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Mired in a five-game losing streak, the A’s cruised to victory against the White Sox on Friday evening, blanking them behind a stellar Kendall Graveman.
OAK Homepage News

Has the City of London already decided that the UK will not be able to keep full membership of the EU single market after Brexit?
BBC News – Business

US fighter planes sent to Kurdish-controlled city to protect US special forces from Syrian government bombardments, Pentagon says.
BBC News – Middle East

Usain Bolt ends his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ and ninth gold as Jamaica win the 4x100m relay final.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, calls for a partial ban on the burka, a day after saying a full ban might not be constitutional.
BBC News – Europe

Great Britain’s women win a first Olympic hockey gold medal by beating the Netherlands in a dramatic penalty shootout.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a direct appeal to African-American voters, asking “What do you have to lose?”
BBC News – US & Canada

Great Britain’s Lutalo Muhammad suffers an agonising last-second defeat in the men’s -80kg taekwondo final.
BBC News – Africa

Oakland A’s beat reporter Jane Lee answers fan questions.
OAK Homepage News

Asda reports a drop in sales of 7.5% in the past three months, its worst quarterly performance on record.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government jets reportedly bomb Kurdish-held areas of the north-eastern city of Hassakeh for the first time since the civil war began in 2011.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission said 22 people were executed by federal police in the western state of Michoacan last year.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

At least 12 people are killed and 219 wounded in bomb attacks on police stations and a military vehicle in eastern Turkey.
BBC News – Europe

Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold ahead of brother Jonny as sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark also win on day 13 of the Rio Olympics.
BBC News – UK

Four US Olympic swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city’s civil police has said.
BBC News – US & Canada

The sacked vice-president of South Sudan leaves the country, weeks after deadly clashes between his troops and government forces in the capital.
BBC News – Africa

Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish has continually made strides in his endurance this season as he returns from 2015 Tommy John surgery. He checked off another step in his recovery on Wednesday night, throwing a […]

The Rangers rallied with three runs in the 10th inning for a walk-off 5-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night. The Rangers trailed, 4-2, entering the bottom of the inning before coming back to win it when […]

UK unemployment fell by 52,000 to 1.64 million between April and June in the run-up to the Brexit vote, official figures indicate.
BBC News – Business

Russia says it has used a base in Iran to carry out air strikes in Syria, the first time it has deployed bombers to a third country.
BBC News – Middle East