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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…
China criticizes US joint carrier drills in South China Sea
BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday accused the U.S. of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway.
Woof Warning: Dog alerts owner to house fire next door
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A dog in Tennessee became a hero on the Fourth of July by alerting her owner to a house fire next door.
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Trump's bluster doesn't beat a virus, calm a restive nation
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China's Inner Mongolia region reports bubonic plague case
BEIJING (AP) — While China appears to have reduced coronavirus cases to near zero, other infectious threats remain, with local health authorities announcing a suspected bubonic plague case in the Inner Mongolia Aut…
Global stocks rise as investors look ahead to week's data
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets rose Monday as investors shrugged off worries about rising coronavirus infections in the United States, Australia and some other countries.
40 dead in Japan floods, as more areas warned of heavy rain
TOKYO (AP) — The death toll from three days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan rose to 40 on Monday, including 14 who drowned at a riverside nursing home, as rescuers searched for 10 missing people and ra…
Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in federal virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially v…
Tropical Storm Edouard moves through Atlantic away from US
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard was moving Monday through the Atlantic Ocean away from the continental United States.
The Latest: Pakistan minister tests positive for coronavirus
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Minister of State for Health Zafar Mirza tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest high profile government minister to contract the virus.
EU top official criticized for breaching code of conduct
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm blamed a series of technical mistakes after its top official threw her support behind the ruling conservative party in Croatia's parliamentary elections, in breach…
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Correction: India-China story
NEW DELHI (AP) — In a July 1, 2020 story about India’s ban on dozens of Chinese phone apps The Associated Press erroneously reported that TikTok users in India received a notice that their data was being transferre…
Czech volunteers develop functioning lung ventilator in days
PRAGUE (AP) — Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators — he’s an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But when he saw that shortages of the vital machines had imperiled critically…
The Latest: Britain's arts venues getting $2B in virus help
LONDON — The British government has announced a big pot of money to help the country’s renowned arts and cultural institutions recover from the coronavirus pandemic, after some theaters and music venues warned that…