Craig Taylor

The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial over an alleged corruption scheme at the state oil company, Petrobras, a judge says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A politician in Germany’s Pirate party is found dead in a Berlin flat with the body of another man, in what police believe was a murder-suicide.
BBC News – Europe

A man who says he was a former IRA and Sinn Féin member turned British agent claims Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson – a claim Mr Adams denies.
BBC News – UK

The US charges Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting bombs in New York City and New Jersey, one of which injured 31 people in Manhattan.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African Paralympic shot-putter Tyrone Pillay says South African Airways refused to allow his prosthetic leg on board as he returned from Brazil.
BBC News – Africa

Sabonis Brings Good Vibes, Encouragement to High School Students
Oklahoma City Thunder

A power barrage last week led to American League Player of the Week honors for Hanley Ramirez and Khris Davis.
OAK Homepage News

A financial scam was committed, on average, once every 15 seconds in the first half of the year, prompting a new campaign highlighting the risks.
BBC News – Business

Aid trucks are hit by an air strike near the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports say, hours after the army declared the current cessation of violence was over.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian actress, Camila Pitanga, describes the events leading up to the drowning of soap opera star, Domingos Montagner, last week.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Thousands of migrants flee as a fire sweeps through the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, police say.
BBC News – Europe

Smoking rates in England fall to the lowest on record at 16.9%, says Public Health England, with experts saying e-cigarettes may be behind the decline.
BBC News – UK

The suspect in the weekend’s bombings in New York and New Jersey is undergoing surgery after he was injured in a shootout with police.
BBC News – US & Canada

Three police officers and 14 civilians die in Kinshasa, capital of DR Congo, during protests calling for President Joseph Kabila to step down.
BBC News – Africa

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Oklahoma City Thunder

The Athletics, trying to avoid a second straight last-place finish, are making it tough on the first-place Rangers in the final month of the season. Khris Davis, who has been pummeling the Rangers all season, hit […]

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Older and younger people are being driven apart by the rocketing cost of housing, leaving young families in inner city ‘ghettos’, a think tank says.
BBC News – Business

A US-led air attack that reportedly killed dozens of Syrian government soldiers endangers the already shaky ceasefire, Russia says.
BBC News – Middle East