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Former top bankers at RBS will appear in court for the first time since the bank’s near collapse.
BBC News – Business

Government officials say rebels have left the last district they controlled in the central city.
BBC News – Middle East

The latest incident happened on the 50th day of demonstrations, which saw the death toll rise to 48.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A third person, a woman from Finland, is missing and may have been kidnapped.
BBC News – Europe

Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green says £100,000 is “a reasonable inheritance to have”.
BBC News – UK

The US president will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders as he explores a Middle East peace push.
BBC News – US & Canada

The girls, kidnapped in 2014, were released two weeks ago and have finally met their parents.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 18, 2017 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook was named to the 2016-17 All-NBA First
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The A’s powered their way to a third straight win over the Red Sox, launching a trio of moonshots against Boston’s bullpen in a five-run fifth inning that carried them to a commanding 8-3 victory at the Coliseum […]

Three full-scale camps were launched in the fall.
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Billionaire Alisher Usmanov makes a £1bn bid to wrest control of Arsenal from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, who has rejected it.
BBC News – Business

The president says his re-election shows that Iranians want more interaction with the world.
BBC News – Middle East

Plea-bargain testimony piles pressure on President Michel Temer, who denies wrongdoing.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The man’s DNA was found on the gun used to kill a police officer on the Champs Elysees, sources say.
BBC News – Europe

Some Conservatives fear Theresa May’s social care plans for England will cost the party votes.
BBC News – UK

After talks in Riyadh, Mr Trump and King Salman of Saudi Arabia approve an arms deal worth $ 110bn.
BBC News – US & Canada

Most of those reportedly killed are linked to a faction allied to self-styled general Khalifa Haftar.
BBC News – Africa

After Ryon Healy’s would-be game-winning homer was robbed by Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. in the ninth inning, Mark Canha belted a no-doubt walk-off shot to lead off the 10th, sending Oakland to a 3-2 […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 19, 2017 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell We
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Jed Lowrie, Khris Davis and Chad Pinder homered as the A’s spoiled the Major League debut of Red Sox right-hander Hector Velazquez and claimed an 8-3 series-opening victory at the Coliseum on Thursday […]