Emily Taylor

Botswanian authorities estimate that around 400 Buffaloes were drowned after being chased into the Chobe river near the border with Namibia. Reports indicate that the herd was unusually large and when chased by […]

The 2018 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award winners have been announced and the Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman took both the overall Defensive Player of the Year, as well as best Third […]

PM co-opts industry leaders to launch five new business forums to deal with business issues post-Brexit.
BBC News – Business

Mass graves contain as many as 12,000 victims have been found in the north and western areas of Iraq around Nineveh, Kirkuk, Salahuddin, and Anbar. These stem from the period when these areas were controlled by […]

Mothers looking for their missing children search for bodies at the site of suspected mass graves.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The 94-year-old is being tried in a juvenile court because he was not yet aged 21 at the time.
BBC News – Europe

Fifteen children and six adults, thought to be Vietnamese, were found among a load of sparkling water.
BBC News – UK

Democratic female candidates make history, but Mr Trump’s Republicans consolidate Senate control.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Oakland Athletics 2018 season was marred by a rash of injuries (21 players landed on the disabled list including 9 starting pitchers) but despite this, they defied the odds and won 97 games to earn an […]

Cameroon is not the most stable of African states of late with several secessionist rebellions springing up in the largely English Speaking Northern regions and the latest atrocity involves the kidnapping of […]

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) have announced the three finalists in each of the main categories in their prestigious annual awards. The winners will be announced next week between the 12th & […]

Lloyds Bank is continuing to change its business model in a move that will see 2000 new jobs created. The move involves shedding 6240 high street jobs and replacing them with 8240 in its online division. What is […]

The so-called “Migrant Caravan” which left the crime and violence-riddled Honduran city of San Pedro Sula a few weeks ago have now reached Mexico’s capital where they have been cautiously welcomed and given some […]

US mid-term elections are underway and control of the Senate is up for grabs as Donald Trump remains a somewhat polarising President. They take place every four years in November and are so-called because they […]

A’s corner infielders Matt Chapman and Matt Olson were awarded their first career Rawlings Gold Glove Awards on Sunday evening, marking what will likely be an annual tradition for Oakland’s rising stars.
OAK Homepage News

A large number of business leaders in the UK are once again lobbying for a second vote on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The rationale seems to be that they were promised frictionless trade with […]

Once again Middle Eastern politics take centre stage as Bahrain’s opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman gets a life sentence for alleged spying charges. The action was condemned by Amnesty International as a […]

Brazils New President Jair Bolsonaro has wasted no time in stirring up controversy by vowing to move their Embassy from its current location in Tel-Aviv to  Jerusalem, the status of which remains a bone of co […]

Two families die after their house is submerged in Sicily, as bad weather batters Italy.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May leads tributes to the former cabinet secretary who was 56 and had cancer.
BBC News – UK