Emily Taylor

An impeachment process against Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff appears to be back on track after the acting speaker of the lower house revoked his surprise decision to suspend a crucial vote.
BBC News – Latin […]

The French cabinet gives the go-ahead for the president to force through highly controversial labour reforms, circumventing parliament.
BBC News – Europe

A “rogue marker” attempted to leak a test the day before it was taken by children aged 10 and 11 in England, the Department for Education says.
BBC News – UK

Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima, the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a nuclear bomb in 1945.
BBC News – US & Canada

Scientists in the US warn that the shortage of yellow fever vaccines could spark a health security crisis as the outbreak in Angola spreads.
BBC News – Africa

Streaking down the court after a steal, Kevin Durant was fouled as he went to the basket in transition.
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Manny Machado homered twice and hit a grand slam as part of a season-high six-homer afternoon in the Orioles 11-3 series win over the Athletics on Sunday.
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The ball seemed to hang in the air forever as it left Russell Westbrook’s hands, crossed half court, narrowly jumped over Kawhi Leonard’s
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Nationwide is raising its age limit for mortgage borrowers by ten years to 85, in the latest sign of the impact of rising house prices on buyers.
BBC News – Business

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu issues a stern public rebuke to the military deputy chief of staff for remarks about Israel and Nazi Germany.
BBC News – Middle East

Bolivia’s president accuses Chile of threatening his country by building a military base near their common border, but Chile denies it exists.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defends a controversial package of tax and pension reforms, passed by parliament ahead of a vital Eurozone ministers meeting.
BBC News – Europe

Workers who say they were blacklisted by construction companies win millions in compensation after a long-running legal battle finally ends.
BBC News – UK

Presumptive US Republican nominee Donald Trump says taxes for rich people may have to go up – an apparent reversal of his stated policy.
BBC News – US & Canada

Eight plainclothes policemen are shot dead on the outskirts of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, in an attack Islamic State militants say they carried out.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s recalled right-hander J.B. Wendelken from Triple-A Nashville on Sunday and optioned righty Jesse Hahn to Nashville.
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On Friday night, Kevin Durant came around a screen near the right elbow and as Russell Westbrook began to make a pass to him at his sweet
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Chancellor George Osborne is warned that gaps in existing pension laws “could put the retirement savings of many thousands of people at risk”.
BBC News – Business

The Saudi king announces a major government overhaul including the removal of the veteran oil minister as the country plans for life beyond oil profits.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia announces it will use military force, including air strikes, against major criminal gangs.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean