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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…
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
Japan and Vietnam have agreed to partially lift travel bans and ease restrictions step by step as a way to reopen economic and bilateral exchanges between the two Asian nations where coronavirus infections have lar…
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…
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…
Former Baltimore mayor scheduled to plead guilty to perjury
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor Catherine Pugh, who was embroiled in a scandal involving her
Retirements spark scramble for open House seats in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — To the consternation of many Democrats, the front-runner in a crowded congressional primary in one of the bluest districts in New York City, if not the country, is a Pentecostal minister who opposes…
AP Week in Pictures, North America
June 12- June 18, 2020
Lives Lost: South African activist targeted apartheid, HIV
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Clarence Mini's life was marked by battles against formidable foes. The South African doctor fought apartheid — receiving his medical training in exile — the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and …
Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty
PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld legal protections for young immigrants, but President Donald Trump could still take away the ability for hundreds of thousands of them to live and work legally in th…
Memorial planned for federal officer shot at US courthouse
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Family and friends gathering to honor a federal law enforcement officer fatally shot while guarding a U.S. courthouse in Oakland will be joined Friday by the acting chief of Homeland Security, …
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…
China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors charged two detained Canadians with spying Friday in an apparent bid to step up pressure on Canada to drop a U.S. extradition request for a Huawei executive under house arrest in …
Trump troop cut in Germany fits a pattern of hitting allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — In vowing to pull thousands of American troops from Germany, President Donald Trump is following a pattern of disruptive, sometimes punitive, moves against allies that have dismayed his fellow Rep…
The Latest: India reports another daily jump in cases
NEW DELHI — India has recorded the highest one-day spike of 13,586 coronavirus cases, raising the total to 380,532.
Biden seizes on Bolton book to hit Trump's record on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Bolton's claim in an explosive new book that President Donald Trump urged China's Xi Jinping to