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A UN report links Mexican security forces to a wave of disappearances in the north-east.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Giuseppe Conte is to lead a populist coalition, ending months of political wrangling.
BBC News – Europe

The party’s trade spokesman Barry Gardiner says counter-measures are needed to address US metals tariffs.
BBC News – UK

The White House says the political commentator’s term for the first daughter was “vile and vicious”.
BBC News – US & Canada

The revenue raised is also intended to help pay off of the country’s growing national debt.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s had a Wednesday night to forget at the Coliseum: Sean Manaea continued to struggle, the offense was non-existent and the defense committed four errors in a 6-0 loss to the Rays. Jed Lowrie’s single with […]

Major European firms warn the Prime Minister they may cut investment without clarity on Brexit customs plans.
BBC News – Business

Dozens of militant sites are hit after mortars are launched at Israel, hitting a kindergarten.
BBC News – Middle East

Tens of thousands of people are evacuated due to the risk of flooding at a hydroelectric dam project.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reportedly killed in Kiev on Tuesday, appears on TV.
BBC News – Europe

Nazanin Aghlani tells the inquiry her mother was “pressured” into living near the top floor.
BBC News – UK

President Trump weighed in after ABC cancelled Roseanne’s show over the tweet about an ex-Obama aide.
BBC News – US & Canada

Shops are closed and cars are off the roads as secessionists mark the attempt to create Biafra state.
BBC News – Africa

After being shut out in 13 innings a day ago, the A’s offense fared better on Tuesday, but came up short in a 4-3 loss to the Rays at the Coliseum.
OAK Homepage News

Trevor Cahill threw eight shutout innings, but the Athletics couldn’t muster any offense and lost to the Rays 1-0 in 13 innings.
OAK Homepage News

Shares in the retailer sink 20% as it announces closures and says profits will fall sharply this year.
BBC News – Business

The heaviest volley of mortars in years is launched, with one landing in a kindergarten’s grounds.
BBC News – Middle East

Some lorry drivers’ unions reject President Michel Temer’s concession to cut diesel prices.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A gunman opens fire with two police among the dead in what is being treated as a terror incident.
BBC News – Europe

The couple tried to force their 19-year-daughter to marry her first cousin in Bangladesh.
BBC News – UK