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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
UN cargo plane crashes in Somalia, 3 crew members survive

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Somali official says a United Nations cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid has crashed at an airport in central Somalia and the three crew members survived.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
77 dead in floods and landslides in India's Assam state

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Six more people have died in floods and mudslides in northeastern India's Assam state, officials said Tuesday, taking the death toll to 77 from more than two weeks of heavy rains that caused o…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Burger King addresses elephant in the room, and it's a cow

Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Report: Iran hangs 2 for 2010 parade bombing that killed 12

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that authorities have executed two men convicted of a 2010 bombing at a military parade in northwestern Iran that killed 12 spectators.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Turkey says it rejects EU condemnation over Hagia Sophia

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday chided the European Union over its condemnation of a Turkish decision to convert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque, saying the matte…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
UK, France set to extend rules on face coverings in public

LONDON (AP) — British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Tuesday that the wearing of face coverings will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets in England. The requirement is expected to take effect from July 24.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

The AP plans the following coverage today of the virus outbreak. For up-to-the minute information, visit

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, July 14, 2020

If you have questions, please email Anthony McCartney at [email protected]. For up-to-the-minute coverage, visit coverage plan at https://newsroom.ap.org for information. For access to AP newsroom and other technic…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Israeli investigators: No footage of shooting of Palestinian

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Justice Ministry on Tuesday announced there is no footage of the shooting of an autistic Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli police, saying that security cameras in the closely monit…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Pensioners in Greece win court battle for bailout refund

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A high court in Greece has ruled in favor of pensioners who brought a class action case to demand the reimbursement of money cut from their income during international bailouts.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: France to require masks at indoor public spaces

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to require masks inside all indoor public spaces by Aug. 1.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Flash flood kills 15 in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A flash flood in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province left at least 15 people dead and an unknown number missing, an official said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
UN commission warns new Burundi leader needs watching

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A United Nations commission of inquiry warns that it will take more than a new president to reverse the trend of repression in the East African country of Burundi.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Armenia-Azerbaijan border fighting escalates; 16 killed

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan forces fought Tuesday with heavy artillery and drones, leaving at least 16 people killed on both sides, including an Azerbaijani general, in the worst outbreak of host…