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Updated 1 month, 2 weeks 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
Indian police kill top crime suspect in deaths of 8 officers

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A top suspect in dozens of crimes, including the killings of eight police officers last week, was fatally shot Friday in police custody while allegedly trying to flee, officials said.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Japan braces for more heavy rain as death toll rises to 66

TOKYO (AP) — Parts of Japan still searching for missing people and evacuating those stranded by deadly floods and mudslides were bracing for more pounding rains through the weekend.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Brazil LGBTQ group hides from virus in Copacabana building

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a courtyard a few blocks from Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, a dozen people get settled on broken couches beneath a banner reading “Cure Your Prejudice.” They face the makeshift stage w…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Late Seoul mayor says in his will he feels sorry to people

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A will left by late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon says he feels “sorry to all people” and asks his body to be cremated.

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

No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
North Korean leader's sister says Kim-Trump summit unlikely

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday she doesn’t expect her brother to meet President Donald Trump this year, saying there’s no reason for the North to gift T…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
City officials say late Seoul mayor left note saying he felt “sorry to all people” and asking that his body be cremated

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — City officials say late Seoul mayor left note saying he felt “sorry to all people” and asking that his body be cremated.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Tropical Storm Fay threatens mid-Atlantic coast, New England

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, began to edge away from the North Carolina coast Thursday evening, its sights set on the mid-Atlantic coast and southern New …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP PHOTOS: AP Week in Pictures, Asia

July 3-9, 2020

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Storm off Mexico likely to be east Pacific's first hurricane

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristina formed Thursday off Mexico's western coast and was forecast to grow into the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season by Friday morning, though it was unlikely to pos…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Safety protocol, job fears, family feud in Singapore polls

SINGAPORE (AP) — Some 2.65 million Singaporeans will cast their ballot Friday with strict safety protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-ruling party is expected to…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Arizona restaurants told to cut to half capacity

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is ordering restaurants to work at half of their capacity, but he has declined to shut them down entirely as authorities seek to control a strong coronavirus outbreak that has doub…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Mayor of South Korean capital found dead after 7-hour search

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The missing mayor of South Korea’s capital, reportedly embroiled in sexual harassment allegations, was found dead early Friday, more than half a day after giving his daughter a will-like m…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Man charged in death of Indiana teen last seen in 1986

CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of an Indiana teenager who was last seen in 1986, authorities said Thursday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now