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Matt Joyce homered on the first pitch Masahiro Tanaka threw, and the A’s didn’t let up on the Yankees’ starter, going deep three times and handing the American League East leaders their fifth straight loss with a […]

The deal marks the biggest push yet by Amazon into traditional bricks and mortar retailing.
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The Arabic-language account, with almost 12m followers, had disappeared early on Saturday.
BBC News – Middle East

Cuba’s government reacts angrily to the US president dropping Obama-era policies meant to ease relations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Helmut Kohl, Germany’s ex-chancellor and architect of German reunification in 1990, dies aged 87.
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Police fear that figure may increase, as the search of Grenfell Tower resumes.
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A container ship seemed to make a rapid U-turn before colliding with the USS Fitzgerald in Japan.
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The men are accused of involvement in a car bomb attack that killed top prosecutor Hisham Barakat.
BBC News – Africa

A’s rookie Matt Chapman picked the perfect moment for his first Major League hit, delivering a two-run single in the eighth inning that gave the A’s a 7-6 win over the Yankees at the Coliseum on Friday night.
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A back-and-forth affair at the Coliseum went in favor of the A’s, who staved off the Yankees with a walk-off, two-run single from Khris Davis in the 10th inning to claim an 8-7 series-opening victory on Thursday […]

The deal would release 8.5bn euros but still requires final approval from the IMF.
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The $ 12bn purchase of fighter jets comes as tensions between the emirate and its neighbours soar.
BBC News – Middle East

They should have handed over 60% of their registered weapons by now, but the UN has only received 40%.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The figure could rise further, police say, as fire crews try to make the building safe so they can search it.
BBC News – Europe

Police may not be able to identify all the victims of the London fire, as dozens of people remain missing.
BBC News – UK

Members of Congress play a charity baseball game a day after a gunman open fired as they practised.
BBC News – US & Canada

Police say the motive of the killing is unknown and they are carrying out their investigation.
BBC News – Africa

As the A’s wrapped up production in the Draft room Wednesday, area scout Neil Avent couldn’t help but keep his eyes glued to the television that displayed right-handed starter Daniel Gossett.
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It was his best season as a professional. No doubt about it.
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The US Federal Reserve votes to raise its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%, the second rise this year.
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