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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…
Insults, slammed fists: EU virus summit goes into 4th day
BRUSSELS (AP) — Weary and bleary, European Union leaders on Monday geared up for a fourth day of fighting over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund, barely rec…
Thousands to walk off job to protest racial inequality
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of a national strike say tens of thousands of workers are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has onl…
Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV reported on Mon…
China blasts dam to release floodwaters as death toll rises
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in central China blasted a dam Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Wrangling over virus relief persists despite high stakes
EU summit breaks up after all-night talks, to resume later
BRUSSELS (AP) — Weary and bleary European Union leaders temporarily broke up their summit at dawn on the fourth day of acrimonious haggling over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and cor…
Man killed, 8 others wounded in shooting in nation's capital
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was killed, and eight others were wounded in a brazen Sunday afternoon shooting on a busy street in northwest Washington, police said.
Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The intensive care unit at the Afghan capital's premier hospital for COVID-19 patients is a medical nightmare — and a stark warning how the country’s war-ravaged health care system risks c…
The Latest: India reports record 40,425 new virus cases
NEW DELHI — India reported more than 40,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, a record high for the country.
Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his base
In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the party's divergent and often warring factions. As the closing stretch of the campaign ne…
GOP leaders head to White House as virus crisis deepens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the next
Trump offers confusion, contradictions on immigration order
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising new executive action on immigration as he returns to the defining issue of his administration. But Trump has offered contradictory and confusing statements abou…
Saudi Arabia's King Salman admitted to hospital for tests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom’s Royal Court said Monday …
EU summit breaks up after all-night talks, to resume later
BRUSSELS (AP) — Weary and bleary European Union leaders temporarily broke up their summit at dawn on the fourth day of acrimonious haggling over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and cor…
Marathon European Union talks on a multibillion-euro coronavirus recovery fund have paused, will resume Monday afternoon
BRUSSELS (AP) — Marathon European Union talks on a multibillion-euro coronavirus recovery fund have paused, will resume Monday afternoon.