PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day Thursday August 15, 2024
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
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Hong Kong welcomes the birth of its first locally born giant pandas
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong welcomed the birth of its first locally born giant pandas on Thursday, with their mother becoming the world’s oldest first-time mother of its kind on record, the theme park that houses them announced. Ying Ying, the mother, gave birth to the twins — one male and one female —
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Police arrest 4th man accused of participating in stabbing of Lamine Yamal’s father near Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in Barcelona detained a fourth man accused of participating in the stabbing of the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal, who said Thursday he was feeling better. Police thanked citizens for helping them arrest those accused of the stabbing of Mounir Nasraoui on Wednesday. Three people had been
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Election 2024 live updates: Vance and Walz agree to vice presidential debate | AP News
His team billed the speech as a significant economic address, but Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina, choosing instead to stick to his familiar personal attacks against Democratic rival Kamala Harris. By The Associated Press Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Donald Trump will deliver
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Mauricio Pochettino negotiating to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. soccer coach, AP source says
Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. Soccer Federation are working toward a deal for him to become the men’s national team coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach, has agreed to take over as the U.S. coach but the deal is not complete
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Indianapolis to host 2025 WNBA All-Star Game with Fever leading league’s surge in popularity
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis will host the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game for the first time at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, the league announced Wednesday. This summer’s game featured the All-Star team against the U.S. Olympic team and was played in front of a sellout crowd of 16,407 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. A
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Facts about Russian town of Sudza claimed by Ukraine as part of its incursion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the country’s military has taken full control of the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region near the border with Ukraine. Here is a glance at Sudzha: How big is Sudzha and where is it located? The town, which had a population of about 5,000 before the Ukrainian
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Thai critics say courts have too much power to disband governments
BANGKOK (AP) — Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to oust Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after just under a year in office was jarring, but not entirely a surprise given what critics say is the expanding overreach of unelected bodies. Thais have long been accustomed to sudden changes of government due to military coups, numbering
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Brazil’s Lula says Maduro could call for a new election in Venezuela ‘if he has good sense’
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday morning that he still doesn’t recognize Nicolás Maduro as the winner of last month’s presidential election in Venezuela , and that his counterpart could call for a new vote “if he has good sense.” “Maduro still has six months left in his
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Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November election
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter made public Thursday , a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on Sept. 18 —