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U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16 and keep its World Cup dreams alive
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Malik Tillman stepped up for a free kick with a bloody sock and a new right boot after …
Three go on trial for deadly 2017 Barcelona terror attacks
MADRID (AP) — Three people went on trial Tuesday in Spain for their alleged roles in terror attacks around Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured 140 others in 2017.
Blacks and whites clash at South African school incident
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has called for restraint Tuesday following clashes at an anti-racism protest outside a school in Cape Town.
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Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate
GOP backs Trump as he fights election results, transition
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult, with President Donald Trump blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team and Attorne…
Greece: Floods sweep cars into sea, send people to rooftops
Heavy flooding on the Greek island of Crete damaged roads, flooded hundreds of homes and swept cars into the sea amid ongoing torrential rainfall.
Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of followers of a firebrand cleric joyfully welcomed him at an Indonesian airport on Tuesday as he returned home from a 3-year exile in Saudi Arabia after criminal charge…
Britain condemns expulsion of 2 diplomats from Belarus
LONDON (AP) — Britain has condemned the expulsion of two U.K. diplomats from Belarus, saying authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko was trying to “hide the oppression of his own people.”
Three people go on trial for 2017 Barcelona terror attacks
MADRID (AP) — Three people went on trial Tuesday for their alleged roles in terror attacks in and near Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured some 140 in 2017.
Russian peacekeepers go to Nagorno-Karabakh to bolster truce
MOSCOW (AP) — More than a dozen planes carrying Russian peacekeepers headed for Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, hours after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to halt fighting over the separatist region and amid signs this…
Hungarian diplomat in Bangkok tests positive for coronavirus
BANGKOK (AP) — Health authorities in Thailand said Tuesday that a Hungarian diplomat in Bangkok has tested positive for the coronavirus, and is believed to have become infected through contact with his country’s fo…
Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure dies at 72
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72.
Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Facing fierce Republican refusal to acknowledge his victory, President-elect Joe Biden was fighting to defend the Obama administration's signature health care law on Tuesday as he began to c…
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
PARIS (AP) — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 patients: …
Ethiopian troops, refugees fleeing fighting cross into Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 30 armed Ethiopian troops and “large numbers” of refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have crossed the border into Sudan, the state-run SUNA news agency …
European leaders weigh terrorism strategy after attacks
PARIS (AP) — The leaders of France, Austria, Germany and the EU are meeting Tuesday to discuss Europe’s response to terrorism threats after recent deadly Islamic extremist attacks.