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A UN envoy warns Aleppo could become “one giant graveyard” as Syrian state forces advance on rebels.
BBC News – Middle East

Evidence is growing that a plane which crashed in Colombia ran out of fuel, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine launches missile tests near Crimea, despite Russian threats to respond to the “provocation”.
BBC News – Europe

Former Newcastle United footballer David Eatock says he was abused by coach George Ormond.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump says the Ohio campus attacker, a Somali refugee, “should not have been in our country”.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Gambia bans the internet and international phone calls, as President Jammeh seeks a fifth term.
BBC News – Africa

It had been a long game for many reasons.
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The Oakland Athletics and outfielder Matt Joyce have agreed on a contract, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reported Wednesday morning. The club has not yet confirmed the report.
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Philip Morris is launching a new cigarette in the UK which it says could see it stop selling conventional cigarettes altogether.
BBC News – Business

Some 16,000 civilians have fled the Syrian government’s advance into rebel-held Aleppo, the UN says.
BBC News – Middle East

Top football sides pay tribute to a Brazilian team which lost most of its players in a plane crash.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A German intelligence agency employee is held after making Islamist statements and leaking material.
BBC News – Europe

Ambulance services are struggling to reach the seriously ill quickly enough after rising demand has left the system at breaking point, a BBC investigation has found.
BBC News – UK

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for Monday’s rampage at Ohio State University.
BBC News – US & Canada

A regional king in Uganda is charged with murder after clashes which killed more than 80 people.
BBC News – Africa

The Arizona Fall League always is loaded with talent, and it was stronger than usual in 2016. In the initial installment of MLBPipeline.com’s “The Next Big Leaguers,” which premieres Tuesday, we focused on five […]

NEW YORK – The game was in the balance and a nervous excitement filled the air in Madison Square Garden when Victor Olad
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The US is given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government forces capture more than a third of rebel-held territory in eastern Aleppo.
BBC News – Middle East