Emily Taylor

Discount chain Poundland agrees to a £597m takeover by South African retail group Steinhoff International.
BBC News – Business

PM Binali Yildirim says Turkey will try to develop good relations with Syria, in an apparent U-turn aimed at securing “regional stability”.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s military has started monitoring ports and food processing plants, in a new effort to guarantee supplies of food and medicines.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The investigation into Tuesday’s head-on train crash in southern Italy that killed 27 people is focusing on the antiquated alert system on the line.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May is formally appointed by the Queen as the UK’s new prime minister, replacing David Cameron in Downing Street.
BBC News – UK

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his family meet Indiana governor Mike Pence as vice-presidential rumours grow.
BBC News – US & Canada

A pastor in Zimbabwe is charged with attempting to overthrow the government after calling for a two-day national stay away from work.
BBC News – Africa

Stephen Vogt was simply a spectator in his second All-Star Game, but the A’s catcher naturally took to the role with a smile.
OAK Homepage News

Oklahoma City, Tuesday, July 12, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has partnered with the Kansas City Ro
Oklahoma City Thunder

Turbulent times have fallen on the A’s since their 2014 postseason departure, and only so many players have been on board for the entirety of the ride. Stephen Vogt isn’t only one of those few constants: the […]

US officials refused to prosecute HSBC for money laundering in 2012 because of concerns it would cause a “global financial disaster”, a report says.
BBC News – Business

The US is to send 560 more military personnel to Iraq to help in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), Defence Secretary Ash Carter says.
BBC News – Middle East

The government of Venezuela says it has seized a factory owned by the US firm Kimberly-Clark and it will now be “in the hands of the workers”.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italy’s economy will not return to its pre-2008 crisis levels until the mid-2020s, the IMF says, implying nearly “two lost decades”.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron will chair his final cabinet meeting as PM later, as Theresa May prepares to take over after a sudden end to the Tory leadership contest.
BBC News – UK

An inmate being moved from a holding cell kills two law enforcement officers at a courthouse in the US state of Michigan.
BBC News – US & Canada

The United States says an outbreak of violence that has left hundreds dead in South Sudan “must stop”.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Monday, July 11, 2016 – Six members of the Thunder Girls are set to travel to Taiwan to join the league’s
Oklahoma City Thunder

Among the bustling of players rushing out of town after a tough 2-1 loss to the Astros right before the welcome All-Star break, there was one positive chorus that rang through the A’s locker room. Sean Manaea’s […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8, 2016 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Victor Oladipo was named to the 2016 USA Men’
Oklahoma City Thunder