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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
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Aug. 4

If you have questions, please email Anthony McCartney 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 technic…

Updated 6 years ago
Maryland county pledges probe on health worker's virus death

Officials in Maryland’s Prince George’s County say they “will spare no time or expense” investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a veteran public health worker who died of COVID-19 after relatives a…

Updated 6 years ago
Netanyahu warns Hezbollah after Israeli strike in Syria

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and others after Israeli forces said they thwarted an infiltration attempt from Syria by suspected …

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
Family tells AP: Iran abducted California man while in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A California-based member of an Iranian militant opposition group in exile was abducted by Iran while staying in Dubai, his family said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years ago
Belarus leader pledges allegiance to Russia despite rift

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus's authoritarian president vowed to maintain a close alliance with Russia even as he blasted the country Tuesday for sending in military contractors with allegedly nefarious purposes as…

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

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Updated 6 years ago
Woman with husband's bones gets close look at Munich Airport

BERLIN (AP) — Police at Munich Airport got a surprise during their search of a wooden box being transported by a 74-year-old passenger that turned out to contain the bones of the woman's dead husband, authorities s…

Updated 6 years ago
China, WHO in talks on plans to trace coronavirus origin

BEIJING (AP) — China and the World Health Organization are discussing plans to trace the origin of the coronavirus outbreak following a visit to the country by two experts from the U.N. agency, the foreign ministry…

Updated 6 years ago
Isaias, again a tropical storm, spawns wild inland weather

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain during an inland march up the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it piled boats a…

Updated 6 years ago
Zimbabwe president unapologetic about arrests of critics

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president has labeled the main opposition party “terrorist” and vowed to continue a clampdown in which scores of opposition members and government critics have been arrested and r…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Italian air traffic picking up post lockdown

MILAN — Italian air traffic controller provider ENAV says that air traffic in July showed signs of recovery from the coronavirus shutdown.

Updated 6 years ago
Outcry in Sweden after drive-by shooting kills 12-year-old

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish government vowed Tuesday to find the perpetrators of a drive-by shooting that killed a 12-year-old girl in what authorities said appears to be the latest violence from suburba…

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

Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states