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Homer-happy Yankees, Diamondbacks square off in New York

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Eugenio Suarez is off to a powerful start to the season.

Suarez leads the majors with five homers through his first five games, and the Arizona Diamondbacks hope to see their third baseman produce another big swing Wednesday night when they visit the New York Yankees.

Suarez lifted the Diamondbacks to a 7-5 victory in Tuesday's series opener when he hit a 2-2 s

White Sox RHP Shane Smith to make MLB debut vs. winless Twins

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The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins just once in 13 games during a historically bad 2024 season that saw them finish with the most losses in modern major league history.

Will Venable's club, however, can double that win total on Tuesday night when they host the Twins in the second contest of their three-game series.

Chicago, which finished 41-12

White Sox top Twins with six no-hit innings from Martin Perez

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Martin Perez threw six no-hit innings and Andrew Vaughn, Andrew Benintendi and Michael A. Taylor each homered to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 9-0 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins in the opener of their three-game series on Monday afternoon.

Perez (1-0) retired the first 11 batters he faced before walking Ryan Jeffers with two out in the fourth. He gave wa

Roundup: Brazil eyes bigger role in global agricultural trade amid rising protectionism

An aerial photo taken on March 7, 2025 shows a view of a port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)"Brazil is seen as a reliable and safe supplier, especially now, with a bumper harvest and growing importer frustration over the U.S. trade war posture," said a Brazilian expert, noting that many countries are turning to other suppliers to avoid Washington's unilateral trade policies.SAO PAULO, March 31 (Xinhu

Twins eye first win of '25, open series at White Sox

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After a dreadful season-opening series, the visiting Minnesota Twins will look to earn their first win of the season Monday afternoon when they open a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox.

Minnesota, which ended a disappointing 2024 season with four consecutive losses, continued its subpar pla

MLB roundup: D-backs ride 8-run eighth past Cubs

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Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a game-tying two-run homer and Josh Naylor doubled in the go-ahead run, all in an eight-run eighth inning, to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.

Alek Thomas and Corbin Carroll walked to open Arizona's eighth inning before Geraldo Perdomo hit

Victor Scott II, Pedro Pages help Cardinals rout Twins

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Victor Scott II and Pedro Pages hit three-run homers as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 9-2 Sunday afternoon to complete their three-game sweep.

Nolan Gorman went 3-for-4 with a homer and three runs for the Cardinals, who outscored the Twins 19-6 in the series. Alec Burleson added a two-run double to that attack.

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Erick Fedde leads three-hit effort as Cardinals put away Twins

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Erick Fedde and three relievers combined for a three-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Saturday.

Fedde (1-0) held the Twins to their one run on two hits in six innings while recording two strikeouts.

Ryan Fernandez, JoJo Romero and Phil Maton worked a scoreless inning each to put away Minnesota.

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Major power outage hits Cuba

HAVANA, 16th March, 2025 (WAM) -- Cuba's capital Havana plunged into darkness for a second night on Saturday as efforts to restore power proceeded in fits and starts, with setbacks slowing progress and leaving several million still without electricity across the island.

Cuba's grid collapsed on Friday evening after a transmission line at a substation in Havana shorted, beginning a chain reaction that completely s

China Focus: Xinjiang in eyes of foreign envoys

By Xinhua writers Cao Jiayue, Shao Yibo and Lu Junyu

BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An event hosted by northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Beijing on Monday gathered 70 foreign envoys sharing their own views on Xinjiang with firsthand experiences.

These diplomats from 43 countries and international organizations in China told their stories with Xinjiang, using statistics and what they saw.