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Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar.
 
Holistic treatment of people in the criminal justice system is not new in Indian Country, but there are new programs coming on board as well as expanded approaches.
 
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Italian fisherman battle predator crabs

Italian fisherman battle predator crabs

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Fans react to Spain triumph at Women’s World Cup Final

Spain won its first Women’s World Cup title less than a year after a player rebellion, holding off England 1-0 on Sunday after Olga Carmona’s first-half goal. (August 20)

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K-Pop stars kick off K-Con in Los Angeles

K-Pop stars Taeyong, Taemin, Limelight and Shownu X Hyungwon attend K-Con in Los Angeles. (Aug. 20)

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Lifelike droids dazzle at robot exhibit in China

Humanoid robots are becoming ever more lifelike and canine inspired robots ever more obedient and agile thanks to artificial intelligence and other tech developments. (Aug. 17)

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First cat cafe opens in Gaza City

The global cat café trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has come to the besieged Gaza Strip. (Aug. 18)

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San Francisco launches driverless shuttle service

San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite safety concerns.San Francisco is one of a growing number of cities worldwide testing out driverless buses. (Aug. 18)(AP Video/Terry Chea)

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North Korean sports delegation travels through Beijing

North Korean athletes and officials were traveling through Beijing, apparently the first delegation to travel abroad since the nation closed its borders in early 2020 at the start of COVID-19. (AP video: Olivia Zhang)

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Putting pig organs to a key test in donated bodies

Surgeons at NYU transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally. It’s a critical step toward eventually trying in living patients. (Aug. 16) (AP video/Shelby Lum)

The Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals acted like kids again at the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.
Max Scherzer moved into 11th place on the career strikeout list just before an erratic stretch when he forced in a pair of runs, and the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 for a three-game series sweep.
Arike Ogunbowale scored 17 points, Teaira McCowan added 15 points and 13 rebounds, and the Dallas Wings defeated the Washington Wizards 97-84.
Ireland has suffered back-to-back losses in their T20 series against India after being beaten by 33 runs in Dublin.
Authorities say three people are dead and six others wounded after a shooting at a hookah lounge in south Seattle.
William Byron dominated the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International and notched his Cup Series-leading fifth victory of the season.
Paul Goldschmidt homered, Richie Palacios hit a two-run single and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-3 to avert a four-game series sweep.
A former Missouri respiratory therapist who pleaded guilty in the deaths of two hospital patients has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
The New York Yankees extended a losing streak to eight for the first time since 1995, allowing Justin Turner’s ninth-inning, go-ahead double after a key overturned call in a 6-5 defeat to the Boston Red Sox.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Britain has held off American Anna Hall by the slimmest of margins in the heptathlon to capture gold at the world championships.
Joc Pederson’s bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning forced in Michael Conforto and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3.
Brandon Belt had his second multihomer game this season, Hyun Jin Ryu won consecutive starts for the first time since his latest Tommy John surgery and Toronto Blue Jays routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 to win the series between playoff contenders.
Buffalo Bills backup offensive tackle Tommy Doyle sustained what coach Sean McDermott called as a season-ending injury, which further depletes the team’s thin depth at the position.
Dallas Keuchel carried a perfect game into the seventh inning before allowing a double to Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds, and Edouard Julien drove in a pair of runs for the Minnesota Twins in a 2-0 win against the Pirates.
Will Young and Mark Chapman hit half centuries as New Zealand recorded a comfortable 32-run victory over United Arab Emirates in their third Twenty20 international to clinch the series 2-1.
The Spanish soccer federation says Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned of her father’s death after the final.
Eugenio Suárez hit a two-run homer and rookie Dominic Canzone had a career-high four hits as the Seattle Mariners built a huge lead early and held on for a 7-6 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday to complete the series sweep.
Seiya Suzuki and Miguel Amaya hit solo homers, helping Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3.
Seventh-seeded Coco Gauff became the first teenager in more than 50 years to win the Western & Southern Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Karolina Muchova.
Barcelona has needed late goals from Pedri and Ferran Torres to beat Cadiz 2-0 in the Spanish league in the first official match at its temporary new home for the season.
Miguel Cabrera singled in his final at-bat at Progressive Field, Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter homered, and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Sunday, winning the season series between the teams for the first time since 2015.
A global aid official is urging the international community to provide more funds to help Sudanese people trapped in a monthslong fighting between rival generals in the African nation.
Officials say two children have died and a third is in critical condition after a house fire broke out overnight in North Carolina.
American golfer Alexa Pano has celebrated her 19th birthday by beating Gabriella Cowley of England on the third hole of a playoff to win the ISPS Handa World Invitational.
Max Scherzer has moved into 11th place on baseball’s career strikeout list, getting his 3,343rd to pass Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil Niekro.
In Hungary hammer thrower Bence Halasz will always be remembered for coming through when it counted the most.
Dallas Keuchel perfect game bid for the Minnesota Twins ended when the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds doubled off the right-field wall with one out in the seventh inning.
Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through a historic hotel early Saturday, prompting officials on the summer vacation spot off the coast of Rhode Island to declare a state of emergency and urge the public to stay away.
Wesley Kiptoo has tied the Falmouth Road Race course record in winning the race. Fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in the second-fastest time in the Sunday event’s 51-year history.
Two people are dead after a car was struck by train in South Dakota, an accident that caused the train to derail and crash into a grain elevator.