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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…
Spruced-up White House Rose Garden set for first lady speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Rose Garden has been spruced up in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight.
Ivory Coast's president is formally nominated for a 3rd term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was formally nominated on Saturday by the ruling party to stand for a third term in October elections despite charges by the opposition that the r…
Belarus blocks news websites amid large protests
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have blocked an array of news media websites reporting on the country shaken by two weeks of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
House debates postal changes, funds in rare Saturday session
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has opened a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions, launching debate on legislation that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send $25 …
'The whole world celebrates' on-camera birth of panda cub
WASHINGTON (AP) — A brand new giant panda cub is sparking pandemic-fueled panda-mania, and officials at the National Zoo said traffic on their livestream spiked 1,200% over the past week.
As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts
As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it's leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college leaders who insist remo…
The Latest: World hits 800,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths
NEW YORK — The world hit a grim coronavirus milestone Saturday with 800,000 confirmed deaths and close to 23 million confirmed cases.
West Virginia: Kanye West short on ballot signatures
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s secretary of state says rapper Kanye West’s bid to get on the ballot for president came up short on qualified signatures.
Political parties vow to fight removal of Kashmir's autonomy
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Half a dozen political parties vowed Saturday to fight for restoration of the special status that was stripped last year from Indian-administered Kashmir, setting off widespread anger and eco…
Top West Africa delegation goes to Mali to meet with junta
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Top West African officials are arriving in Mali's capital following a coup in the nation this week to meet with the junta leaders and the deposed president in efforts to negotiate a return to ci…
The Latest: Washington hospital reports outbreak among staff
BREMERTON, Wash. — Washington state health officials say more than 30 coronavirus cases have been reported in an outbreak at a Bremerton hospital.
Ohio Republicans try to regroup in crucial state for Trump
CINCINNATI (AP) — Complications pummeled Ohio Republicans this week as they sought to put up a united front headed into the GOP's national convention.
Future for Liberia's rubber farmers shaky amid economic woes
GBARNGA, Liberia (AP) — Christopher Reeves has farmed rubber for more than three decades in Liberia, selling his crop to the international tire-maker Firestone, which also operates the world’s largest rubber planta…
WWII memory wall defaced in massacred French village
PARIS (AP) — Vandals have scrawled graffiti denying the Holocaust on a wall in the village that was the site of the France's biggest massacre of civilians by the Nazis during World War II.
UN atomic watchdog chief heading to Iran; seeks more access
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency will head to Tehran next week to press Iranian authorities for access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear mate…