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Starter Brett Anderson exited the game with a left shoulder strain after warming up before the second inning, but the Athletics’ bullpen handled the heavy lifting again on Friday, pitching the final eight innings […]

Legal and General’s fund will focus on businesses who score highly in areas such as women on boards.
BBC News – Business

The organiser of Lebanon’s Beirut Pride says authorities detained him on Monday night.
BBC News – Middle East

Anxious relatives gather after reports of an uprising in a former shopping centre now used as a jail.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

It is seeking to protect billions of dollars of investment in Iran by resurrecting an old statute.
BBC News – Europe

As final preparations take place, Meghan Markle’s mother will meet the Queen for the first time.
BBC News – UK

Kilauea volcano sends ash 30,000ft (9,100m) into the sky and residents are advised to shelter.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Health Organization mulls a wider response as an outbreak in DR Congo spreads to a city.
BBC News – Africa

Khris Davis, Matt Olson and Matt Chapman homered, as the A’s took the series opener from the Blue Jays. Davis had four hits, while Olson hit a three-run clout and Chapman added a two-run homer. Andrew Triggs […]

A’s outfielder Stephen Piscotty made an extraordinary catch to end the Red Sox’s sixth-inning rally in a 6-4 loss on Wednesday night.
OAK Homepage News

The French energy giant says it will withdraw from the project if there is no waiver from US sanctions.
BBC News – Business

The global chemical weapons watchdog says chlorine was released from cylinders in Saraqeb.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro says the plant has been handed to workers and will continue output.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Facebook’s chief will attend a closed door meeting with European Parliament leaders in Brussels.
BBC News – Europe

Rail services on the East Coast Main Line to be brought back under government control.
BBC News – UK

An ethics watchdog says Mr Trump should have revealed the payment, which he formerly denied, sooner.
BBC News – US & Canada

A new law in Kenya imposes fines of up to $ 50,000 and/or up to two years in prison.
BBC News – Africa

Stephen Piscotty looked to the sky, tapping his heart as he crossed home plate.
OAK Homepage News

Wages are rising faster than inflation for the first time in more than a year, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Palestinians begin burying the dead after Israeli troops kill 58 people and injure thousands.
BBC News – Middle East