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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…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries

HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial two-day primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates fo…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran's Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian je…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Iran investigators blame shootdown of Ukranian flight on misaligned missile battery, no communication with commanders

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran investigators blame shootdown of Ukranian flight on misaligned missile battery, no communication with commanders.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Hungary reimposing restrictions on some arrivals

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian government said Sunday that it will reimpose restrictions, such as mandatory two-week quarantines or bans, on people arriving from countries where the rate of coronavirus infection…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News Digest 5:45 a.m.

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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Vatican highlights plight of maritime workers

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is highlighting the plight of maritime workers during the pandemic, saying bans on shore leave are severely stressing crews stuck aboard ship, some to the point of suicide.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Online funeral set for Seoul mayor over virus concerns

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The official funeral for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will be held online this week over coronavirus concerns, his funeral committee said Sunday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Libyan forces set conditions for lifting oil blockade

CAIRO (AP) — Forces loyal to a Libyan commander said they will only allow the reopening of oil fields and terminals once a mechanism has been set up to fairly distribute revenue across the country, which is split b…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Serbia, Kosovo leaders in new talks face same old issues

BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo resumed talks Sunday aimed at normalizing their long-strained relations, more than 20 years after Belgrade sent troops into its former territory to crush an uprising…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Spain holds regional elections amid coronavirus

MADRID — Spaniards in two northern regions are voting in regional elections Sunday amid tight security measures to avoid more outbreaks of the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong's pro-democracy primaries

HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial two-day primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an up…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: India IT hub Bangalore in lockdown as cases rise

NEW DELHI — India’s coronavirus caseload is nearing 850,000 with a record surge of 28,637 in the past 24 hours, prompting authorities to announce a weeklong lockdown in the key southern technology hub of Bangalore.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

As US grapples with virus, Florida hits record case increase