By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Switzerland against Cameroon has the look of a must-win opportunity even as their opening game in a tough World Cup group. They have talent-packed Brazil and robust Serbia also in Group G. So taking three points in the early afternoon heat on Thursday shapes as
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer It was a rare week of happy returns in the NFL. After only one kick or punt was returned for a touchdown in the first 10 weeks of the season, two were taken back in memorable fashion on Sunday. Cordarrelle Patterson scored on a kickoff return for Atlanta
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis gave the World Cup a shout-out on Wednesday and prayed that the Qatar tournament may be an occasion for harmony and peace in the world. Francis is a life-long soccer fan and has long promoted sport as a way of promoting solidarity and fraternity. Speaking at the end of
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis gave the World Cup a shout-out on Wednesday and prayed that the Qatar tournament may be an occasion for harmony and peace in the world. Francis is a life-long soccer fan and has long promoted sport as a way of promoting solidarity and fraternity. Speaking at the end of
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Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Argentina’s game against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday was supposed to serve as the perfect springboard for Lionel Messi’s last dance at the World Cup. The South American side was expected to brush aside its opponent, ranked 48 places below them in the world standings, and fans had come in droves to
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Ray Sanchez, Nick Watt and Bill Kirkos, CNN The 22-year-old accused of carrying out a mass shooting over the weekend at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will remain held without bond following a court appearance Wednesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich, appearing in court via video conference for the first time since
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, Ray Sanchez, Nick Watt and Bill Kirkos, CNN The 22-year-old accused of carrying out a mass shooting over the weekend at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will remain held without bond following a court appearance Wednesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich, appearing in court via video conference for the first time
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Unfortunately for Argentina fans, it wasn’t just a bad dream. Their team really did lose 2-1 to Saudi Arabia in one of the biggest shocks in the World Cup’s 92-year history. Now the pressure is on Lionel Messi and Argentina, who cannot afford to lose
Continue ReadingBy ALEX BRANDON and BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Walmart manager pulled out a handgun before a routine employee meeting and began firing wildly around the break room of a Virginia store, killing six people in the nation’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and witnesses said Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has teased a third presidential campaign from the moment he left the White House. But in the week since Trump officially declared his candidacy, the Republican former president has been uncharacteristically low key. There has been no massive stadium kickoff rally. Trump’s newly reinstated
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is linking the suffering of Ukrainians now to the 1930s “genocide” by starvation that the country experienced under Josef Stalin. Francis’ linking of the two marked a sharp escalation in papal rhetoric against Russia. As of this year, only 16 countries have officially recognized
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland’s government cannot unilaterally hold a second referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom, in a blow to independence campaigners that will be welcomed by Westminster’s pro-union establishment. The court unanimously rejected an attempt by the Scottish National Party (SNP) to force a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN On October 1, five of the so-called Citgo 6 were woken up early in their Venezuelan prison by a guard telling them to “get dressed up properly.” The men put on their yellow prison suits — “We called it our ‘Minion’ suit,” Jose Pereira said — before they were instructed by
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Last year, Auckland’s largest real estate company couldn’t sell properties quickly enough to meet demand in New Zealand’s biggest city. Houses were “flying out the door,” said Grant Sykes, a manager at real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson. “There were chin-dropping moments when agents stand around the room and are
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The first of several ships that will serve as floating terminals to receive liquefied natural gas imports in Germany have arrived off the Baltic Sea port of Mukran. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany has scrambled to secure alternative sources of gas to replace Russian supplies, on which the country
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The first of several ships that will serve as floating terminals to receive liquefied natural gas imports in Germany have arrived off the Baltic Sea port of Mukran. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany has scrambled to secure alternative sources of gas to replace Russian supplies, on which the country
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — one step toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disability into space.John McFall, a 41-year-old Briton
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer Pep Guardiola has signed a new contract with Manchester City that will keep him at the Premier League club until 2025. The Catalan manager’s current deal was set to expire at the end of the season, but he has committed to a further two years at the Etihad Stadium.
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli rights group says the Israeli military has demolished a school in the occupied West Bank, part of a long-standing expulsion order against eight Palestinian hamlets. B’Tselem, the rights group, said schoolchildren were inside the classrooms as soldiers arrived ahead of Wednesday’s demolition. Video provided by the group showed a bulldozer
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