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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…
More than 100 arrests, 13 officers hurt amid Chicago looting
CHICAGO (AP) — More than 100 people were arrested Monday following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in the city's upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other pa…
Face masks now required outdoors at crowded Paris locations
PARIS (AP) — From the most romantic spots along the Seine to popular shopping streets, residents and visitors in Paris were required to wear face masks starting Monday in some outdoor areas of the French capital am…
Extreme poverty rises and a generation sees future slip away
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew from the inside out the luxury villas that had grown up around her simple shelter of raw metal and plastic sheeting. And in them, she saw h…
Gandhi's glasses go under the hammer in southwestern England
LONDON (AP) — A pair of eyeglasses that are believed to have once belonged to Mohandas Gandhi are being auctioned, decades after the independence leader gave them as an impromptu gift.
Germany's Maas calls Pompeo over pipeline sanctions threat
BERLIN (AP) — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday he personally reached out to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express “dismay” over a warning by three Republican senators who threatened sanctions…
Greece: Missing man's body found after deadly storm; 8 dead
BOURTZI, Greece (AP) — The body of a man missing after a storm sparked flash floods on the Greek island of Evia over the weekend was recovered Monday near the Greek mainland, Greece's coast guard said, bringing the…
Police: More than 100 arrests made in Chicago after night of looting and unrest, 13 officers injured
CHICAGO (AP) — Police: More than 100 arrests made in Chicago after night of looting and unrest, 13 officers injured.
Race in Mauritius to empty oil tanker before it breaks up
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Urgent efforts increased in Mauritius on Monday to empty a stranded Japanese ship of an estimated 2,500 tons of oil before the vessel breaks up and increases the contamination of the island's on…
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
Vilified, threatened with violence and in some cases burned out, dozens of state and local public health officials around the country have resigned or have been fired amid the coronavirus outbreak, a testament to h…
California governor's public health director resigns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's top public health official has resigned, just days after the state announced a fix for a glitch that caused a lag in reporting coronavirus test results used to make decisions …
French anti-terrorism prosecutors open probe in Niger attack
PARIS (AP) — French anti-terrorism prosecutors formally opened an investigation one day after seven aid workers, most of them French citizens, and a leading guide were killed by gunmen in a Niger giraffe park consi…
AP Entertainment Digest for Monday, Aug. 10
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Greece slams Turkish announcement on research in eastern Med
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The government of Greece slammed Turkey's announcement that it will be conducting energy exploration in an area of the eastern Mediterranean that Athens says overlaps its continental shelf, as…
Belarus' ruler vows to quash opposition rallies after vote
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko warned Monday that the protesters who challenge the official vote results extending his 26-year rule will face a tough crackdown, deriding…
The Latest: WHO says COVID-19 seems to lack seasonal pattern
LONDON (AP) — The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit, making it harder to control.