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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…
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Ethicists say Trump special treatment raises fairness issues
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Charpentier and Doudna
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known as CRISPR.
Iran's Rouhani slams sending fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday warned that his country will not tolerate the presence of foreign fighters — “terrorists that Iran has fought for years" — near its northern border, …
Lawmakers: North Korean ex-envoy to Italy defected to South
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior North Korea diplomat who vanished in Italy in late 2018 lives in South Korea under government protection, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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Lawmakers: N. Korea ex-ambassador to Italy defected to South
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior North Korea diplomat who vanished in Italy in late 2018 lives in South Korea under government protection, lawmakers said Wednesday.
Greek court rules Golden Dawn party criminal organization
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court ruled on Wednesday that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, delivering landmark guilty verdicts following a politically charged five-year tr…
Greek court rules far right Golden Dawn party guilty of operating as a criminal organization
ATHENS (AP) — Greek court rules far right Golden Dawn party guilty of operating as a criminal organization.
World shares mixed after Trump calls halt to stimulus talks
World shares were mostly lower on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a stop to talks on another round of aid for the economy.
Israeli PM's wife may have violated lockdown with haircut
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife may have violated the country's coronavirus lockdown by inviting a hairdresser into the official residence last week to prepare her for a public ser…
Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox over virus rules
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police clashed with hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews overnight as they sought to enforce restrictions on public gatherings during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the police said Wednesday.
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The Latest: Czech Republic adds record 4,400 new cases
PRAGUE — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have hit a record high, surpassing 4,000 cases in one day for the first time.
Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico's Cancun area
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Delta, a slightly weakened but still dangerous Category 3 storm, barreled toward Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula with winds of 115 mph (185 kph) for an expected landfall south of the Canc…
AP PHOTOS: Circus school in full swing again, despite COVID
BRUSSELS (AP) — The ropes are swinging. Chalk stains the mats anew. And students at the ESAC international circus school in Brussels are smiling again, even if it is through a mask sometimes.