Emily Taylor

A Russian marine is killed on a mission to rescue from rebels the crew of a jet downed by Turkey near the Syrian border, as Nato states join ranks.
BBC News – Europe

George Osborne is to set out government spending plans up to 2020 later, which will include billions of pound in cuts but also new money for house building.
BBC News – UK

US officials release dashboard camera video showing a white policeman shooting a black teenager last year in Chicago as a murder charge is brought.
BBC News – US & Canada

An explosion hits a bus carrying presidential guards in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, killing at least 12 people, sparking a state of emergency.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s have finalized their 2016 Minor League coaching staff, making it official Monday with an announcement that includes the hiring of two new coordinators: Gil Patterson as Minor League pitching coordinator […]

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Every year, without fail, less-heralded prospects excel — and sometimes outperform — their more famous counterparts in the Arizona Fall League. Here are 10 prospects who left Arizona standing a bit taller than […]

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A lab test carried out for the BBC shows that VW diesel cars programmed with a “defeat device” can cheat the official EU pollution test, as well as the test in the US.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government forces are reported to have captured two towns from Islamic State militants in the west of the country.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri says he will correct the errors made by his predecessor in office, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France launches its first strikes against Islamic State from its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, newly deployed in the Mediterranean.
BBC News – Europe

Up to 10,000 troops could be deployed in the event of a Paris-style attack, David Cameron says, as the estimated cost of renewing the UK’s nuclear deterrent increases by £6bn.
BBC News – UK

A US mayor says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “is plain wrong” in claiming Arabs in his city cheered the attacks of 9/11.
BBC News – US & Canada

Police appeal for help to identify the two gunmen who carried out Friday’s attack on a hotel in Bamako, in which 22 people were killed.
BBC News – Africa

The Thunder’s rival from down I-35 has some new faces in the mix, but tonight it’ll be the same principles as always that determine wheth
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The A’s beefed up their bullpen Friday, acquiring lefty reliever Liam Hendriks from the Blue Jays, but at the cost of one of their most versatile arms, right-hander Jesse Chavez.
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George Osborne’s plan to raise more money than he needs to spend is “unacceptable” when he is cutting benefits, according to John Swinney.
BBC News – Business

Four Israelis have been injured, two of them seriously, after being stabbed in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, Israeli police say.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina is to vote in its first ever presidential run-off, pitting the ruling party’s Daniel Scioli against conservative Mauricio Macri.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean