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Updated 1 month 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
Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration efforts

BOSTON (AP) — An emergency room doctor in Boston is assembling thousands of voter registration kits for distribution at hospitals and doctor's offices.

Updated 6 years ago
Census Bureau drop-outs complicate door-knocking efforts

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Bob Garick was looking forward to being a field supervisor during the door-knocking phase of the 2020 census, but as the number of

Updated 6 years ago
Flooding in northeastern Ethiopia displaces nearly 20,000

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An official in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region says heavy flooding has displaced some 20,000 people from their homes.

Updated 6 years ago
UK military asked to help stem Channel migrant crossings

Britain’s military said Saturday it has been asked by the government to help prevent people from reaching the U.K. from France in small boats, after a surge in the number of vessels making the dangerous journey.

Updated 6 years ago
AP PHOTOS: In flash, Beirut blast tore up thousands of homes

BEIRUT (AP) — The gigantic explosion in Beirut on Tuesday tore through homes, blowing off doors and windows, toppling cupboards, and sent flying books, shelves, lamps and everything else.

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, August 8, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
Survivors of deadly India crash say plane swayed violently

KOCHI, India (AP) — The plane swayed violently as it approached a hilltop runway soaked by monsoon rain, and moments later the special return flight for Indians stranded abroad by the pandemic skidded off, nosedive…

Updated 6 years ago
AP News Digest 7:10 a.m.

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Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Syria says Beirut blast killed 43 Syrians

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Turkey offers help rebuilding ruined Beirut port

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):

Updated 6 years ago
Gaza students back to school with few virus safety measures

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of students in the isolated Gaza Strip returned to schools after five months of closure, despite the ongoing pandemic that has seen school years postponed elsewher…

Updated 6 years ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Virus aid talks collapse; no help expected for jobless now

Updated 6 years ago
At least 8 soldiers dead in blast outside Somali army base

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A car bomb exploded at the gates of a military base in Somalia's capital Saturday, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 14 others, with the toll expected to rise, police said.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Germany, France challenge US role in WHO reforms

BERLIN — Germany and France have challenged Washington’s role in leading talks over reforming the World Health Organization, citing the U.S. decision to quit the global body.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Dutch diplomat among dead in Beirut blast

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):