and the internationally recognized government, officials said Wednesday. The renewed violence comes after the separatists su…
China firm over detention of 2 Canadians after FMs meet
BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday it remains firm in its insistence that Canada make the first move to end the detention of two Canadians, following a meeting of the two countries' foreign ministers.
2nd arrest in slaying of Kentucky girl playing in dollhouse
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A second arrest has been made in the fatal shootings of a 3-year-old Kentucky girl and her father.
Remains dug from Japan mass grave suggest epidemic in 1800s
TOKYO (AP) — Archaeologists have dug up the remains of more than 1,500 people, many of them believed to have died in an epidemic, who were buried in a 19th century mass grave that is being excavated for a city deve…
Army helicopters to pluck people from flooded Karachi city
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Wednesday it will deploy rescue helicopters to Karachi to transport some 200 families to safety after canal waters flooded the city amid monsoon rains, displacing s…
Attorney: Missing Fort Hood soldier's body found in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The body of a missing soldier is believed to have been found about 30 miles from Fort Hood, the Army base in Texas where he was stationed, police said Tuesday.
The Latest: Pope says pandemic worsening social inequalities
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis says that the pandemic has both ‘’exposed and aggravated’’ social inequalities.
India indicts Pakistani militant in 2019 Kashmir bombing
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's anti-terrorism agency named a Pakistan-based militant leader as the prime mastermind of a 2019 car bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers and brought the nuclea…
The Nation's Weather
The Nation's Weather for Thursday, August 27, 2020
North, South Korea brace for strong typhoon, flights halted
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of flights were canceled in South Korea while North Korea’s leader expressed concern about a potential loss of lives and crops as the countries braced for a fast-approaching typho…