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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…
Germany: over a quarter of population has immigrant roots
BERLIN (AP) — More than a quarter of Germany's inhabitants are immigrants or have immigrant roots, according to official data for 2019 released Tuesday.
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
President Donald Trump’s attempt to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus lasted for about a week. He resumed spreading misinformation Tuesday about how to fight the virus and amplifying criticism of Dr…
2 arrested for attacking senator during Wisconsin protests
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two women have been arrested for attacking a Wisconsin state senator during a chaotic night of violence near the state Capitol last month.
UN says Libyan authorities shot dead 3 Sudanese migrants
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted by the coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea and returned to shore, the Uni…
Drivers hold onto cars in pandemic; average age hits record
Drivers are holding on to cars and trucks longer during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump again pushes unproven drug as COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to project
Turkey to suspend research in waters disputed with Greece
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean that abruptly raised military tensions with neighboring Greece, a top Turkish official said T…
UN says Libyan authorities shot dead two Sudanese migrants
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities shot dead two Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted by the coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea and returned to shore, the Unite…
Tenor Bocelli, who had COVID, says lockdown humiliated him
ROME (AP) — Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, said the pandemic lockdown made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him of his freedom to come and go as he wanted.
Authorities: Professor died by suicide after backlash
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The death of a North Carolina professor, who recently announced his retirement amid backlash for comments he made on social media that included calling the state’s governor “Massa Cooper,” h…
The Latest: British PM says 'duty' to protect UK from virus
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is the government’s “duty” to protect the U.K. from a second coronavirus spike as he defended the decision to recommend against all but essential travel to Spai…
US envoy pushes peace as Taliban offer conciliatory message
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Washington’s peace envoy was heading back to the region in efforts to jump-start negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban as the insurgents offered a conciliatory message on Tuesd…
World shares slip, gold retreats from record high
MITO, Japan (AP) — World shares turned lower on Tuesday and the price of gold retreated from a record high as investors kept an eye on economic stimulus measures and corporate earnings.
Technology infuses ancient hajj rites amid global pandemic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The vast white marble floors surrounding Islam’s holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, would normally be packed with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the worl…
Police searching for mother of boy found wandering alone
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Police investigators in South Florida said they are searching for the mother of a toddler found wandering alone Sunday morning in an apartment complex parking lot.