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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…
Embed-AP Poll-Election 2020-100 Days-Direction, ADVISORY
AP POLL-ELECTION 2020-100 DAYS-DIRECTION — Chart. This AP digital embed shows the results from a poll on the percentage of people in the U.S. who say the country is headed in the right direction. This chart is curr…
The Latest: Austria resort town grapples with virus outbreak
BERLIN — A popular resort town in Austria has ordered restaurants and clubs to close early and urged people to avoid going out as it grapples with a new outbreak of the coronavirus.
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AP POLL-ELECTION 2020-100 DAYS- JOB APPROVAL — Chart. This AP digital embed shows the results from a poll on the percentage of people in the U.S. who approve of Donald Trump’s handling of his job as president. This…
Police corral crowds as movers leave US Consulate in China
CHENGDU, China (AP) — Moving trucks and vehicles with diplomatic plates pulled out of a U.S. Consulate in southwest China on Sunday, as its impending closure over rising bilateral tensions drew a steady stream of o…
Report: Blast in market of north Syrian border town kills 8
BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb that exploded Sunday morning in a vegetable market in a north Syrian border town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters killed eight and wounding 19, an opposition war monitor and the …
UN says thousands of anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. report says more than 6,000 Pakistani insurgents are hiding in Afghanistan, most belonging to the outlawed Pakistani Taliban group responsible for attacking Pakistani military and civilian t…
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Putin attends naval parade, promises new ships to navy
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships and vessels this year, as he attended a naval parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday marking the Navy Day in Russia.
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The Latest: UK foreign secretary defends quarantine measures
LONDON — Britain’s foreign secretary defended the government’s decision to immediately impose COVID-19 quarantine measures on U.K. travelers returning from Spain, saying it just wasn’t possible to give them more no…
India's PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-l…
Car hits pedestrians in Berlin; 7 injured
BERLIN (AP) — Seven people were injured in the German capital early Sunday morning after a driver apparently lost control of his car and drove into pedestrians, authorities said.
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Luck? Genetics? Italian island spared from COVID outbreak
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — Stranded on a tiny Italian island, a cancer researcher grew increasingly alarmed to hear that one, and then three more visitors had fallen ill with COVID-19.
Arrests and clashes follow anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Police said Sunday they arrested more than a dozen Israelis in country-wide protests the previous night that drew thousands of people in a growing and persistent show of force against Prime …