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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It only seemed like a matter of time, and now it appears to be official, the Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Neil Walker. The Pirates will be getting starting pitcher Jon Niese in the trade. READ MORE: Demand For The COVID-19 Vaccine Slows Dramatically In The Pittsburgh Region The announcement was made by Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington. The team issued a statement saying: “We greatly appreciate Neil and all he has done for our club, both on the field and in our community,” said Pirates President Frank Coonelly. He has always represented his hometown team with a great sense of pride and passion. For that we thank him and wish him and his family nothing but success as he continues his career in New York.” The trade is pending a physical. Walker is 30-years-old and coming off a 16 home run, 71 RBI season. READ MORE: Black Political Leaders In Pittsburgh Express Relief For Derek Chauvin Conviction Niese is 29-years-old and had a 9-10 … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Pirates Trade Neil Walker To N.Y. Mets

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings announced Thursday a trade to shore up depth on their offensive line. In exchange for a sixth-round pick (223rd overall), the Arizona Cardinals are sending offensive lineman Mason Cole to Minnesota. Cole has played both center and left guard for the Cardinals. Arizona drafted Cole in the third round of the 2018 draft. He started 16 games in his rookie season and 14 last year. The sixth-rounder is a compensatory pick. The Vikings will field a revamped offensive line next season after cutting starting left tackle Riley Reiff . Dakota Dozier, the team’s starting left guard in 2020, is a free agent. Last week, the Vikings were forced to forfeit their seventh-round pick by the NFL due to a salary cap violation. The team currently has 10 draft picks. More On WCCO.com : BREAKING: Derek Chauvin Guilty On All 3 Counts In George Floyd’s Death Officials In Minnesota React To Verdict In Derek Chauvin Trial George … [Read more...] about Vikings Trade 6th-Round Pick For Cardinals OL Mason Cole

Muslim nations should band together to boycott Western countries if they fail to criminalise “insulting” the Islamic prophet Mohammed, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday. Amid growing tension between Pakistan and France over the controversy of supposedly blasphemous cartoons satirising Mohammed, Khan has called for a coalition of 50 Muslim countries to launch a trade war against countries that hide behind “freedom of speech”. “When 50 Muslim countries will unite and say this, and say that if something like this happens in any country, then we will launch a trade boycott on them and not buy their goods, that will have an effect,” the Pakistani leader said per Al Jazeera. “We need to explain why this hurts us, when in the name of freedom of speech they insult the honour of the prophet,” Khan added. In comments reported by the Pakistani newspaper The Nation , the Prime Minister said that the “West does not understand,” saying: “They do not even love the … [Read more...] about Pakistan Urges Muslim Trade War Against West for Allowing ‘Insulting the Prophet’ Blasphemy

Verbally, Europe and the U.S. are adopting the same attitude towards China at this point. A few years ago, the European China strategy attributed three roles to China: partner (for example, concerning climate change), economic competitor and strategic rival (considering geopolitical ambitions of Beijing and divergent ideological systems). U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken phrased the attitude towards China as follows: “competitive when it should be, collaborative when it can be and adversarial when it must be.” China has been the main driver of the global economy in recent decades. It played a key role in shaping globalization and provided the West with the opportunity to keep up ultra-loose fiscal and monetary policies due to downward pressure that Chinese labor and products have exerted on global inflation . China first and foremost represented an economic opportunity — geopolitical concerns would be dealt with at a later stage. Later has become … [Read more...] about Politics and economics have come to a head for China, the US and the EU

Republicans from various factions in the GOP are racing to distance themselves — and the party at large — from a band of hard-line House conservatives whose flirtation with forming a caucus espousing white nationalist views has ignited a firestorm of controversy on Capitol Hill. GOP leaders, anti-Trump centrists and vulnerable Republicans in battleground districts wasted little time in recent days denouncing the “America First Caucus,” whose stated purpose in a platform document included the defense of America as a nation “strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions." While the Republicans reportedly behind the group — including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene Marjorie Taylor Greene Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's meeting with Trump 'soon' in Florida QAnon site shutters after reports identifying developer Republicans head to runoff in GA-14 MORE (Ga.) and Paul Gosar Paul Anthony Gosar GOP struggles to rein … [Read more...] about Republicans race for distance from ‘America First Caucus’