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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…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
French hostage freed in Mali arrives home in France

PARIS (AP) — A 75-year-old French aid worker held hostage for four years by Islamic extremists in Mali was reunited Friday with her grandchildren in France, as relatives also welcomed home two Italians and a Malian…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Slovakia sees record new infections for 3rd day

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Coronavirus infections in Slovakia have hit a record high for the third straight day, reaching almost 1,200 in a day for the first time.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Trump says he's ready for rallies but details slim on health

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
UN World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

ROME (AP) — The United Nations' World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to fight hunger in regions of conflict and hardship around the globe.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Spain’s king and prime minister visit Barcelona amid protest

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A few thousand Catalan separatists protested Friday against a visit by Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to Barcelona amid continued tensions between the restive region…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The U.N.'s World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The United Nations' World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
UK government prepares jobs support if firms forced to close

LONDON (AP) — The British government is on Friday set to announce further support for companies to retain staff in the coming months if they are forced to close as a result of new lockdown restrictions.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Global stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures rose Friday after President Donald Trump said talks had resumed on an aid package for the struggling U.S. economy.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Typhoon off southern Japan, heavy rain expected nationwide

TOKYO (AP) — A slow-moving typhoon off Japan's southern coast has triggered gusts and rain across a large part of the country and could bring heavy rains to the Tokyo region through early next week, though it was n…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Sentencing procedure continues for Greece's Golden Dawn

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Defense lawyers for the 18 former lawmakers of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party are to continue their arguments Friday for more lenient sentences, after judges deemed the party a criminal …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
German police begin clearing notorious Berlin squat

BERLIN (AP) — Police in heavy riot gear began clearing out a notorious Berlin leftist squat on Friday morning, encountering only passive resistance from residents as they carried them individually down a firetruck'…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
UK economy stutters in August despite dining discount

LONDON (AP) — The British economy grew by far less than anticipated during August, raising concerns that the recovery from the coronavirus recession was already stuttering even before the reimposition of an array o…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Spain considers state of emergency for virus-hit Madrid

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is holding an emergency Cabinet meeting on Friday morning to consider declaring a state of emergency for Madrid and its surrounding region in order to impose stron…