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A’s right-hander Sonny Gray finished third in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America balloting for the American League Cy Young Award, behind winner Dallas Keuchel of the Astros and runner-up David Price, […]

A report into the collapse of the High Street bank HBOS says regulators should consider banning up to 10 former executives from working in the City.
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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says a political process to end the country’s bloody civil war cannot begin while it is occupied by “terrorists”.
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Police in Honduras say they have arrested five Syrians travelling on stolen Greek passports and aiming to enter the United States by land.
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The man believed to have masterminded the attacks in Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was among those killed in a French police raid, prosecutors confirm.
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Police believe the body found in a field in Leicestershire is that of the missing 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood.
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Police in Minneapolis say an unarmed black man was not handcuffed when he was fatally shot, an incident which has sparked nightly protests.
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The world’s second-largest gem quality diamond has been discovered in Botswana, the Lucara Diamond firm says.
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Bouncing back is in the Thunder’s nature.
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The A’s have added a veteran arm to their rotation, inking left-hander Rich Hill to a one-year deal worth $ 6 million pending a physical, MLB.com confirmed Tuesday night.
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The UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025, energy secretary Amber Rudd is expected to say later.
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The head of security in Iraqi Kurdistan says he hopes last Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris will act as a wake-up call to Western powers.
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Mining company Samarco, which owns a dam that burst earlier this month in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, says two other reservoirs are at risk.
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Heavy shooting is heard in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis, as police continue a hunt for those involved in last Friday’s attacks.
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England and France pay tribute to those killed in Paris on Friday, with Tuesday’s friendly at Wembley held amid heightened security.
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A black man shot by police in an incident that sparked protests has died after two days on life support.
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An explosion hits the northern Nigerian city of Yola, with more than 30 people feared dead, just days after a visit from President Buhari.
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Would the A’s try to deal Sonny Gray and land a big return? How about Josh Reddick? Will Billy Butler be back? Jane Lee opens the Inbox.
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European and US stock markets remain resilient after the attacks in Paris but airlines and leisure shares suffer falls.
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