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DALLAS – Before the Thunder left for its longest road trip of the season, Thunder players up and down the roster stated
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Global stock markets rally for a second day, boosted by rising oil prices and hopes of more stimulus measures from central banks.
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The BBC obtains satellite imagery which appears to show the US expanding an air strip in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria.
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Haiti’s president says a runoff to choose the nation’s next leader will take place on Sunday despite threats of an opposition boycott.
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At least 42 migrants have drowned off the Greek coast in two separate shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea, officials say.
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The criminal record checks scheme – under which people applying for certain jobs must disclose previous convictions – has been ruled “arbitrary” and unlawful by the High Court.
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A huge blizzard has begun to hit the US east coast and is expected to dump near-record levels of snow from Washington to New York.
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The Tunisian interior ministry announces a nationwide curfew in response to protests over unemployment, saying national security is at stake.
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Cubs prospect Willson Contrerast, a converted catcher coming off a breakout campaign in Double-A, leads the 2016 Top 10 Catching Prospects list, while Yankees slugger Gary Sanchez re-enters at No. 2 after failing […]

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Individual game tickets for A’s regular-season home games, several of which feature enticing promotions, are set to go on sale Friday, the club has announced. The club has also announced planned giveaways and […]

The help side defender had just barely started his move over to the right block when a whizzing, whirring sphere flashed through the lane
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European markets open slightly higher, a day after global turmoil saw billions wiped off the value of shares.
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A Syrian opposition committee has named an Islamist rebel as its chief negotiator at peace talks that the UN hopes to convene in Geneva on Monday.
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New figures from Brazil’s Health Ministry show a further rise in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with Zika.
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The long-awaited findings of a public inquiry into the killing in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko are due to be released by a judge.
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A report into cases of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile linked to the BBC is set to criticise the corporation’s culture, according to an “early draft” leaked to a news website.
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US President Barack Obama pledges his support to the Michigan city beset by a water contamination crisis, saying people have been “short-changed”.
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Four terror suspects in Kenya are killed during a raid in the coastal town of Malindi, recovering maps detailing future attacks, police say.
BBC News – Africa

A swarm of A’s players and coaches, among them ace Sonny Gray and fellow fan favorites Stephen Vogt and Josh Reddick, will be on hand Sunday for the team’s annual FanFest at the Coliseum and Oracle Arena.
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