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Weah to miss US Nations League matches; Mihailovic added

Mar. 19, 2023 10:50 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Weah will miss the United States' CONCACAF Nations League matches against Grenada and El Salvador after getting hurt while playing for Lille. The 23-year-old was injured in Lille's Ligue 1 match against Toulouse on Saturday. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Sunday...

Liberia may have 'parallel system' for illegal log exports

Feb. 20, 2023 23:35 PM EST

The lush West African rainforests of Liberia are being cut down and illegally exported with the likely collusion of powerful government officials, according to a diplomatic document obtained by The Associated Press that described an apparent “parallel system” for trade in timber. ...

Corruption endangers world's shrinking fisheries

Feb. 10, 2023 10:47 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Indonesia’s fisheries minister, Edhy Prabowo was tasked with protecting one of his country’s most precious resources: baby lobsters so tiny one can fit on the tip of a finger. The waters off the nation’s many islands and archipelagos had once teemed with...

Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest

Jan. 24, 2023 23:09 PM EST

An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale," with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Associated Press. ...