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SHALDON, England (AP) — They are simple pleasures that hark back to analog, unplugged summer days: a book and a picnic blanket, a bucket and spade, fish and chips.
They are also the traditional …
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By TONY HICKS
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7/31/21
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A resurgence of coronavirus cases in West Africa is hitting the region hard, inundating cemeteries where funeral numbers are rising and hospitals where beds are becoming …
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By CARLEY PETESCH
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7/31/21
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested a man Friday on suspicion of insulting the national anthem, after he was allegedly caught booing the Chinese national anthem while watching an …
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By HUIZHONG WU
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7/30/21
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked …
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By The Associated Press
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7/30/21
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Noor Mukadam's last hours were terror-filled. Beaten repeatedly, the 27-year-old jumped from a window but was dragged back, beaten again and finally beheaded. A childhood friend …
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By KATHY GANNON
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7/30/21
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U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation …
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By LINDSEY TANNER
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7/30/21
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TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics.
Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa won the …
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By JOSH DUBOW
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7/30/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Swimming is nothing if not orderly.
Get ready for a little chaos.
Here comes the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay making its Olympic debut in Tokyo on Saturday: Two men and two …
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By BETH HARRIS
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7/30/21
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HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kong’s national security law as the ruling Communist Party …
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By KATIE TAM and JANICE LO
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7/30/21
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Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been saved from the trash after U.S. regulators extended their expiration date for a second time, part of a nationwide effort to salvage expiring …
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By MIKE CATALINI
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7/30/21
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BANGKOK (AP) — With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using …
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By DAVID RISING
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7/30/21
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Do I need to get tested for COVID-19 if I’m vaccinated?
Yes, if you’ve been around someone who has COVID-19.
The latest guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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By MATTHEW PERRONE
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7/30/21
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MISSION SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS, Honduras (AP) — First came Hurricane Eta. Then, Hurricane Iota, unleashing rains of biblical proportions on the hillside community of La Reina.
As Iota hammered La …
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By ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABD
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7/30/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan is set to expand the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo to neighboring areas and the western city of Osaka on Friday in the wake of record-breaking surge in infections while …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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7/30/21
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reversed his termination of a key defense pact with the United States that allows large-scale combat exercises between U.S. and …
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7/29/21
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated.
The announcement by …
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By ILAN BEN ZION
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7/29/21
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MIAMI (AP) — Alan Reyes Picado fled Nicaragua by bus in the middle of the night, haunted by memories of government officials harassing him, throwing him in jail and then leaving him half naked in a …
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By GISELA SALOMON and CLAUDIA TORRENS
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7/29/21
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after it was launched from the Russian space launch facility in …
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7/29/21
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XINXIANG, China (AP) — The night the rains came, all Yu Ruiping could do was huddle in her market stall. The electricity went out. Her phone went dead. And the water just kept rising.
When the …
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By DAKE KANG
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7/29/21
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TROOZ, Belgium (AP) — Visions of cars being swept away in a raging current keep coming back to trouble Eric Mouqué. His wife, Cindy, gets triggered by the slightest noise.
So when her husband …
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN, VIRGINIA MAYO and MARK CARLSON
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7/29/21
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