Craig Taylor

More than a dozen people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil burst, flooding nearby homes.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Russian plane crash in Egypt last week was not due to technical failures, French aviation officials familiar with the investigation tell the BBC.
BBC News – Europe

Planes bring back to the UK hundreds of tourists who were stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh, but only eight out of 29 planned Friday flights have operated.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama rejects an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada because it will not help the economy, he says.
BBC News – US & Canada

UN Secretary-General condemns language “aimed at inciting violence” in Burundi, as political killings continue.
BBC News – Africa

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Oklahoma City Thunder

A relieved Jesse Hahn will go about his normal offseason routine after receiving encouraging MRI results on his right forearm last month.
OAK Homepage News

CHICAGO – The Thunder ranks in the top three in the NBA in field goal percentage, 3-point shooting percentage, offensive
Oklahoma City Thunder

Forecasts for the first change in interest rates since 2009 have been pushed further into the future following the latest reports from the Bank of England.
BBC News – Business

The Syria state is profiting from a black market in which people pay huge sums to find forcibly disappeared relatives, Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s constitutional court lifts restrictions on same-sex couples adopting children.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia and Egypt urge caution over suggestions that a Russian airliner that crashed in Sinai killing 224 passengers may have been bombed.
BBC News – Europe

It could be “some time” before all British tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh are home, the PM says, as he defends the suspension of air links.
BBC News – UK

Former US President George HW Bush publicly criticises Dick Cheney and Donald H Rumsfeld, in a biography due out next week.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Somali court orders the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally, the first time in 25 years that such a ruling has been made.
BBC News – Africa

When Sean Manaea ultimately reaches the Major Leagues, people will point to his acquisition by the Oakland Athletics this past season as the turning point in the lefty’s promising career.
OAK Homepage News

A quick 3-0 start to the season for the Thunder was followed by a unique game and some adversity on Monday, but the team is ready to lear
Oklahoma City Thunder

A’s catcher Stephen Vogt has been named the recipient of the 2015 Catfish Hunter Award, becoming the first player to take home the honor in consecutive years.
OAK Homepage News

VW says it has found “irregularities” in carbon dioxide emissions levels which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe.
BBC News – Business

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi defends Egypt’s sweeping security laws, insisting he is still taking the country on a path to democracy.
BBC News – Middle East