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The case for a rise in US interest rates is bolstered by strong jobs data for October.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi forces battle their way into another suburb of Mosul, amid more reports of IS atrocities.
BBC News – Middle East

Political talks taking place in Venezuela are the “last best effort” for peace, a US official says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The pro-Kurdish HDP party in Turkey says the arrest of its leaders is a bid to eradicate democracy.
BBC News – Europe

A Conservative MP who backed Brexit quits over “irreconcilable differences” with the government.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton holds rallies in states once thought safe for the Democrats, but now under threat.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberia has been briefly cut off from the internet by hackers targeting its only link to the global network.
BBC News – Africa

The 2016 A’s picked up one more win than last year’s version, but their 69-93 record was nonetheless another disappointment, continuing an uninspiring stretch of mediocre play that has fans begging for better […]

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For the past 25 years, the Arizona Fall League has been a place to see some of the best up-and-coming talent around baseball. For the past decade — edition No. 11 arrives on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET — that talent […]

The Bank of England makes a dramatic rise in its inflation forecast, with no rate cut expected in 2016.
BBC News – Business

The Islamic State group releases audio purportedly from its leader, urging no retreat from Mosul.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s military is put in control of distributing medicine to public hospitals amid shortages.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two Ukrainians tell the BBC how they hacked top Russian officials’ emails revealing Kremlin plans.
BBC News – Europe

The UK government must consult MPs before triggering Article 50 to leave the EU, a court rules.
BBC News – UK

The Chicago Cubs win Major League Baseball’s World Series, ending a 108-year drought and breaking the ‘Curse of the Billy Goat’.
BBC News – US & Canada

About 240 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the Libyan coast, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

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Dylan Covey, Frankie Montas and Drew Steckenrider combined to throw a no-hitter as Mesa beat Surprise, 1-0, at Surprise Stadium on Tuesday.
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UK inflation will quadruple to about 4% in the second half of 2017, a leading think tank predicts.
BBC News – Business