Emily Taylor

The number of people who have fled South Sudan because of the country’s civil war has passed the one million mark, the UN refugee agency says.
BBC News – Africa

On an overcast Thursday afternoon, there was no shortage of high-fives and smiles when Thunder backcourt mates Cameron Payne and Semaj Ch
Oklahoma City Thunder

The homestand that was supposed to provide a launching pad for the Royals into serious postseason contention instead may have sealed the defending World Series champions’ fate.
OAK Homepage News

The government approves the new £18bn nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point and says it will introduce “new safeguards” to future projects.
BBC News – Business

Syrians deprived of food in eastern Aleppo are still waiting for aid three days after a truce was agreed, drawing anger and frustration from the UN.
BBC News – Middle East

Prosecutors in Brazil file charges against former President Lula da Silva over a corruption scandal at the state oil company Petrobras.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Four people are being investigated in Italy in connection with the suicide of a young woman who battled for months to have a sex video removed from the internet.
BBC News – Europe

Two people shot dead at a north London flat are named locally as mother-of-nine Anny Ekofo and her nephew Bervil, 21.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton walks on stage to the sound of James Brown’s I Feel Good as she holds her first rally since falling ill after a pneumonia diagnosis.
BBC News – US & Canada

Swiss commodity trading firms are criticised in a report on the sale to African countries of diesel containing toxin levels that would be illegal in Europe.
BBC News – Africa

The football team at Oklahoma City’s Heritage Hall was wrapping up the kickoff coverage portion of practice on Wednesday afternoon when s
Oklahoma City Thunder

The postseason chances for the defending World Series champion Royals could now officially be on life support. After crushing losses in the first two games of the series, the Royals appeared zapped of energy […]

PAYNE, HUESTIS DELIVER MESSAGE OF SELF-ACCEPTANCE
Oklahoma City Thunder

Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws.
BBC News – Business

Israeli ex-President Shimon Peres is responsive after suffering a serious stroke, with doctors describing his condition as critical but stable.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s new government announces a privatisation plan aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tells MEPs.
BBC News – Europe

Seventeen care workers are to bring the biggest ever legal claim in the sector over alleged non-payment of the minimum wage.
BBC News – UK

New York’s attorney general says he is investigating alleged impropriety by Donald Trump’s foundation, an inquiry dismissed by the Trump team as politically motivated.
BBC News – US & Canada

Britain’s 2011 military intervention in Libya was based on “erroneous assumptions”, according to MPs who blame ex-PM David Cameron for the lack of a coherent strategy.
BBC News – Africa