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Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara wins a second five-year term with nearly 84% of vote, electoral commission officials say.
BBC News – Africa

A’s starter Jesse Hahn has no loyalties to the Mets or Royals, let alone the desire to watch a World Series between two clubs that aren’t his own. But his kinship with New York ace Matt Harvey has him paying […]

During a knock-down, drag-out battle in the middle of January, when Thunder legs are weary and brains pushed to the limit, it won’t be in
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Just as he did for five years as their teammate, Mark Mulder cheered on Barry Zito and Tim Hudson on Saturday afternoon, this time as a fan on a nostalgic day at the Coliseum, where Hudson and Zito met as […]

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve during the crash and Great Recession, tells BBC that governments in US, UK and Europe have “been too focussed on near-term budget cuts”
BBC News – Business

At least one person has been killed and a dozen others injured in a suicide attack on a mosque in the south of Saudi Arabia, state media say.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina faces a run-off election next month after neither presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Poland’s conservative Law and Justice party convincingly wins Sunday’s general election, with Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz conceding victory.
BBC News – Europe

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said.
BBC News – UK

Five Britons were killed when a whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sank off the coast of western Canada, the UK foreign secretary says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s telecom regulator has fined MTN Nigeria $ 5.2bn for failing to disconnect all non-registered sim cards.
BBC News – Africa

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A’s catcher Carson Blair will undergo season-ending left knee surgery after an MRI revealed a medial meniscus tear.
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Barclays customers have been reporting difficulties accessing money in their accounts, and in making payments.
BBC News – Business

Israel says one of its Arab citizens deliberately paraglided into Syria, amid reports Israel mounted intensive aerial operations overnight.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentines go to the polls to choose their next president in a general election that ends 12 years of rule under the Kirchners.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Leaders from Central Europe and the Balkans are set discuss the migrant crisis amid warnings that migrants could die of cold as winter sets in.
BBC News – Europe

Tony Blair says there are “elements of truth” to claims the Iraq War caused the rise of Islamic State, but again defends the removal of Saddam Hussein.
BBC News – UK

A car travelling at high speed driven by a suspected drunk driver crashes into a crowd in Oklahoma killing three people, police say.
BBC News – US & Canada