Craig Taylor

Supermarket Asda reports a big slide in sales in the third quarter following an even bigger fall for the previous three months.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi forces halt their push into IS-held Mosul due to bad weather, one month into their offensive.
BBC News – Middle East

Police in Brazil arrest former Rio state Governor Sergio Cabral as part of a corruption probe.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Outgoing US President Barack Obama meets close ally Angela Merkel on a farewell visit to Germany.
BBC News – Europe

A witness at the Jo Cox murder trial says he saw a man with a gun “blast” a woman lying in the road.
BBC News – UK

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper resigns, and says “it felt pretty good”.
BBC News – US & Canada

A black South African man who was allegedly forced into a coffin by two white farmers for trespassing says he was scared for his life.
BBC News – Africa

While the A’s evaluate potential roster additions on the outside market, they must also tackle internal homework with an important deadline in mind. By Friday, teams must determine which players they want to […]

Before Wednesday night’s game against the Houston Rockets, Russell Westbrook told Victor Oladipo that he was going to throw down a left-h
Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s announced their 2017 Minor League coaching staff on Tuesday, revealing several changes — chief among them the appointment of Ryan Christenson as manager of Triple-A Nashville.
OAK Homepage News

The Jackson 5’s number one hit from 1970, “I Want You Back” pumped through the speakers at the Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma City on
Oklahoma City Thunder

The parent firm of messaging app Snapchat files to list on the US stock market, reports say, and could be worth $ 25bn.
BBC News – Business

Syria’s president says he hopes Donald Trump will be an “anti-terror ally” but remains “cautious”.
BBC News – Middle East

Cuba pardons almost 800 prisoners in response to a call by Pope Francis to show mercy to inmates.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Former economy minister Emmanuel Macron is expected to unveil his bid for the French presidency.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson is accused of offering a view of post-EU life which is “intellectually impossible”.
BBC News – UK

On his final foreign trip, President Obama warns of a “rise in a crude sort of nationalism”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Some 75,000 children in insurgency-hit northern Nigeria could die of hunger within months, UN says.
BBC News – Africa

DETROIT – The ball went wide, it fell short and it bounced off the back iron for the Thunder on Monday night against the
Oklahoma City Thunder

A wave of selling resumes in bond markets as investors digest the impact of a Trump presidency.
BBC News – Business