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United States' Becky Sauerbrunn (4) heads the ball during the CONCACAF Women's Championship final soccer match against Canada in Monterrey, Mexico, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Canada vs USA 7/18/2022

Jul. 19, 2022 12:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday Sept. 14, 2019 file photo, former Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda is supported by former Nigerian President Olusegan Obasanjo, left, at the state funeral of former Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97, the country's president Edward Lungu announced Thursday June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
Zambia's 1st president, Kenneth Kaunda, dies at age 97

By Noel Sichalwe And Andrew Meldrum Jun. 17, 2021 12:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2021 file photo, a LNER Azuma train crossing the Forth Bridge in Edinburgh. Britain plans to bring the national rail network back under government control, reversing one of the most controversial elements of the privatization drive carried out by the Conservative governments of the 1980s and ’90s. Under plans announced Thursday, May 20, 2021, the government will create a new entity known as Great British Railways that will own all railroad infrastructure, set most fares and schedules, collect ticket revenue and run a single ticketing website. Private companies will continue to operate trains under contracts with the state. (Euan Cherry/PA via AP, File)
UK to reunify national rail network under government control

May. 20, 2021 06:14 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 03, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2021. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights...

Gregg Donovan demonstrates with a sign protesting the lack of Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, outside a road closure near the 78th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
'Nomadland,' 'Borat' win at a socially distant Golden Globes

By Jake Coyle Feb. 28, 2021 08:43 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 06:51 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 8 The Washington Post on...

FILE - In this May 28, 2015 file photo, attendees at BookExpo America visit the HarperCollins Publishers booth in New York. The annual publishing convention and trade show, a decades-old tradition, may be coming to an end. ReedPop, which has managed BookExpo for a quarter century, announced Tuesday that it was dropping the event, along with the fan-based BookCon. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Event organizer drops BookExpo, annual publishing convention

By Hillel Italie Dec. 01, 2020 12:00 PM EST

John Ambrose, a guide with the Beatles-themed Fab4 Taxi Tours, wears a face mask as he walks past a statue of the Beatles in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The English port city that gave the world the Beatles weathered decades of industrial decline before becoming a celebrated symbol of urban renewal. Now, the coronavirus is putting Liverpool's hard-won revival in jeopardy, and raising tensions between the north of England and the wealthier south. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Virus curbs widen England's north-south rift, stir animosity

By Jill Lawless Oct. 16, 2020 02:40 AM EDT

In this image made from UNTV video, Teresa Amarelle Boue, Member of the Council of State of Cuba, speaks during a pre-recorded message which was played inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at U.N. headquarters, in New York. (UNTV Via AP)
25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 01, 2020 12:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 30, 2020 file photo, a woman wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus, rides a bicycle past a job centre in Shepherd's Bush, as the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus continues, in London.  Unemployment across the U.K. has held steady during the coronavirus lockdown as a result of a government salary support scheme, but there are clear signals emerging that job losses will skyrocket over coming months. The Office for National Statistics said Thursday, July 16, 2020 there were 649,000 fewer people, or 2.2%, on payroll in June when compared with March when the lockdown restrictions were imposed. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
UK job losses set to rise sharply as numbers on payroll sink

By Pan Pylas Jul. 16, 2020 02:52 AM EDT

In this photo taken in the mid-1980s in north London then student Dr. Amged El-Hawrani poses for a photo. El-Hawrani, a 55-year-old father of one died March 28 at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, becoming one of the first frontline doctors in Britain's National Health Service to lose his life in the pandemic. (Photo via AP)
Lives Lost: Sudan-born doctor saw himself as ordinary Briton

By Danica Kirka Apr. 24, 2020 12:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, British lawmaker Michael Gove arrives at 10 Downing Street in London. With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized in intensive care after contracting the new coronavirus, Michael Gove is among key players in Johnson's Cabinet who will be directing Britain's response to the highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus, while their leader is being treated. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
With Johnson hospitalized, who's who in Britain's Cabinet?

By Sylvia Hui Apr. 08, 2020 08:09 AM EDT

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