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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…
Group: Yemen rebels should be sanctioned over moored tanker
CAIRO (AP) — A leading international rights group on Monday urged the U.N. Security Council to impose additional sanctions on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels unless they provide U.N. experts access to an oil tank…
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On Portland's streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides
AP-NORC poll: Anxiety props up Biden, Trump voters fervent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Murtice Sherek is not excited about
What killed hundreds of elephants in Botswana? Still unknown
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana’s government says it still doesn’t know what caused the deaths of hundreds of elephants in recent weeks, but testing continues.
American charged with aggravated murder of wife in France
LE PECQ, France (AP) — A Brooklyn man who told French police investigators that he killed his wife by stabbing her twice during an argument has been charged with her murder, a prosecutor said Monday.
Officials: 2 protesters killed in new clashes in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Two anti-government protesters were killed and 21 were injured in Baghdad in new clashes between demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, human rights monitors and officials said Monday. The violence…
Woman accused of joining IS arrested on return to Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Monday a German woman who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Syria was arrested upon her return to the country. She is accused of membership in a foreign terrorist gro…
Trade, technology and security at risk in US-China feud
BEIJING (AP) — They have the largest economies in the world. They spend more than anyone else on their militaries. From high-tech chips to control of the high seas, their interests are closely intertwined.
The Latest: Morocco bans travel to and from major cities
PARIS — Morocco is banning all travel to and from some of its major cities to try to stem a small spike in coronavirus cases, even though the North African country has remained less impacted than its European neigh…
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AP POLL-ELECTION 2020-ENTHUSIASM-FEELINGS — Chart. This AP digital embed shows the results from a poll on the percentage of Biden and Trump supporters in the U.S. who report feeling interested, excited and anxious …
Hurricane Douglas gains strength; skirts the state of Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Douglas gained some strength and began to spin away from many of the Hawaiian Islands as it skirted the state late Sunday.
Portugal placed on wildfire alert as temperatures climb
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Authorities in Portugal put the entire country on a state of alert on Monday due to the high possibility of wildfires.
Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for downsized hajj amid pandemic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have started arriving in Mecca for a drastically scaled-down hajj, as Saudi authorities balance the kingdom's oversight of one of Islam's key pillars and the safet…
Confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia announced Monday that its confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 100,000, the highest amount in Southeast Asia.