Craig Taylor

The 2014 NBA Draft is under way, and all 30 teams will be looking to improve their roster in some way heading into next season and beyond
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France’s largest bank BNP Paribas agrees to a record $ 9bn (£5.1bn) settlement with US prosecutors over allegations of sanctions violations.
BBC News – Business

Israel has vowed retribution against Hamas, the militant Palestinian group it accuses of the kidnap and murder of three teenagers.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican security forces kill 22 alleged gang members in one of the bloodiest such clashes since President Pena Nieto took office in 2012.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over alleged influence peddling in an unprecedented step against a former French president.
BBC News – Europe

Police will look at further allegations against Rolf Harris after the entertainer was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault.
BBC News – UK

The US Supreme Court rules a company can claim a religious exemption to a legal requirement that employers pay for their workers’ contraception.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s military says it has raided a Boko Haram intelligence unit linked to the recent abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls.
BBC News – Africa

There are certain things that statistics don’t capture, and there are even things that game film can’t completely show to NBA scouts and
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OKLAHOMA CITY, June 27, 2014 – The Oklahoma City Thunder selected forwards Mitch McGary and Josh Huestis with the 21st a
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The boss of BNP Paribas writes to staff warning that the French banking giant will be fined heavily by US authorities.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi government forces continue an offensive to retake the northern city of Tikrit from Sunni rebels, with air strikes and clashes across the city.
BBC News – Middle East

Arjen Robben says he dived as the Netherlands beat Mexico 2-1 in the World Cup last-16 but not for the decisive penalty.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU leaders join a call between President Poroshenko and President Putin as a truce between government forces and separatists nears its end.
BBC News – Europe

Jean-Claude Juncker tells David Cameron he is “fully committed to finding solutions for the political concerns of the UK”, Downing Street says.
BBC News – UK

The key suspect in the Benghazi US consulate attack appears in a US courthouse to deny terrorism charges, two weeks after his capture in Libya.
BBC News – US & Canada

Dozens of villagers are feared dead after attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno.
BBC News – Africa

Improving all aspects of the team in the offseason involves a myriad of factors for the Thunder, but the first opportunity comes on draft
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BP asks a US court to order a “vast number” of businesses to repay part of the compensation awards they were paid in the wake of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
BBC News – Business

Helicopter gunships conduct strikes on the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, the Iraqi military says, amid reports of a major offensive.
BBC News – Middle East