MILAN, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – A stunning late strike by Keita Balde helped Lazio to a 3-1 win over Torino on Monday that keeps the capital side in the hunt for Champions League qualification in Serie A. Lazio, who reclaim fourth spot from Inter Milan and sit four points behind Napoli in third, took the lead at […]
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Football: Balde stunner helps Lazio to precious win
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Winter Storm Stella to hit millions in US Northeast
NEW YORK, (MILLAT//APP/AFP): Large swaths of the US East Coast declared a state of emergency, cancelled flights and shut schools as millions braced for potentially the region’s worst winter storm of the season Tuesday. Winter Storm Stella was feared to dump up to two feet (61 centimeters) of snow in New York, combined with winds […]
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Turkey suspends high level relations with Netherlands
ANKARA, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): Turkey halted high level relations with the Netherlands on Monday, citing the Dutch government’s barring of Turkish politicians from holding rallies ahead of a referendum on a new constitution. “Until the Netherlands compensates for what it has done, high level relations and planned meetings at a ministerial and higher level have been suspended,” […]
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China’s retail sales up 9.5% on-year in Jan-Feb: govt
BEIJING, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – China retail sales growth decelerated to 9.5 percent year-on-year in January and February, government data showed Tuesday, as policymakers work to keep the world’s second-largest economy on a stable growth path. Industrial output rose 6.3 percent on-year in the first two months of 2017, slightly beating the 6.2 forecast in a Bloomberg […]
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Ukraine arrests activists barring goods from separatist area
KIEV, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): Ukrainian authorities have arrested several dozen activists who have been blocking trade from eastern areas held by pro-Russian separatists, officials and spokesmen for the activist group said. The blockade, which began late January and chiefly disrupted shipments of coal, has been enforced by nationalist Ukrainians and opposition lawmakers, who say the trade is […]
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Athletics: CAS bans doctor for life over Russian doping — Russian federation
MOSCOW, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a life ban against doctor Sergei Portugalov, the alleged mastermind of doping in Russian track and field, Russia’s athletics federation said Monday. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended in a 2015 report that Portugalov take no part in any state sports programme after […]