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Updated 4 weeks 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 6 years ago
AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020

If you have questions, please email Mark Kennedy at [email protected]. For up-to-the-minute coverage, visit coverage plan at https://newsroom.ap.org for information. For access to AP newsroom and other technical issu…

Updated 6 years ago
3 Spaniards dead, 1 missing in Swiss canyoning accident

BERLIN (AP) — Three Spanish tourists were killed and one is presumed dead after a flash flood in a part of the Swiss Alps where they were canyoning, authorities in Switzerland said Thursday.

Updated 6 years ago
At least 1 person stabbed in Norway, suspect detained

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police say at least one person has been stabbed in Norway’s second-largest city and a suspect has been detained.

Updated 6 years ago
Africa begins continent-wide study of COVID-19 antibodies

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An Africa-wide study of antibodies to the coronavirus has begun, while evidence from a smaller study indicates that many more people have been infected than official numbers show, the Africa Cen…

Updated 6 years ago
AP PHOTOS: Across faiths, pandemic alters worship, rites

London and its environs are home to a notable diversity of faiths and flocks. Rites that have been the bedrock of their beliefs for centuries had to evolve swiftly during the pandemic lockdown to be safe and releva…

Updated 6 years ago
German court convicts mother of letting son die of thirst

BERLIN (AP) — A court in western Germany convicted a 28-year-old woman of negligent homicide Thursday for allowing her young son to die of thirst.

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Thursday, August 13, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
Global shares slip ahead of weekly US jobs data

TOKYO (AP) — Global stocks mostly fell on Thursday ahead of a weekly U.S. unemployment report that is expected to show that layoffs remained stuck at a high level since the viral pandemic erupted five months ago.

Updated 6 years ago
Police: Man fatally shot himself in struggle with troopers

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A man in Virginia fatally shot himself when he fired multiple gunshots during a struggle with state troopers attempting to take him into custody, authorities said.

Updated 6 years ago
Lebanon Parliament grants military power in stricken Beirut

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Parliament approved on Thursday a state of emergency in the capital, Beirut, in its first session since the tragic explosion last week, granting the military sweeping powers amid rising popu…

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Thursday, August 13, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
Imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer begins hunger strike

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has begun a hunger strike seeking better prison conditions and the release of political prisoners amid the pandemic, her husband said Thurs…

Updated 6 years ago
3 charged in woman's death after dog attack in Tennessee

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three relatives have been charged in a dog attack that resulted in the death of a Tennessee woman.

Updated 6 years ago
Liberia's vice president confirmed to have coronavirus

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s health ministry has confirmed that the vice president, who was flown to Ghana on Tuesday for medical care, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Updated 6 years ago
Many more likely sought jobless aid after $600 check ends

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government will provide its latest report Thursday on the pace of layoffs, which have remained stuck at a high level since the viral pandemic erupted five months ago.