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Updated 1 month, 1 week 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, 1 month ago
Crisis hits Lebanon's hospitals, among the best in Mideast

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country's financial crisis, struggling to pay staff, keep equipment running or even stay open amid a surg…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Pakistani journalist abducted by armed men in uniform freed

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prominent Pakistani journalist has been freed and was back home Wednesday, a day after armed agents intercepted his car, grabbed and whisked him away in broad daylight. The abduction drew an imme…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Twitter says it's cracking down on QAnon conspiracy theory

HONG KONG (AP) — Twitter said it would crack down on accounts and content related to QAnon, the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory popular among supporters of President Donald Trump.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Silent spread of virus keeps scientists grasping for clues

One of the great mysteries of the coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Ohio speaker's arrest in bribery probe muddies 2020 election

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The arrest of Ohio’s House speaker on federal bribery charges has suddenly thrown a shadow over not just his political future, but that of his party, in a state where Republicans have been pre…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
California State University eyes ethnic studies requirement

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Trustees of California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, are expected to vote Wednesday on making ethnic studies a graduation requirement.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Australian state reports 1-day record 484 cases

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and health authorities warned that numbers could continue to rise.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Filipino journalist Ressa pleads not guilty to tax evasion

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Award-winning Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who was last month convicted of libel in what was widely criticized as an attack on press freedom, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to tax …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Asia Today: Australian state leader says sick not isolating

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and health authorities warned that numbers could continue to rise.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Elizabeth Warren's new role: Key Joe Biden policy adviser

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Congress weighs kicking racist chief justice from Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote on whether to remove from the U.S. Capitol a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision that declared African Americans couldn't be citize…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Trump has been on both sides of the states' rights argument

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to states' rights, President Donald Trump is all over the map.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Democratic group looks to close Trump-Biden enthusiasm gap

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump may be losing, but that doesn't mean Joe Biden is winning.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP PHOTOS: Indonesia shelter sees surge in abandoned dogs

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The barking of the dogs at the entrance of Pejaten Shelter grows louder as they rush to welcome Susana Somali, the 55-year old pathologist who runs the place.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Nepal ends 120 days of coronavirus lockdown

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s government has ended a lockdown 120 days after it was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus.