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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
Man dies in El Paso after campus police use stun gun on him

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A naked man who was chasing a female driver in an El Paso intersection has died after university police used a stun gun on him, officials said.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: European Commission signs deal for virus drug

LONDON — The European Commission says it signed a 63 million euro ($72 million) deal to secure thousands of doses of remdesavir, the only licensed experimental drug to treat people with severe COVID-19.

Updated 6 years ago
Sisters seeking answers after nephew found wandering alone

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Three sisters drove from Alabama to South Florida to reunite with their 2-year-old nephew, who was found Sunday morning wandering alone in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
World markets lack direction as investors await Fed

TOKYO (AP) — World markets traded in narrow ranges on Wednesday as investors looked to the U.S. Federal Reserve for clues about the economic outlook at a time of pessimism over the fallout from the coronavirus pand…

Updated 6 years ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Updated 6 years ago
129 Vietnamese virus patients arrive back home from Africa

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A plane carrying 129 Vietnamese citizens diagnosed with COVID-19 arrived in their homeland from Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday, with the patients immediately transferred to a hospital for trea…

Updated 6 years ago
Japan court recognizes atomic bomb 'black rain' victims

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday for the first time recognized people exposed to radioactive “black rain" that fell after the 1945 U.S. atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the ci…

Updated 6 years ago
Russia rejects accusations of spreading virus disinformation

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials on Wednesday rejected accusations that Moscow is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., slamming them as “conspiracy theories” and a “persistent phobia.…

Updated 6 years ago
Vatican allegedly hacked by China ahead of key talks

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong have been the targets of alleged Chinese state-backed hackers ahead of talks on renewal of a landmark 2018 deal that helped thaw diplomatic rela…

Updated 6 years ago
Trade dispute panel set up for South Korea-Japan case

GENEVA (AP) — World Trade Organization members have established a dispute panel to consider and rule on a complaint by South Korea against Japanese export restrictions on key components for items like South Korean …

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

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Updated 6 years ago
High-ranking Chicago officer dies, apparently shot himself

CHICAGO (AP) — A high-ranking member of the Chicago Police Department who was promoted earlier this month was found dead after he apparently shot himself in a station on the city's West Side, authorities said.

Updated 6 years ago
US commander affirms US support for Japan on China dispute

TOKYO (AP) — The United States supports Japan's protests over Chinese ships venturing into the economic waters near disputed East China Sea islands, the commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan said Wednesday.

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

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans