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The Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 1,600 people as they try to boost security under the state of emergency, a government minister tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

There were some serious middle-infield prospects on display at Sloan Park on Tuesday, and while the Yankees’ Gleyber Torres might out-rank the A’s Franklin Barreto, 17 to 42, on MLB Pipeline.com’s Top 100 list, it […]

It was the final chance for the Thunder to see what it has before the regular season starts.
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The Oakland A’s named Chip Hale as third-base coach on Bob Melvin’s coaching staff for the 2017 season, the club announced today.
OAK Homepage News

The Treasury’s decision to abandon plans to let pensioners raise money by selling their annuities is welcomed by the pensions industry
BBC News – Business

Some 900 civilians have fled Mosul, the first large group to do so since Iraqi troops began their offensive to free the city from IS, the UN says.
BBC News – Middle East

Ecuador says it restricted internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its embassy in London to stop interference in the US presidential election.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU warns of jihadists returning to Europe if Iraqi forces succeed in driving the Islamic State group out of its stronghold in the city of Mosul.
BBC News – Europe

A Conservative MP who wants child migrants arriving in the UK from Calais to have their teeth tested to verify their ages is condemned by a dentists’ group.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama tells Donald Trump to “stop whining” as he rejects the Republican candidate’s claims next month’s election will be rigged.
BBC News – US & Canada

The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died after a brief illness, local media report.
BBC News – Africa

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With the 2016 regular-season standing final, the order for the 2017 MLB Draft is set. By finishing with the worst record in baseball, the Twins will have the No. 1 pick in the 2017 Draft. They’ll be followed by […]

Sure, the Thunder could look ahead to Oct.
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Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent says the slide in sterling has been an important ‘shock absorber’ for the economy.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi forces are “ahead of schedule” following the first day of the battle to retake Mosul from so-called IS fighters, the Pentagon says.
BBC News – Middle East

Eight inmates die in clashes between rival gangs at a prison in the north-western Brazilian state of Rondonia, just hours after 10 prisoners died in Roraima state.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk probe the assassination of a commander considered a war criminal by Ukrainian authorities.
BBC News – Europe

UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe, who spent three nights in hospital after a row with a party colleague, is quitting the party, saying it is in a “death spiral”.
BBC News – UK

Melania Trump tells CNN that obscene comments caught on videotape by her husband were unacceptable but did not represent the man she knows.
BBC News – US & Canada