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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…
Iran summons Emirati envoy over killing of 2 fishermen
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it summoned the United Arab Emirates envoy after Emirati Coast Guard vessels shot at several Iranian fishing boats, killing two fishermen.
UN: Time for world to show solidarity with Lebanese people
BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says it's time for the international community to show solidarity with the Lebanese people by offering assistance to a country that has hosted hundreds of thousands…
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Young activists meet Merkel to press case for climate action
BERLIN (AP) — Young activists, including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, are meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel to press their demands for tougher action to curb climate change.
Many likely sought jobless aid after federal benefit lapses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government will provide its latest snapshot Thursday of the pace of layoffs in the United States, which have declined steadily but remain stuck at a high level with the economy still in the gr…
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Berlin security services: Highway attacker wasn't on radar
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Thursday that a 30-year-old man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles along a major Berlin highway wasn't previously on the security services' radar.
Rappers, activists arrested in crackdown on Thai protests
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police arrested nine pro-democracy activists, including two rappers, in a crackdown on growing protests that have emerged as the most serious threat to the government led by a former army genera…
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Democrats pound their message: To oust Trump, you must vote
Mali army Col. Assimi Goita says he's in charge of junta
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A colonel in Mali's army says he's now in charge of the West African country, declaring himself chairman of the junta that forced the democratically elected but unpopular president to resign.
Video of 2018 police action during detention shocks Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) — The government has reacted with shock to released images of a fatal 2018 police intervention in which a Slovak man died after he was put in detention. Pictures show an officer sitting on his chest w…
State TV says Iran unveiled 2 new missiles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting the country has unveiled two new missiles amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Global shares retreat after Fed minutes bring reality check
TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets fell Thursday after minutes to the last meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve laid out the challenges facing the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Islamic State bride sold her wedding present: an AK47
BERLIN (AP) — A German woman who joined the Islamic State group fell on such hard times that she had to sell her wedding present, an AK47 rifle, according to prosecutors in Germany.