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Broadcaster Sky and the board of 21st Century Fox reach agreement on a takeover.
BBC News – Business

An operation to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo is under way.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican villagers who seized a gang leader’s mother swap her for a local man the gang had kidnapped.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A 12-year-old boy suspected of fatally burning a homeless man is too young to prosecute, police say.
BBC News – Europe

A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years and still ultimately fail, ministers are warned.
BBC News – UK

Yahoo reveals another major hack that may have affected more than one billion accounts.
BBC News – US & Canada

League football in DR Congo is suspended until further notice by the government amid fears political violence could erupt in stadiums
BBC News – Africa

For the second year in a row, MLBPipeline.com’s early Draft Top 50 list is topped by a high school pitcher. There’s still a long way to go between now and June — last year’s early No. 1 Jason Groome went No. 12 […]

PORTLAND – The Thunder may have landed the first punch, but going up against a hungry division rival trying to snap a fo
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HSBC has closed more than a quarter of its UK branches over two years, as part of 1,000 bank closures in total, research by Which? finds
BBC News – Business

Russia says fighting ends in eastern Aleppo, as Syrian rebels agree to leave in the coming hours.
BBC News – Middle East

The Brazilian Senate freezes public spending for the next 20 years, prompting angry protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Tunisian captain is found guilty of causing the sinking of a boat in which 700 migrants died in 2015.
BBC News – Europe

Southern rail users face another day of chaos as a strike continues as talks begin.
BBC News – UK

A top energy executive with strong ties to Russia is lined up as US secretary of state.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the electoral commission HQ, its chairman says.
BBC News – Africa

The Rays, Reds, A’s, Brewers, Twins and Marlins, in that order, will pick in Round A, while the Round B order will be: D-backs, Padres, Rockies, Indians, Pirates, Royals, Orioles and Cardinals.
OAK Homepage News

Yet again, the Thunder was in a late-game, clutch situation.
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A’s FanFest will be staged on different grounds in 2017, with the team shifting the annual event, scheduled for Jan. 28, to Jack London Square.
OAK Homepage News

Chancellor Philip Hammond has backed a transitional deal for Brexit saying it would be “helpful” to allow longer than two years for the UK’s exit from the EU.
BBC News – Business