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Deschamps, France feeling 'alone' ahead of World Cup final 12/17/2022 12:41pm • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps knows most neutral fans want Argentina to win the World Cup final to give Lionel Messi the perfect send-off from soccer's biggest tournament. In fact, Deschamps even believes some people in France hope that happens, too. “I’m fine being alone in COVID-linked deaths seen in Beijing after virus rules eased 12/17/2022 12:16pm • BEIJING (AP) — Outside a funeral home in eastern Beijing, dozens of people were bundled up in parkas and hats against the freezing temperatures Friday evening as workers in full protective suits wheeled out coffins one by one. When an employee with a clipboard shouted the name of the dead, a re NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 12/16/2022 03:20pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Article misrepresents CDC data, falsely links dea Varane, Konate miss World Cup training for virus-hit France 12/16/2022 11:12am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konaté were among five France players who missed training on Friday, two days before the World Cup final against Argentina. The two center backs have reportedly become the latest members of the France squad to be affected by a virus, according to Fre Africa has peaceful polls in 2022 but hit by coups, droughts 12/16/2022 03:55am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022. Problems brewed thousands of miles away — climate change and the war in Ukraine — have been devastating to the continent, say experts. The climate c Today in History: December 16, Battle of the Bulge begins 12/16/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2022. There are 15 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests 12/15/2022 04:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it releases its contingency plans with coronavirus cases ticking upward this winter. After a three-month hiatus, the administration is making four rapid virus tests available EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends? 12/15/2022 02:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. Title 42, as it's called, has been used more than 2.5 million times to expel migrants since March 2020, although France struck by cold virus ahead of World Cup final 12/15/2022 08:24am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A cold virus is running through the France squad ahead of the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday, affecting at least three players in the squad. Coach Didier Deschamps said two players with symptoms, defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielder Adrien Rabiot, were isolated e Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia 12/15/2022 07:42am • Natural disasters and crowd-related tragedies claimed hundreds of lives in Asia and overshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic, with most countries easing or completely lifting the tough restrictions of the previous two years. Even China, the last major country to try to control virus transmission through a A week into China's easing, uncertainty over virus direction 12/15/2022 07:00am • BEIJING (AP) — A week after China dramatically eased some of the world's strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remained Thursday over the direction of the pandemic in the world's most populous nation. While there are no official indications yet of the massive surge of critically ill Foxconn to ease COVID-19 curbs in Chinese iPhone factory 12/15/2022 06:27am • HONG KONG (AP) — The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones has announced it is easing COVID-19 restrictions at its largest factory in China that led thousands of workers to quit and drastically slowed production. Foxconn Technology Group said in a statement on one of its official WeChat s Japan trade deficit soars on weak yen, high oil prices 12/15/2022 01:36am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit surged to over 2 trillion yen ($15 billion) in November as higher costs for oil and a weak yen combined to push imports sharply higher. It was the 16th straight month of red ink and a record high for the month of November. The country will likely post a record d China won't report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift 12/15/2022 12:39am • BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country's departure from some of the world's strictest antivirus policies. The change in reporting practic Peru judge denies ousted leader Pedro Castillo's jail appeal 12/13/2022 09:38pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — A judge ordered ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody on Tuesday, denying his appeal as authorities build a rebellion case against him. Supreme Court Judge Cesar San Martin Castro’s decision could further inflame violent protests across the country, wher