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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…
Turkey: Rescuers find wreck of missing migrant boat in lake
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish search-and-rescue teams on Wednesday located the wreck of a boat that was reported missing in a lake in eastern Turkey with up to 60 migrants on board, officials said.
Wall Street opens higher led by energy, healthcare stocks
Wall Street is opening slightly higher Wednesday, led by energy and healthcare stocks. The S&P 500 is recovering some of the ground lost in Tuesday’s late sell-off. The 10-year Treasury yield is rising, as are prec…
Lebanese man who financed Hezbollah in US returns home
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese businessman serving a five-year sentence in the United States for providing millions of dollars to the militant Hezbollah group arrived Wednesday in Beirut after his early release, local me…
Germany's Merkel: Pandemic highlights limits of populism
BRUSSELS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is showing the limits of “fact-denying populism,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, as she urged European Union countries to quickly agree on a major economic …
Labrador helps Colombian store to keep distancing measures
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Eight-year-old Eros trots through the streets of this hilly city several times a day with a straw basket in his jaws, taking vegetables, fruit and packaged foods to customers of the El Por…
Richmond removing Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Work crews have begun taking down the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue, the sixth Confederate monument to be removed in Richmond amid national protests against police brutality and
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
Four months, 3 million confirmed infections and over 130,000 deaths into the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, Americans confronted with an alarming resurgence of the scourge are facing long lines at testing sites and goi…
UK creates discount scheme for people to eat out in August
LONDON (AP) — The British government unveiled a package of measures on Wednesday that it hopes will kick-start the economy and limit the anticipated spike in unemployment as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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Two COVID-19-ravaged churches take different recovery paths
NEW YORK (AP) — The paths of two New York City churches diverged this week — one reopened and one stayed closed. But they have shared a tragic fate, together losing at least 134 members of their mostly Hispanic con…
Writers warn in open letter against threat to free speech
LONDON (AP) — Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate and warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy amid a rise in wh…
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Pickup truck carrying migrants crashes in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A pickup truck carrying 32 migrants has crashed in North Macedonia, near the southern borders with Bulgaria and Greece, leaving eight people injured, police said Wednesday.
Global Forecast-Celsius
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Cambodian province famous for Angkor Wat bans dog meat trade
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Cambodian province that is home to the famous Angkor Wat temple complex, a major destination for foreign tourists, has outlawed the trade in dog meat, which animal rights activists h…