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The police officer appeared to have been targeted, preliminary reports indicate.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than a million people are still facing emergency levels of hunger, one step below famine.
BBC News – Africa

The Astros tagged A’s right-hander Sonny Gray for five runs in the first inning, holding on for an 8-4 victory at the Coliseum on Tuesday evening to take the first two games of a four-game series.
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The Astros rode the long ball to their seventh consecutive victory at the Coliseum, getting homers from Jake Marisnick, George Springer and Derek Fisher in a 4-1 series-opening win behind an impressive Brad […]

The Serious Fraud Office charges relate to the bank’s fundraising at the height of 2008’s financial crisis.
BBC News – Business

The decision comes as Russia warns that it will treat US-led coalition jets as potential targets.
BBC News – Middle East

Nine people say the government hacked their phones using software designed to catch terrorists.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s “gay propaganda” law encourages homophobia, the European human rights court rules.
BBC News – Europe

Prayers go ahead at a London mosque after a van struck Muslim worshippers nearby, leaving one dead.
BBC News – UK

Otto Warmbier’s case remains a mystery, as the student dies six days after he is returned to the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Abas Abdullahi Siraji was shot dead by a soldier who reportedly mistook him for a militant.
BBC News – Africa

Khris Davis’ team-leading 18th home run helped the A’s nail down a 4-3 victory to complete a four-game sweep of the Yankees at the Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.
OAK Homepage News

Brexit Secretary David Davis heads to Brussels as formal negotiations with the EU get under way.
BBC News – Business

The US military said it acted in self-defence after the Damascus regime dropped bombs.
BBC News – Middle East

One of the dead has been identified as a French woman who was working in the capital Bogotá.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The French president now has a strong mandate to pursue his pro-EU, business-friendly reforms.
BBC News – Europe

One person is arrested and several are injured in Finsbury Park, north London, police say.
BBC News – UK

Seven were missing after USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday.
BBC News – US & Canada

Troops free 32 people, the government says, as the resort is attacked by suspected jihadists.
BBC News – Africa