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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…
The Latest: Japan's virus surge fills isolation facilities
TOKYO — As Japan battles a surge in coronavirus cases, some areas may be running out of isolation facilities to monitor infected people.
Hong Kong protest leader fired from university teaching job
HONG KONG (AP) — A professor and leading figure in Hong Kong’s political opposition has been fired from his university job following China’s passage of a sweeping new national security law.
Chateau Marmont to be converted to members-only hotel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Chateau Marmont, a Hollywood hotspot and hangout for nearly a century, will be converted into a members-only hotel over the next year, according to a newspaper report Tuesday.
Trump on his own yet again as he skips farewell to Lewis
WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, they passed through the grand Capitol Rotunda to pay respects to the civil rights icon.
Trump seeks out loyal donors in West Texas fracking fields
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at “crazy left radical Democrats” on a fundraising trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West Texas, launching unsubstantiated claims that a Democra…
1st hearing in 'watershed' graft case of Mexico oil chief
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican court held the first hearing Tuesday in what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said would be a “watershed” corruption case against the former head of the state-owned oil company.
Despite fewer virus cases, Hawaii hesitant to open schools
HONOLULU (AP) — The principal of the only school on Lanai thought reopening with full, in-person instruction next month was a no brainer: The Hawaiian island has had no confirmed coronavirus cases, and breezes flow…
Yemen's separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s leading separatist group will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered by Saudi Arabia, the group announced early Wednesday in a step toward closing a da…
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Flooding, mudslides hit northern Japan after heavy rainfall
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain poured over northern Japan on Wednesday, flooding residential areas and prompting warnings of mudslides.
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Iran launches underground ballistic missiles during exercise
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched underground ballistic missiles as part of an exercise involving a fake aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported Wednes…
The Latest: Japan's virus surge fills isolation facilities
TOKYO — As Japan battles a surge in coronavirus cases, some areas may be running out of isolation facilities to monitor infected people.
Asia Today: China, SKorea, Japan see upticks in virus cases
BEIJING (AP) — China reported more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the country continues to battle an outbreak in Xinjiang.
Flooding, mudslides hit northern Japan after heavy rainfall
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain poured over northern Japan on Wednesday, flooding residential areas and prompting warnings of mudslides.