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2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey

The 2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. FIFA made the announcement Sunday at a Miami television studio, allocating the opener of the 39-d...

Feb 4, 2024

Senegal police fire tear gas as the opposition protests at election delay

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal's police on Sunday fired tear gas at opposition supporters who were protesting against the decision by President Macky Sall to postpone the Feb. 25 election over a disput...

Feb 4, 2024

Forest fires rage on in central Chile killing at least 64

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the bla...

Feb 4, 2024

Namibian President Hage Geingob dies in a hospital where he was receiving treatment, his office says

CAIRO (AP) - Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday while receiving medical treatment, his office announced. In a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the Namibian presidency sa...

Feb 3, 2024

Why AP called South Carolina for Biden: Race call explained

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, the contest that revitalized his 2020 campaign and now has given him his first official victory in his bid for a secon...

Feb 3, 2024

President Joe Biden wins South Carolina’s Democratic primary as he gears up for his reelection bid

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - President Joe Biden has won South Carolina's Democratic primary, notching an overwhelming 2024 victory in the state that vaulted him to the White House four years ago. Biden on S...

Feb 3, 2024

US, Britain begin new strikes on Yemen's Houthis, retaliating for attacks by Iran-backed militants

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Britain struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly a...

Feb 3, 2024

Police: Inert Cold War-era missile found in garage of Washington state home

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - An inert rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has been found in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in Washington state, police said. Bellevue police respo...

Feb 3, 2024

Senegal's leader postpones Feb. 25 presidential vote, citing controversies over candidate lists

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegati...

Feb 3, 2024

At least 19 dead as forest fires approach densely populated areas of central Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have left at least 19 people dead and destroyed about 1,100 homes, officials said Saturday. Chile's...

Feb 3, 2024