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A German athlete, wearing face mask, walks past the Olympic rings display on their arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Thursday, July 1, 2021. The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan. The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, even with a reduced number of spectators or possibly none at all.(Kyodo News via AP)
As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 06, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center, stands by a remotely-controlled guide robot at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Monday, June 28, 2021. Suga inspected antigen testing for arrivals and vowed to ensure appropriate border controls as growing numbers of Olympic and Paralympic participants enter Japan ahead of the July 23 opening of the games (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan ups health controls as Olympic athlete tests positive

By Mari Yamaguchi Jun. 28, 2021 05:09 AM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris holds a roundtable discussion with advocates from faith-based NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and shelter and legal service providers, during her visit to the Paso del Norte (PDN) Port of Entry in El Paso, Texas, Friday, June 25, 2021. The Paso del Norte Port of Entry is one of the country's busiest pedestrian border crossings. It is located on the Paso Del Norte International Bridge. Thousands of people cross the border through the Port each day.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
On border tour, Harris laments 'infighting' over immigration

By Alexandra Jaffe Jun. 25, 2021 05:12 PM EDT

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement at the end of the first day of an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, early Friday, June 25, 2021. At their summit in Brussels, EU leaders are set to take stock of coronavirus recovery plans, study ways to improve relations with Russia and Turkey, and insist on the need to develop migration partners with the countries of northern Africa, but a heated exchange over a new LGBT bill in Hungary is also likely. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)
Germany sees way out of EU-Britain border spat

Jun. 25, 2021 10:04 AM EDT

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference on details of his plan for Texas to build a border wall and provide $250 million in state funds as a "down payment.", Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Texas' Abbott leads GOP push for Trump-style border measures

By Paul J. Weber Jun. 24, 2021 01:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan 15, 2019, file photo, Rodney Scott, then-U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego sector chief shakes hands through a section of newly-replaced border wall in San Diego. The chief of the Border Patrol said Wednesday, June 23, 2021, he was leaving his job after less than two years in a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarizing political debate. Rodney Scott wrote to agents that he will be reassigned. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Border Patrol chief who supported Trump's wall is forced out

By Elliot Spagat Jun. 23, 2021 07:33 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

Members of Uganda’s Olympic team prepare to leave for Osaka, at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo early Sunday June 20, 2021. A member of the team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among arriving athletes for the Tokyo Games opening in five weeks. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)
Uganda Olympic team member tests positive for coronavirus

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 19, 2021 09:07 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden,...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
San Antonio Express-News. June 9, 2021. Editorial: Only authentic artifacts to remember the Alamo Immortalized by a...

Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gesture as they arrive for a bilateral meeting Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at the National Palace in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Blunt message, search for answers mark VP's 1st foreign trip

By Alexandra Jaffe Jun. 09, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, then-Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Phoenix. McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate, joining what's likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

By Jonathan J. Cooper Jun. 08, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

Members of the cadets honor guard stand close to Air Force Two after the arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris to Guatemala City, Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Guatemala's Air Force Central Command. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Harris targets corruption, immigration on Latin America trip

By Alexandra Jaffe And Christopher Sherman Jun. 06, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2020 file photo a woman adjusts her hat and mask as she arrives from Tijuana, Mexico, crossing by foot at the San Isidro port of entry in San Diego. An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border

By Suman Naishadham May. 31, 2021 11:06 AM EDT

Badreddine, left, 22, Salah, center, 22 and Hosam, 24, pose for a photo as they wait for a chance to cross to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from the northern town of Fnideq, Morocco, Thursday, May 20, 2021. An extraordinary surge of migrants seeking to leave Morocco for Spain this week has left the border town suffering under the strain. “We will keep trying. We will find one way or another, even if the ocean turns into ice!” said 27-year-old Badreddine. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Migrant surge on Spain-Morocco border brings more suffering

By Mosa'ab Elshamy May. 21, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

A Spanish civil guard wait for migrants to arrive at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Spanish officials are acknowledging for the first time that the unprecedented migrant crisis has been triggered by an angry Rabat at Madrid's decision to provide medical treatment to the militant boss of the Polisario Front. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Uncertainty greets weary migrants in Spain's African enclave

By Renata Brito, Bernat Armangué, Houda Benalla And Joseph Wilson May. 19, 2021 09:54 AM EDT

Spanish Army soldiers clash with migrants near the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Ceuta, a Spanish city of 85,000 in northern Africa, faces a humanitarian crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border control in their country to swim or paddle in inflatable boats into European soil. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

By Renata Brito And Aritz Parra May. 18, 2021 11:46 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador applauds during a ceremony at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. Mexico announced Saturday, April 24, 2021, that Lopez Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration, amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Ahead of Harris meeting, Mexico president accuses US

By Christopher Sherman May. 07, 2021 04:25 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, travellers, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, walk along the departure hall of the Zaventem international airport in Brussels. The European Commission proposed Thursday April 29, 2021, issuing “Digital Green Certificates” to EU residents to facilitate travel across the 27-nation bloc by the summer 2021, as long as they have been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19 or recovered from the disease. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
EU Parliament: COVID-19 pass should guarantee free movement

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 29, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a Honduran migrant child is helped off an army truck after being returned to El Florido, Guatemala, one of the border points between Guatemala and Honduras. The reasons Hondurans continue to flee their country have been well documented: pervasive violence, deep-seated corruption, lack of jobs and widespread destruction from two major hurricanes that struck the region last November. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros, File)
US to help Guatemala train its border protection force

By Sonia Pérez D. And Gisela Salomon Apr. 26, 2021 09:39 PM EDT