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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…
Five dead in latest flooding in southern China rainstorms
BEIJING (AP) — Rainstorms have killed five more people in a southern Chinese region already reeling from heavy flooding over the past week.
UN chief shocked at Libya mass graves in recently freed town
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep shock late Friday at the discovery of mass graves in Libyan territory recently recaptured from forces commanded by Khalifa Hifter, and ca…
Lives Lost: Weatherman built career on skills learned in war
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Robert Fleury knew he wanted to serve his country when he was a teenager, so he signed up for one of the most remote assignments in World War II — tracking the weather for the U.S. Navy in th…
The Latest: Beijing shuts main food market after 7 new cases
BEIJING— Beijing closed the city’s largest wholesale food market Saturday after the discovery of seven coronavirus cases in the previous two days.
Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
In the lake country 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, hundreds danced, prayed and demanded racial justice in Cadillac, a Michigan town that was long home to a neo-Nazi group.
Asia Today: Beijing shuts food market after 7 new cases
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing closed the city’s largest wholesale food market Saturday after the discovery of seven cases of the new coronavirus in the previous two days.
Trump addresses West Point grads amid tension with military
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — His relationship with top military officials strained, President Donald Trump on Saturday will address the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy against a backdrop of urgent questio…
Sao Paulo cemeteries to dig up graves for coronavirus space
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's biggest metropolis has an unorthodox plan to free up space at its graveyards during the coronavris pandemic: digging up the bones of people buried in the past and storing their bagged rema…
Asia Today: Beijing tests food markets after 7 new cases
BEIJING (AP) — City authorities are moving quickly to stem a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing after the discovery of seven cases in the past two days.
Trump reschedules campaign rally after Juneteenth uproar
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he is rescheduling his first campaign rally in months to a day later so it won't conflict with the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the United…
Clemson drops pro-slavery Calhoun's name from honors program
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University trustees voted Friday to rename its honors college, stripping from the program the name of former vice president and slavery proponent John C. Calhoun.
The Latest: South Korea capital adds more coronavirus cases
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported 49 new coronavirus cases.
Rallies hit Australia for 2nd weekend, some banned
SYDNEY (AP) — A day of demonstrations across Australia in support of the Black Lives Matter movement began Saturday with protesters gathering in the far northern city of Darwin with approval from state health autho…
The Latest: 10 resign from SWAT team amid safety concerns
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The Latest: Beijing has 7 locally transmitted virus cases
BEIJING — Officials in China’s capital are moving quickly to stem a new coronavirus outbreak after the discovery of seven cases the past two days.