Emily Taylor

The Solar Impulse becomes the first aircraft to circle the globe powered by the sun after landing in Abu Dhabi on the last leg of its journey.
BBC News – Middle East

A Chinese container ship hits a wall of the recently-widened Panama Canal, amid concerns that the new canal has less space for manoeuvres and could be unsafe.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Video showing the Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, pledging allegiance to so-called Islamic State is found on his phone, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

The police response to hate crime is to be reviewed after a sharp rise in incidents following the EU referendum, the government is to announce.
BBC News – UK

Bernie Sanders urges the US to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, in a speech to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir removes Riek Machar as first vice president, two weeks after the rival leaders’ forces clashed in the capital.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 25, 2016 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cameron Payne underwent a successful procedure today to repai
Oklahoma City Thunder

Billy Butler’s solo home run in the eighth proved to be the difference in the A’s 3-2 win over the Rays Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum.
OAK Homepage News

The A’s scratched Coco Crisp from Sunday’s starting lineup because of neck soreness and had earlier optioned reserve infielder Arismendy Alcantara to Triple-A, leaving them shorthanded ahead of their series finale […]

US telecoms giant Verizon Communications is to buy Yahoo’s core internet business for $ 5bn (£3.8bn), according to media reports.
BBC News – Business

So-called Islamic State says it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, that kills more than 20 people.
BBC News – Middle East

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she is not afraid of going to prison as a result of the corruption charges she faces.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia will not receive a blanket ban from the Rio Games, the International Olympic Committee announces.
BBC News – Europe

Chancellor Philip Hammond insists EU is not in “punishment mode” over Brexit vote and tells the BBC he wants talks on developing a free trade relationship with China.
BBC News – UK

The US Democratic Party chair says she will resign as a row over leaked emails threatens efforts for party unity ahead of the presidential nominating convention.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Kenyan authorities deport one of Africa’s biggest musicians, Koffi Olomide, after he is filmed apparently kicking a woman at Nairobi’s main airport.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 23, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed guard Alex Abrines to a multi-year contract, it was
Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s placed catcher Stephen Vogt on the family medical leave list on Saturday and called up Bruce Maxwell from Triple-A Nashville.
OAK Homepage News

UK economic activity in July fell at its fastest rate since the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009, data compiled from business questionnaires shows.
BBC News – Business

Dozens of pro-government troops were killed when rebels blew up a tunnel underneath a building in the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East