Emily Taylor

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec.
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Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic fell on Friday and oil sank further as fears about global oversupply mounted.
BBC News – Business

President Vladimir Putin orders the Russian military to take “extremely tough” action against any threat to its forces in Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Honduran international footballer Arnold Peralta is shot dead while on holiday in his hometown on the Caribbean coast.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Taliban militants attack a foreign guesthouse in Kabul’s embassy district, killing at least one Spanish police officer.
BBC News – Europe

A man dies after being shot by police in north London who were thwarting a suspected plot to free a prisoner from custody.
BBC News – UK

Canadian authorities charge a man with second-degree murder in the death of Tina Fontaine, one of many women found dead in Winnipeg’s Red River.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe warns the country’s security services not to get involved in politics, as the debate over his succession continues.
BBC News – Africa

Oakland completed a pair of trades for three Minor League pitchers and continued its progress in bolstering the bullpen with the signing of John Axford.
OAK Homepage News

Oklahoma City, Thursday, Dec.
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The chairman of embattled carmaker Volkswagen says a chain of errors led to the emissions scandal and that its top priority is winning back trust.
BBC News – Business

Syrian rebels begin evacuating from the last suburb they hold in the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leaves the presidency but refuses to attend the inauguration of her successor, Mauricio Macri, over a row over protocol.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Swiss police raise the alert level in Geneva, saying they are hunting for suspects as part of the investigation into the Paris attacks.
BBC News – Europe

The government is “profoundly shocked” by the findings of a report which said the NHS failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people, Jeremy Hunt says.
BBC News – UK

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is postponing a planned trip to Israel.
BBC News – US & Canada

The decision by South African President Jacob Zuma to sack his finance minister is widely criticised, with many blaming political infighting.
BBC News – Africa

Dealing from an area of surplus, the A’s traded infielder Brett Lawrie to the White Sox on Wednesday evening for two Minor League pitchers.
OAK Homepage News

Much like a football team running the no-huddle, the Thunder was simply rolling from one play to the next on Tuesday night in Memphis.
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The A’s parted with Evan Scribner on Tuesday, sending the right-handed reliever to Seattle for Minor League righty Trey Cochran-Gill.
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