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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…
Floods, landslides kill at least 213 in South Asia
NEW DELHI (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 213 people across South Asia over the past month, officials said Thursday.
Clashes resume on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Clashes resumed between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on the South Caucasus nations' shared border Thursday morning, with both sides blaming each other for attacks that continue the worst …
Demand for jobless aid high, even as economy slowly picks up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment remains painfully high in the U.S. even as economic activity slowly picks up.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-PRISON RELEASES — Table. This embeddable table shows the decline in prison population by state from March to June of 2020. This table is current as of July 16, 2020 and will not update. Source: The M…
Illinois woman faces up to 60-year term in slaying of son, 5
CHICAGO (AP) — The voice of a 5-year-old boy who was beaten to death and buried in a shallow grave filled a northern Illinois courtroom Thursday during a hearing in which a judge will decide if his mother, who admi…
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China firm uses workers to 'pre-test' vaccine in global race
Islamic State bride to return to fight for UK citizenship
LONDON (AP) — A U.K. woman who as a teenager ran away to join the Islamic State group won the right Thursday to return to Britain to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national secur…
As Israel virus cases surge, government weighs new lockdown
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's prime minister said Thursday he is meeting with senior officials to discuss “interim steps” to try and contain a coronavirus surge without having the country return to a general loc…
Police in Moscow detained over 130 people during protests
MOSCOW (AP) — Police in Moscow detained over 130 people during a protest against the constitutional reform that allows President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036.
1-hour hold is placed on 2nd federal execution this week
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The Supreme Court early Thursday cleared the way for a second federal execution this week. The vote to allow the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey to go forward was 5-4, with the court's four …
The Latest: New French PM says masks mandatory next week
PARIS — New French Prime Minister Jean Castex says masks will be mandatory in closed public places as of next week, sooner than Aug. 1 as announced earlier by President Emmanuel Macron.
Plane crashes in eastern Turkey; 7 security personnel dead
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A small plane belonging to Turkey’s police force has crashed into a mountain in eastern Turkey, killing seven security personnel on board, Turkey’s interior minister said Thursday.
Statue of Black UK protester removed from plinth in Bristol
BRISTOL, England (AP) — Officials in the English city of Bristol on Thursday removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter activist that was installed on a plinth once occupied by a monument to a 17th-century slave trad…
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