Craig Taylor

New students risk being blinded by deals – such as discounts on fashion brands – when choosing a bank account rather than guarding against debt.
BBC News – Business

Three hundred people are leaving a besieged rebel-held suburb of Syria’s capital, Damascus, as part of what the government has described as an amnesty.
BBC News – Middle East

The president of Colombia announces that a peace deal between the country’s government and Farc rebels will be formally signed on 26 September.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Hungarian police advert is recruiting for 3,000 “border-hunters” to join guards at a razor-wire fence built to keep migrants out.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May travels to the G20 summit in China later for her first international conference since becoming prime minister.
BBC News – UK

Hurricane Hermine, the first to hit Florida for more than a decade, inflicts severe damage, kills one person and knocks out electrical power.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Kenyan MP is pushing the country’s parliament to pass a law to recognise a third-gender to end discrimination of some 100 citizens who identify as intersex.
BBC News – Africa

After two quick outs in the eighth inning, the Astros got up off the mat and rallied for three runs — keyed by triples from George Springer and Jose Altuve — to stun the A’s, 4-3, and polish off a three-game […]

The A’s will christen September play on Friday, marking the final month of a season that’s mutated into a focus on the future.
OAK Homepage News

The pound jumps after a closely-watched survey indicates the UK’s manufacturing sector rebounded sharply in August.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government warplanes are reported to have bombed several areas in the central province of Hama in response to a major rebel offensive.
BBC News – Middle East

Hundreds of thousands take part in rival marches in Venezuela’s capital Caracas, as opponents seek the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Swiss prosecutors open a criminal investigation into German football legend Franz Beckenbauer and three others over Germany’s bid for the 2006 World Cup.
BBC News – Europe

The week of strikes by junior doctors later this month will be followed up by three further five-day walkouts in October, November and December in England.
BBC News – UK

A rocket operated by the aerospace company SpaceX explodes on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral where it was being test-fired ahead of a launch.
BBC News – US & Canada

Gabon’s opposition leader Jean Ping says a presidential guard helicopter bombed his headquarters after parliament was set on fire over election rigging protests.
BBC News – Africa

While there was plenty of disappointment to go around during the A’s heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the Astros on Wednesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park, the play of veteran lefty Ross Detwiler was cause for […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, August 30, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has acquired forward Joffrey Lauvergne from t
Oklahoma City Thunder

“Urgent action” is needed to give new and expectant mothers more protection at work after a “shocking” increase in discrimination, MPs say.
BBC News – Business

The chief strategist of IS, whose calls for attacks against the West led to mass bloodshed, has been killed in Syria, the jihadist group says.
BBC News – Middle East