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Wales travel far to take on Switzerland in Baku at Euro 2020
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) From schoolboy to the national team, Dylan Levitt has come a long way since Wales went a long way at the last European Championship.The Welsh reached the semifinals at Euro 2016 ...
UK economy edges to pre-pandemic levels as lockdown eased
LONDON (AP) The easing of lockdown restrictions in April helped the British economy grow at its fastest rate since July 2020 and recoup further ground lost during the coronavirus pandemic, official fi...
Euro 2020 opening marks return of mega-scale sports events
ROME (AP) Postponed by a year, the biggest sporting event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt kicks off Friday at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome a milestone both for European and world spor...
Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of Floyd
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was kil...
China denounces US-Australian navy drills as muscle flexing
BEIJING (AP) China on Friday said the U.S. and Australia were flexing their muscles with recent naval drills in the South China Sea, underscoring Beijing s sensitivity over the strategic waterway it c...
The Latest: Russia player out of Euro 2020 with virus
The Latest on soccer s European Championship:___Russia winger Andrey Mostovoy has become the first player to be cut from a team at this year s European Championship because of the coronavirus.The team...
Sea search continues after Spanish girl s body found in bag
MADRID (AP) Spain is in shock after investigators combing the seabed near the Canary Islands found the body of one of two young sisters taken by their father weeks earlier without the mother s permiss...
World shares mostly higher after US inflation up 5% in May
BANGKOK (AP) Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Friday after the S&P 500 index notched another record high despite a surge in U.S. consumer prices in May.Benchmarks rose in Paris, Frankfu...
Citing misogyny, Aussie swimmer pulls out of Olympic trials
Singer Cody Simpson was dominating attention ahead of Australia s Olympic swimming trials, until Maddie Groves withdrew from the six-day meet following a series of social media posts condemning misogy...
EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel s new government?
JERUSALEM (AP) If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four...