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British Airways cabin crew based at Heathrow will strike on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in a row over pay.
BBC News – Business

The evacuation of east Aleppo is halted as Syrian rebels are accused of failing to respect a deal.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s highest denomination banknote is withdrawn, causing confusion and cash chaos.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Swiss deputies pass a law aiming to help in-country jobseekers while avoiding a row with Brussels.
BBC News – Europe

Riot officers enter HMP Birmingham after disturbances involving hundreds of inmates.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton attributes her election defeat to Russian hacking and a letter from the FBI.
BBC News – US & Canada

A church in Nigeria that collapsed last week killing dozens had structural faults, regulators say.
BBC News – Africa

Oladipo Croons Holiday Hits at Children’s Hospital
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The A’s have extended Spring Training invites to 26 non-roster players, a group that includes several of their top prospects, as well as a slew of new faces hoping to make a home in the organization. Notable names […]

SALT LAKE CITY – Some good, some bad in Tuesday night’s Thunder loss to the Utah Jazz, and plenty to learn from as the t
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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