Emily Taylor

The chancellor explains the decision to drop an increase to self-employed National Insurance.
BBC News – UK

The US president suffers a new setback just hours before the proposed ban was due to come into effect.
BBC News – US & Canada

A search operation continues at the vast dump in Addis Ababa after Saturday’s landslide.
BBC News – Africa

Sean Doolittle made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday, tossing a perfect sixth inning in the A’s 4-3 loss to the Rockies at Hohokam Stadium.
OAK Homepage News

BROOKLYN – A fingertip poked the ball away, and all the sudden the Brooklyn Nets were out in transition.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Charlotte Hogg quits after failing to disclose that her brother works for Barclays.
BBC News – Business

The attack, which the government blamed on rebels, left 5.5 million people in Damascus without water.
BBC News – Middle East

The state prosecutor says ‘Veracruz is an enormous mass grave’ as scores of skulls are found.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Turkish president shows no sign of ending his angry tirade at the Netherlands.
BBC News – Europe

Scott Marsden received medical attention during the title bout but died later in hospital.
BBC News – UK

New York and New Jersey are among those regions to declare states of emergency.
BBC News – US & Canada

Doctors will receive increased allowances as negotiations on other issues continue.
BBC News – Africa

Brandon Dixon was going to be the last batter Kendall Graveman faced regardless of the outcome, but it’s the outcome that will sit with Graveman the next four days.Graveman was capped at 70 pitches Monday, and […]

At this stage of the season, every NBA team is trying to lock into playing its best possible brand of basketball.
Oklahoma City Thunder

From the day after his 18th birthday, when he signed as a first-round pick until a rather sudden departure last November, Trevor Plouffe’s professional life was spent in a Minnesota Twins uniform, and his Spring […]

Glut of properties behind slide in average monthly rent for newly let properties, says Countrywide.
BBC News – Business

Brett McGurk said the last road out of Mosul had been cut off, trapping so-called Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

A runaway bus veers into a crowd in Haiti, killing at least 34 people in Gonaives, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would “return to its senses”.
BBC News – Europe

Northern, Southern rail and Merseyrail staff are taking action over plans for driver-only trains.
BBC News – UK