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Baseball Making Inroads Into Myanmar
No member of the Myanmar national baseball team is quitting their day job any time soon. Made up of players in their 20s, 30s and 40s, the club includes maintenance workers, a teacher, as well as a cook. The coach, Toru Iwasaki, is the founder of a private primary school in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. He is originally from Japan …
Read More »Who wants migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea?
The plight of 630 who were stranded at sea for days has highlighted the migration dispute between EU members.
Read More »‘Incredibles 2’ Sells a Record-Setting $180 Million in Tickets
The Pixar movie had the best-ever opening for an animated release, benefiting from rapturous word of mouth. Ticket buyers gave it a rare A-plus in exit polls.
Read More »MUNDIAL RUSIA 2018 | ¿Por qué Caballero le dio la espalda a Messi en el himno?
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Blasts kill at least 20 in northeast Nigeria: police
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Blasts have killed at least 20 people in northeast Nigeria, police said, while residents said the toll was even higher in the largest attack for weeks in a region blighted by the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency. Security in Nigeria has become a major challenge for President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler …
Read More »Investors Fret About a Trade War, but They Aren’t Fleeing the Stock Market
Wall Street is betting that the trade frictions won’t derail the United States’ strong economy. But will investors shrug off an escalation?
Read More »Favorites Continue to Stumble, Set Pieces Vital, Mexico Electric at World Cup
Juan Carlos Osorio hit all the right notes in Mexico’s stunning win over Germany, while set pieces continued to play a big role, with Switzerland tying Brazil and Serbia beating Costa Rica on dead-ball situations.
Read More »Greece, Macedonia sign pact to change ex-Yugoslav republic’s name
PRESPES, Greece/BITOLA, Macedonia (Reuters) – Greece and Macedonia set aside three decades of dispute on Sunday as they agreed on a new name for the former Yugoslav republic, paving the way for its possible admission to the European Union and NATO.
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