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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…
The Latest: Africa's cases surge to more than 336,000
JOHANNESBURG — Africa’s coronavirus cases have surged to more than 336,000, an increase of nearly 10,000 infections from Wednesday evening.
SKorea, US urge North to implement denuclearization pledges
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States urged North Korea to implement the disarmament pledges it made in past talks, saying Thursday the allies will keep pushing for diplomacy aimed at achievin…
UN aid chief: Yemen will fall off a cliff if no new funds
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned that without massive financial support, Yemen will “fall off the cliff,” with many more people starving to death, succumbing to COVID-19, dying of cholera an…
UN chief: Major UN achievement at 75 is no big power war
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the biggest accomplishment of the United Nations as it approaches its 75th anniversary is the long period since World War II that the most important pow…
Power outages reported along Colombia's Caribbean coast
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A power blackout Wednesday hit several large cities near Colombia’s Caribbean coast that are experiencing an uptick in coronavirus cases, raising worries about operations at hospitals treati…
AP News in Brief at 12:09 a.m. EDT
'Coming back and biting us': US sees virus resurgence
US says if no arms embargo on Iran it will seek UN sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to seek to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not approve a resolution that would indefinitely extend the arms emb…
Japan confirms its scrapping US missile defense system
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country’s capability against threats from Nor…
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3 charged after medical examiner rules teen’s death homicide
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Three staff members of a Michigan youth center have been charged in the death of a Black teenager who died while being restrained after throwing a sandwich, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff …
Census shows white decline, nonwhite majority among youngest
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the generation of Americans not yet old enough to drive, the demographic future has arrived.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Some states pause reopening as virus cases near record high
Wisconsin governor activates National Guard after violence
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor activated the National Guard on Wednesday to protect state properties after a night of violence that included the toppling of two statues outside the state Capitol, one of …
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Masks, travel restrictions, testing as virus cases surge
BANGKOK (AP) — Governments and businesses are ramping up precautions as coronavirus case numbers rise to dire new levels in parts of the U.S. and around the world, potentially wiping out two months of progress.