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Shohei Ohtani and four other Japanese players come home to start the MLB season

Shohei Ohtani and four other Japanese players come home to start the MLB season

TOKYO (AP) — It's only two games to start the Major League Baseball season — the World Series-champion Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome. For the record, the MLB regular season consists of almost 2,500 games.
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Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors

Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion.
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Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors

Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion.
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UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.
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Not just Ohtani: Tokyo Series will showcase the depth of Japanese talent in Major League Baseball

Not just Ohtani: Tokyo Series will showcase the depth of Japanese talent in Major League Baseball

TOKYO (AP) — The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani this week when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs in the first two games of the Major League Baseball s
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Marcus Rashford included in England squad for World Cup qualifiers

Marcus Rashford included in England squad for World Cup qualifiers

LONDON (AP) — Marcus Rashford has been included in Thomas Tuchel's first England squad ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia.
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Former Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué questioned by judge in Spanish Super Cup probe

Former Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué questioned by judge in Spanish Super Cup probe

MADRID (AP) — Former Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué is being questioned by a judge on Friday as part of judicial probe into the business deal that led to the Spanish Super Cup being hosted in Saudi Arabia.
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Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns

Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns

GENEVA (AP) — Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those protesting the law , a United N
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In the news today: Trudeau steps away, Carney steps in, and G7 foreign ministers meet

In the news today: Trudeau steps away, Carney steps in, and G7 foreign ministers meet

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
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Penguins try to keep win streak going, host the Devils

New Jersey Devils (36-25-6, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (27-31-10, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 3 p.m.
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