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The A’s blasted back-to-back homers in consecutive innings for the first time since the Bash Brothers’ heyday of 1997 to take the finale in San Diego. Franklin Barreto, Josh Phegley, Mark Canha and Matt Olson […]

The move comes after President Donald Trump imposed steep duties on steel and aluminium in May.
BBC News – Business

War crimes were committed by both sides in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta region, investigators say.
BBC News – Middle East

A leak reveals administrators at the heart of the scandal could not identify owners of most firms involved.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Under the new so-called “Stop Soros” law, anyone who helps asylum seekers faces a year in jail.
BBC News – Europe

Relatives call for a criminal inquiry into the “unforgivable” actions at the Gosport hospital.
BBC News – UK

The order seeks to end the policy of splitting up undocumented parents and children at the border.
BBC News – US & Canada

Lord Sugar is criticised for an “unhelpful and ignorant” tweet comparing Senegal’s World Cup team to “beach sellers in Marbella”.
BBC News – Africa

A’s third baseman Matt Chapman, on the disabled list with a right thumb contusion, could pick up a bat on Thursday — so long as his cortisone shot cooperates.
OAK Homepage News

The threat escalates a tit-for-tat trade row with Beijing over US tariffs imposed on Chinese goods.
BBC News – Business

Gonen Segev was allegedly recruited as an agent by Israel’s arch-enemy Iran while he lived in Nigeria.
BBC News – Middle East

“Not on my watch,” says the US president, as his administration defends its immigration crackdown.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Several others were wounded in the attack a short distance from a police station.
BBC News – Europe

The leader of Glasgow City Council says they are “certainly not writing off the Mackintosh building yet”.
BBC News – UK

President Trump defends the separation of children and parents who have entered the US illegally.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Cup is a showcase for a footballer’s skills, but it is also a chance to show off new hairstyles.
BBC News – Africa

Mark Canha makes great catch in the 10th inning Sunday against the Angels after sending the game to extra innings with a two-out single in the ninth.
OAK Homepage News

Jonathan Lucroy’s single off the center-field fence with the bases loaded in the 11th inning gave the A’s a 6-5 walk-off win over the Angels on Sunday at the Coliseum. Oakland had to come from behind in the ninth, […]

More than three million people hardly used cash at all last year, according to the banking trade body.
BBC News – Business

Fighting goes on despite government reports the airport in the key Yemen city was seized from rebels.
BBC News – Middle East