Messi’s 109th goal leads defending champion Argentina over Canada 2-0 and into Copa America final

Messi’s 109th goal leads defending champion Argentina over Canada 2-0 and into Copa America final

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lionel Messi scored his 109th international goal and first of the tournament, leading defending champion Argentina over Canada 2-0 on Tuesday night and into the Copa America final. Julián Álvarez put the Albiceleste ahead in the 22nd minute and Messi redirected Enzo Fernández’s shot in off the face of goalkeeper

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Gunmen kill a Mexican fisheries leader who complained of drug cartel extortion and illegal fishing

Gunmen kill a Mexican fisheries leader who complained of drug cartel extortion and illegal fishing

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican fisheries industry leader who complained of drug cartel extortion and illegal fishing was shot to death in the northern border state of Baja California, authorities said Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen killed Minerva Pérez, the head of the state’s fishing industry chamber, in what state prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade described as

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Surgeon recalls losing consciousness after Kyiv children’s hospital is struck by missile | AP News

Surgeon recalls losing consciousness after Kyiv children’s hospital is struck by missile | AP News

Rescuers searched the rubble of Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital on Tuesday for more dead and wounded, a day after authorities say a Russian missile leveled a wing of the Kyiv facility during a massive daytime barrage that killed at least 42 people throughout the country. Rescuers searched the rubble of Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital on

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Heavily armed Haitian police surround University Hospital before Prime Minister’s visit | AP News

Heavily armed Haitian police surround University Hospital before Prime Minister’s visit | AP News

Heavily armed Haitian police patrolled the area around the University hospital in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Gary Conille. The walls of the hospital and surrounding buildings are riddled with bullet holes, a telltale of the violence and several shootouts that took place in downtown Port-au-Prince, less than a block

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