Craig Taylor

Nigeria’s telecom regulator has fined MTN Nigeria $ 5.2bn for failing to disconnect all non-registered sim cards.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct.
Oklahoma City Thunder

A’s catcher Carson Blair will undergo season-ending left knee surgery after an MRI revealed a medial meniscus tear.
OAK Homepage News

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Barclays customers have been reporting difficulties accessing money in their accounts, and in making payments.
BBC News – Business

Israel says one of its Arab citizens deliberately paraglided into Syria, amid reports Israel mounted intensive aerial operations overnight.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentines go to the polls to choose their next president in a general election that ends 12 years of rule under the Kirchners.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Leaders from Central Europe and the Balkans are set discuss the migrant crisis amid warnings that migrants could die of cold as winter sets in.
BBC News – Europe

Tony Blair says there are “elements of truth” to claims the Iraq War caused the rise of Islamic State, but again defends the removal of Saddam Hussein.
BBC News – UK

A car travelling at high speed driven by a suspected drunk driver crashes into a crowd in Oklahoma killing three people, police say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Tanzania holds its most tightly contested election, as a new opposition coalition tries to end the governing party’s 54-year grip on power.
BBC News – Africa

Jarrett Parker blasted three home runs, punctuated by a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning, to power the Giants past the A’s with a 14-10 victory on Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum.
OAK Homepage News

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Fans of the Twilight film series have been warned that they could be putting their sight at risk by sharing cosmetic contact lenses bought online.
BBC News – Business

Russia backs talks between the Syrian government and the “full spectrum” of Syrian opposition, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
BBC News – Middle East

Category Five Hurricane Patricia, the strongest on record, has made landfall in Jalisco state in western Mexico, meteorologists say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A sword-wielding attacker who killed a teacher and a pupil at a school in Sweden had “racist motives”, police believe.
BBC News – Europe

Business leaders call for urgent action to tackle cyber-crime following the TalkTalk attack, describing it as one of the biggest threats facing companies.
BBC News – UK

Paul Ryan sets aside some initial reluctance and announces he is going to run for speaker of the US House of Representatives.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa President Jacob Zuma rules out any increases in university tuition fees for next year after more than a week of protests by students.
BBC News – Africa