Craig Taylor

The number of people out of work is still at lowest level since 1975, figures indicate.
BBC News – Business

The BBC’s Feras Kilani was with Syrian Democratic Forces as they took control of the centre of Raqqa, Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Joesley and Wesley Batista are accused of using insider information to sell shares at top prices.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Malta’s Daphne Caruana Galizia was “assassinated” for standing up to corruption, her son says.
BBC News – Europe

Hospital performance slumps across UK with staff warning hitting key targets now an ‘impossible’ job.
BBC News – UK

A judge says the policy “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Roselyn Akombe says she fears for her life ahead of next week’s presidential election re-run.
BBC News – Africa

Khris Davis is becoming a more balanced hitter, as on Friday he earned his 72nd and 73rd walks of the season — 31 more than he had a year ago. In the process, his on-base percentage has jumped from .306 in 2016 […]

After a well-deserved day off on Sunday, the Thunder got back to work with a light practice session on Monday.
Oklahoma City Thunder

A 9-year-old A’s fan whose home was destroyed in the Northern California wildfires has reached out to his hometown team in an effort to replace some of his most prized possessions. Loren Jade Smith, who lost his […]

The failing Italian airline has received seven offers from interested companies.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi forces take over key buildings three weeks after a Kurdish independence referendum.
BBC News – Middle East

The state department in Washington says “the voice of the Venezuelan people was not heard”.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Government critic Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in an attack the PM calls “barbaric”.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker say their working dinner was “constructive and friendly”.
BBC News – UK

The lawmaker whose state is ravaged by painkiller abuse is accused of being a drug industry stooge.
BBC News – US & Canada

Saturday’s truck bombing in the capital is the deadliest attack in Somalia’s 10-year insurgency.
BBC News – Africa

In the Thunder’s first preseason game of 2017-18, the Houston Rockets scored only 18 points in the paint, on just 23 shot attempts.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Andrew Cashner earned his career-high 11th victory in helping pitch the Rangers to an 8-4 victory over the Athletics on Saturday night at Globe Life Park.
OAK Homepage News

The carmaker says the 400 job losses at its Ellesmere Port factory are needed to stay competitive.
BBC News – Business