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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…
Scarce medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for life
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s best hope for coronavirus patients lies inside a neglected yellow shed on the grounds of its main hospital: an oxygen plant that has never been turned on.
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The Latest: New daily US cases surge to highest in 2 months
New cases of the coronavirus in the United States have surged to the highest level in two months.
The Arctic is on fire: Siberian heat wave alarms scientists
MOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world.
Asia shares mixed after US rally despite rising virus fears
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday following another rally on Wall Street, tempered by fears over surging coronavirus cases in various parts of the world.
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Roadside bombing kills 6 civilians in northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bombing killed at least six Afghan civilians traveling in a rickshaw in a northern province, an official said Wednesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Latest: S. Africa records highest daily toll of 111 dead
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has recorded its highest daily death toll from the coronavirus: 111.
China tames new outbreak but elsewhere virus cases surge
BEIJING (AP) — China appears to have tamed a new outbreak of the coronavirus in Beijing, once again demonstrating its ability to quickly mobilize vast resources by testing nearly 2.5 million people in 11 days.
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Historian compares civil rights protests, then and now
Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University history professor and author, whose works include books about the late civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., discusses differences between the 1960s civil…
Syria reports Israeli raids on central, south military posts
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian air defenses responded to Israeli attacks on military posts in a central province early on Wednesday, shortly after similar attacks in the south killed two soldiers, the defense minist…
Removal of slavery advocate statue begins in S. Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Several hundred people gathered in Marion Square, in the historic South Carolina city of Charleston, early Wednesday to watch the removal of a statue of former vice president and slavery adv…
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