ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — From an electrifying and colorful musical performance at the FIFA World Cup to a new Grammy Awards category, African music genres and talents are reaching audiences and dance floors across the globe in a breakthrough for an industry that has long endured structural challenges. With performances on the world’s biggest stages and record numbers on global …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Saint Thomas Tommies (14-9, 4-4 Summit League) at UMKC Kangaroos (10-13, 4-4 Summit League) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Thomas takes on the …

TORONTO (AP) — Court documents show five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have been charged with sexual assault. Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and former NHL player Alex Formenton are facing charges in connection to an incident alleged to have happened …

Analysis shows destruction and possible buffer zone along Gaza Strip’s border with Israel JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite photos show new demolition along a 1-kilometer-deep path on the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, according an analysis by The Associated Press and expert reports. The destruction comes as Israel has said it wants to establish a buffer zone there, over international objections, …

MILAN (AP) — It was another quiet transfer deadline day for most of the top clubs in Serie A, with only Roma and Fiorentina adding to their squads on Thursday. Roma signed Tommaso Baldanzi from Empoli for a reported 10 million euros ($11 million) plus bonuses. Baldanzi, who will turn 21 next month, progressed through the ranks at Empoli. He …

DÜSSELDORF, Alemania (AP) — Por un rato, tras volver al Borussia Dortmund, Jadon Sancho le restó importancia a los cuatro meses que pasó sin jugar con el Manchester United. Sancho estaba de vuelta en el campo dos días después de que llegó al Dortmund y dijo que se sentía “como en casa” antes de asistir en un gol. Fue titular …

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed 22 insurgents this week in an operation against Baloch separatists, who had launched attacks with suicide bombers and gunmen in retaliation for Pakistani strikes on insurgent hideouts in Iran in January, officials said Thursday. Four security forces and two civilians died when insurgents launched rocket attacks before dawn on Monday on security …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep his cancer surgery and hospitalization secret from the White House, but acknowledged he should have handled it differently and he apologized for keeping President Joe Biden and others in the dark for weeks. “We did not handle this right and I did not handle …

A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers’ annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island situated in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. The park is a wildlife biologist’s dream – it …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Cleveland State Vikings (13-9, 6-5 Horizon League) at Detroit Mercy Titans (0-22, 0-11 Horizon League) Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Vikings -7.5; over/under is 147 …