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Details: Written by HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer; Published: 31 January 2020

Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Japan's Naomi Osaka in their third round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Coco Gauff plays nothing like what her age — still just 15 — or her ranking — 67th and rapidly rising — would suggest

Details: Written by Nasser Karimi, Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press; Published: 07 January 2020

Coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike, are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during a funeral procession, in the city of Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo)

Emergency crews performed CPR on others as people wailed in the background, crying out to God

Details: Written by John Leicester, Associated Press; Published: 03 January 2020

In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran, Iran.

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested that Trump ordered the strike with one eye on his re-election campaign

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 31 December 2019

People pose for photos to celebrate upcoming New Year in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Trump

Details: Written by Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press; Published: 05 December 2019

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

During a visit to London on Tuesday, Trump spoke of possible military action toward the North and revived his "rocket man" nickname for North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un

Details: Written by CARA ANNA Associated Press; Published: 24 November 2019

The Benin-born singer is the voice of a new project aimed at financially empowering millions of women

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 October 2019

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament refused to back his divorce deal before scrutinising the details

Details: Written by Elias Meseret and Cara Anna, Associated Press; Published: 11 October 2019

In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young African leader whose sweeping reforms and surprising embrace of a bitter rival have been praised as an inspiration to the continent

Details: Written by Ted Anthony AP National Writer; Published: 29 September 2019

From war, conflict and polarization to climate change, poverty and inequality the problems facing our world threaten to overwhelm hope for the future...

Details: Written by By CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science Writer; Published: 27 September 2019

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Corals and tropical fish are slowly reappearing, thanks in part to a series of careful interventions

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