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Property prices dropped by 3.1% in April, the Halifax says, as demand for homes softened.
BBC News – Business

The president is set to announce whether the US will walk away from the international nuclear deal.
BBC News – Middle East

The clowns say high crime levels mean residents are afraid to organise parties and do not hire them.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nikol Pashinyan has spearheaded weeks of protests and has promised an end to corruption.
BBC News – Europe

Rail firms admit “anomalies” in the system mean passengers are not always offered the cheapest fare.
BBC News – UK

Eric Schneiderman, a vocal #MeToo backer, resigns after four women tell a magazine he hit them.
BBC News – US & Canada

A BBC investigation showed employees illegally selling addictive cough syrup containing codeine.
BBC News – Africa

Andrew Triggs pitched seven stellar innings of two-hit ball and matched his career high with nine strikeouts and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday to complete a […]

France’s economy minister says the national carrier could ‘disappear’, as staff begin another strike.
BBC News – Business

Lebanon elects its parliament for the first time since 2009, with a changed voting system.
BBC News – Middle East

Costa Rican officials say there is a black market for sham marriages with Chinese migrants.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Vladimir Putin is due to be sworn in again as Russia’s leader after 18 years in power.
BBC News – Europe

The foreign secretary warns “only Iran would gain” if the “handcuffs” on its nuclear programme are taken off.
BBC News – UK

French politicians react after the US president mimics the Paris attackers of November 2015.
BBC News – US & Canada

A gang of what are said to be former cattle rustlers kills 51 adults and children, razing homes.
BBC News – Africa

Athletics manager Bob Melvin has been pleased with the impact that pitchers Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson have made in their second tour of duty with the ball club and joked that it could lead to a few other […]

Major League hits leader Jed Lowrie slapped a two-out single to right to drive in Jonathan Lucroy with the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning to bail out reliever Yusmeiro Petit, and the Athletics held on to […]

The Jones family’s belongings were packed in a removals van, but TSB’s computer fiasco put their move in doubt.
BBC News – Business

The campaign group Human Rights Watch says Sheikha Latifa has not been heard from for two months.
BBC News – Middle East

The Trump administration’s move means up to 57,000 Hondurans will have to leave the US by 2020.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean