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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…
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Southeastern Conference pushing Mississippi to change flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is considering barring league championship events in Mississippi unless the state changes its Confederate-based flag.
Confederate obelisk removed from Georgia square amid cheers
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — With hundreds of people watching as midnight approached, a crane moved in and took down a Confederate monument that stood in the town square of an Atlanta suburb since 1908.
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Singapore opens gyms, dining out as China outbreak steadies
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans can wine and dine at restaurants, work out at the gym and socialize with no more than five people at a time as of Friday, when the city-state removed most of its pandemic lockdown rest…
Palestinians fear displacement from an annexed Jordan Valley
FASAYIL, West Bank (AP) — For generations, the people of Fasayil herded animals on the desert bluffs and palm-shaded lowlands of the Jordan Valley. Today, nearly every man in the Palestinian village works for Jewis…
The Latest: Japan, Vietnam making bilateral travel plan
TOKYO — Japan and Vietnam have agreed to partially lift travel bans and ease restrictions as a way to reopen economic and bilateral exchanges between the two Asian nations where coronavirus infections have been lar…
Atlanta police call out sick to protest charges in shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick Thursday to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel …
Shooter on run after 1 New Zealand officer killed, 1 injured
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said an officer was shot and killed and another wounded in the leg in Auckland on Friday morning when they stopped a car. The suspect was on the run.
Solidarity or frugality? EU leaders discuss coronavirus plan
BRUSSELS (AP) — As they brace for the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, leaders of the European Union's 27 member states started discussing the bloc's future long-term budget and a multibillion-eu…
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Atlanta police call out sick over charges in fatal shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel abandoned…
Draft UN resolution calls for three aid crossings to Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A draft U.N. resolution would maintain two border crossing points from Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s mainly rebel-held northwest and reopen an Iraqi crossing to the northeast t…
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Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections
India-China Himalayan standoff deadly for cashmere herds
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Antagonisms between Indian and Chinese troops high in the Himalayas are taking a dire toll on traditional goat herds that supply the world’s finest, most expensive cashmere.