Atlanta CNN — The hottest topic in Atlanta ahead of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game isn’t a player, a coach or a manager. It’s not even human. For the first time, the midsummer classic is going to be using automated technology to allow pitchers, catchers and batters to challenge balls and strikes – a system that’s been in use …
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President Donald Trump was “merely asking a question” when he asked the Ukrainian president whether the country could strike Moscow, the White House says. Citing anonymous sources, the Financial Times reported that Trump on 4 July had privately encouraged Ukraine to escalate strikes on Russia if the US provided long-range weapons. But Trump was “merely asking a question, not encouraging …
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Cole Palmer inspired Chelsea to a surprisingly dominant victory in the Club World Cup final, defeating Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium. Kick-off was delayed by eight minutes at the stadium that will hold next summer’s World Cup final as the showpiece match in FIFA’s expanded club competition was preceded by a military flyover, the national anthem (with …
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel’s attacks on Iran last month. Iran’s state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 June, six bombs targeted both access and entry points of a secret underground facility in Tehran where Pezeshkian was attending an emergency meeting of the Supreme National Security Council. …
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