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Updated 3 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, 12 months ago
Pompeo to meet head of UN nuclear watchdog as council votes

VIENNA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Austria, where he will see the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog as

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
China attacks new US demand to register Confucius Institutes

BEIJING (AP) — China accused the United States on Friday of trying to “demonize and stigmatize” relations between the two countries, in a scathing attack on the Trump administration's designation of Chinese-funded …

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Brits mulling swift return from France after quarantine move

LONDON (AP) — British holidaymakers in France were scrambling to return home Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government's decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Iran, Turkey lash out at UAE over agreement with Israel

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Brits mulling return from France after quarantine move

LONDON (AP) — British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to return home early Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government's decision to reimpose quarantine restriction…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
UK's Princess Anne to mark 70th birthday in low-key fashion

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter, Princess Anne, will be celebrating her 70th birthday on Saturday in a no-nonsense manner befitting her reputation in Britain.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
The Latest: Paris, Marseille declared at-risk zones

PARIS — The head of France’s national health service says Paris and Marseille have been declared at-risk zones for the coronavirus as authorities observe a sharp increase in infections.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
5 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Kabul begins release of final 400 Taliban, talks to follow

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan has released the first 80 of a final 400 Taliban prisoners, paving the way for negotiations between the warring sides in Afghanistan’s protracted conflict, the government said …

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Global shares mixed on lackluster China economic data

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed in cautious trading Friday as investors studied fresh data out of China showing that its recovery remains subdued.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Hague police arrest more than 20 amid overnight rioting

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Rioters on rooftops and streets threw stones, eggs and fireworks at police overnight during a second night of unrest in a low-income neighborhood of The Hague, Dutch police said Friday.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
After 400 years, Native stories at heart of Mayflower events

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Four hundred years after English colonists landed on Plymouth Rock and upended the lives of her ancestors, Paula Peters is on a quest to recover a small part of what her people have lost…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most pri…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Tropical Storm Josephine weakens slightly in Atlantic Ocean

MIAMI (AP) — Josephine just barely held on to its tropical storm status early Friday as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean as the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.