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Mikel Merino stars again as Spain edges Belgium 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper …
200-pound tortoise is back home after escaping Alabama pen
SARDIS CITY, Ala. (AP) — A 200-pound tortoise named Sparkplug that escaped from a pen in Alabama is back home after a journey across two counties and at least one soybean field.
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Philadelphia police shooting of Black man sparks unrest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man on a Philadelphia street after yelling at him to drop his knife, sparking violent protests that police said injured 30 officers and led to dozens o…
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EU agency launches probe after reports of migrant pushbacks
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex said Tuesday that it has launched an internal inquiry after media reports suggested that it is complicit in illegal pushbacks aimed at prev…
Yemeni officials say armed men kill rebel official in Sanaa
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials said armed men shot dead a rebel official Tuesday as he was heading to his office in the capital Sanaa, the most senior Houthi to be killed in more than two years.
Hurricane warning for New Orleans as Zeta swirls over Mexico
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves for yet another tropical weather strike Tuesday after Zeta raked across the Yucatan Peninsula on a track that forecasters said would …
Thousands in Bangladesh protest against French cartoons
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh rallied in the South Asian nation's capital on Tuesday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricatures depicti…
Here's why Ant Group is about to shatter IPO records
HONG KONG (AP) — Stella Su, who lives and works in Shanghai, has used an ATM only once in the past year. Instead of cash, in recent years she has done almost all her business using the digital wallet Alipay –- shop…
AMD buying Xilinx in all-stock deal valued at $35B
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — AMD is buying Xilinx for $35 billion in an all-stock deal that will combine the two Silicon Valley chip makers.
The Latest: Canary Islands tourists will need negative tests
MADRID -- Spain’s Canary Islands aim to pass a law this week demanding a negative COVID-19 test result from tourists wanting to visit the archipelago off northwest Africa.
2 arrested in Bosnia for wartime killing of 78 civilians
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities in Bosnia have detained two people suspected of taking part in the killing of at least 78 civilians during the 1992-95 war, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.
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The Latest: German area goes into de-facto virus lockdown
BERLIN — A second German district has gone into a de-facto lockdown as new coronavirus infections surge in the country and across Europe.