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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, FIFA's Markus Kattner, listens during a conference in Moscow. FIFA banned its former finance director Markus Kattner for 10 years on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in a case of top management self-dealing salary raises and bonuses totalling tens of millions of dollars. FIFA says its ethics committee judges found charges proven against Kattner of conflicts of interest and abuse of position. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

FIFA bans former finance director Kattner for 10 years

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Worsening drought forces state of emergency in Puerto Rico

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 file photo shows the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The FIFA ethics committee has 13 formal investigations ongoing, plus preliminary enquiries in 62 more cases, the soccer body's lawyers said Tuesday June 23, 2020, during a two-day online review. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)

FIFA has 13 ongoing investigations, plus 62 other cases

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

California deal for protective masks wins federal approval

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

A man seeks to salvage some of his belongings from what used to be his home, destroyed by the waters of the Acelhuate River, in the New Israel Community of San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, May 31, 2020. According to the Ministry of the Interior at least seven people died across the country after two days of heavy rains. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Storm season adds to pandemic worries for Mexico, C. America

By MARÍA VERZA and MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

US says Alaska man laundered nearly $1B for Iran through UAE

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

An old military truck used during flooding sits parked at the Carlos Escobar Lopez vocational school which will be used as a shelter during this year's hurricane season in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Caribbean islands have rarely been so vulnerable as an unusually active hurricane season threatens a region still recovering from recent storms as it fights a worsening drought and a pandemic that has drained budgets and muddled preparations. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Battered Caribbean prepares for hurricanes amid pandemic

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Spain: police arrest man suspected of planning terror attack

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Judge rules forced catheterizations unconstitutional

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In this March 4, 2019, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad listens to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak at an event in Johnston, Iowa. The U.S. ambassador to China said Wednesday, April 15, 2020, that he doesn't believe Beijing is deliberately blocking exports of personal protective equipment and medical supplies, adding that the shipment of 1,200 tons of such products to the U.S. could not have been possible without Chinese support. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

U.S. ambassador: China not blocking medical supply exports

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A man wearing a mask amid the coronavirus outbreak rides a bike near the &quot;Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada&quot; sign along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nevada to get more ventilators as virus spreads, need grows

By SCOTT SONNER and MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

In this June 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. An odd new front in the U.S.-Russian rivalry has emerged as a Russian military cargo plane bearing a load of urgently needed medical supplies landed in New York’s JFK airport. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Russia to the rescue? US, Moscow spar over aid deliveries

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, Jose Maria Marin, of Brazil, arrives to federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Marin, the former head of Brazilian soccer, was granted compassionate release from a U.S. federal prison on Monday, March 30, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, his sentence cut short by about eight months. Marin was sentenced to four years in prison in August 2018 for his participation in a scheme to accept bribes in exchange for the media and marketing rights to soccer tournaments. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Fle)

Prison sentence of Brazil soccer executive Marin cut short

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Chairs pile up at cafe at Orly airport Tuesday, March 17, 2020, south of Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron announced strong restrictions on freedom of movement in a bid to counter the new coronavirus, as the European Union closed its external borders to foreign travelers. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Govts pledge aid as global commerce seizes in face of virus

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Empty chairs and tables are lined up outside a restaurant in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2020. Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte signed a quarantine decree early Sunday for the country’s prosperous north. Areas under lockdown include Milan, Italy’s financial hub and the main city in Lombardy, and Venice, the main city in the neighboring Veneto region. (Anteo Marinoni/LaPresse via AP)

Facing recession, Europe grasps for ways to limit damage

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press