SAN FRANCISCO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – San Francisco catcher Buster Posey was “fine” Monday after taking a fastball to the head in the first inning of the Giants’ 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Posey, batting with a runner at third and two outs in the bottom of the first, couldn’t avoid the pitch from Arizona’s […]
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Giants’ Posey ‘fine’ after fastball to helmet
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Figure skating: Japan thanks retiring Asada
TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Japan on Tuesday expressed national thanks to former world champion figure skater Mao Asada, a day after she shocked the nation by announcing her retirement from competition. The 26-year-old Asada, who won three world titles in 2008, 2010 and 2014, said on her official blog late Monday that she was hanging […]
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China has 108 million movable cultural artifacts: survey
BEIJING (China), (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): China’s first national survey of movable cultural artifacts has found that there are 108.15 million items or sets of such artifacts owned by the state. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) announced here on Tuesday that 26.61 million movable cultural artifacts had been registered. To better count and protect the […]
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First China-bound direct freight train leaves London
BEIJING (China), (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): The first China-bound cargo train carrying British products left London for an eastern Chinese city, highlighting another historic moment in the China-initiated Belt and Road Initiative. The cross-continent freight, loaded with 32 containers carrying products including milk powder and soft drinks, left from east London’s DP World gateway for the Chinese […]
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Wizards spoil Pistons’ farewell to Palace
LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Bradley Beal and Markieff Morris made sure the Detroit Pistons’ Palace at Auburn Hills era wouldn’t end with a victory for the home team on Monday. Beal and Morris scored the Wizards’ last 15 points in a 105-101 victory in the Pistons’ final game at the Palace, their home in […]
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Trump, May aim to convince Moscow to end Assad support
LONDON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – A “window of opportunity” exists to convince Moscow to end its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump said in a phone call Monday. “The prime minister and the president agreed that a window of opportunity now exists in which to persuade […]