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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…
Far-right provocateur wins GOP primary to challenge Frankel
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A far-right social media provocateur whose hate speech got her banned from social media won her Republican primary on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel for Congres…
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Mali coup soldiers take to airwaves, promise elections
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian soldiers who forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign in a coup promised early Wednesday to organize new elections after their takeover was swiftly condemned by the internati…
Man drove into motorcyclists in German highway terror attack
BERLIN (AP) — An Iraqi-born man deliberately drove his car into motorcycles along a stretch of Berlin highway, leaving at least one person with life-threatening injuries in what German officials classified Wednesda…
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Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump
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Typhoon adds to southern China's rain and flooding woes
BEIJING (AP) — China suffered a double blow Wednesday of flooding and landslides from unusually heavy seasonal rains and a typhoon that came ashore on its southern coast.
Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran surpassed 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, the health ministry said — the highest death toll for any Middle East country so far in the pandemic.
The Latest: Iran passes 20,000 coronavirus deaths
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has surpassed 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus.
The Latest: Polish hospital says it'll soon run out of beds
WARSAW, Poland — The director of a major Polish hospital has warned that his facility is at risk of running out of beds for coronavirus patients.
Officials: Bomb attacks in Kabul, north Afghanistan kill 4
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bomb attacks in Kabul and northern Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least four people and wounded 13, officials said.
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German news agency dpa: Prosecutors say a series of crashes on a city highway was an Islamic extremist attack
BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa: Prosecutors say a series of crashes on a city highway was an Islamic extremist attack.
Prosecutors: Berlin crashes were Islamic extremist attack
BERLIN (AP) — A series of crashes caused by a 30-year-old Iraqi man on a Berlin highway was an Islamic extremist attack, prosecutors told the German news agency dpa on Wednesday.
World shares mixed after S&P 500 logs all-time high
World share prices were mixed Wednesday after the S&P 500 logged a fresh all-time high, with European indexes opening little changed and U.S. futures slightly lower.