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A Cuban fugitive is arrested after 26 years on the run, following a string of jewellery robberies in the Florida city of Miami.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The head of the European Olympic Committees, Irishman Patrick Hickey, has been arrested in Rio over the illegal sale of tickets, Brazilian police confirm.
BBC News – Europe

A woman who stabbed a love rival to death in a “cold-blooded” murder plot she orchestrated with a friend is jailed for at least 30 years.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump overhauls his election campaign team for the second time in two months, amid flagging polls.
BBC News – US & Canada

The first Nigerian schoolgirl from Chibok to be rescued from Boko Haram says she misses the father of her baby, who is a suspected Islamist militant.
BBC News – Africa

A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie will undergo season-ending surgery to remove a bunion from the big toe of his left foot, manager Bob Melvin announced Monday night.
OAK Homepage News

The combined pension funds deficit for companies in the FTSE 100 has seen huge increases in the past year, according to pensions expert LCP.
BBC News – Business

An air strike hits a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people, the medical charity says.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s Thiago Braz da Silva sets a new Olympic record of 6.03m to claim gold in the men’s pole vault at Rio 2016.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A mayor in Corsica bans full-body “burkini” swimsuits after a beach brawl between families of North African descent and local youths.
BBC News – Europe

Cyclist Mark Cavendish wins silver after Charlotte Dujardin’s dressage gold as GB stay second in the Rio 2016 medal table while the hosts celebrate a pole vault triumph.
BBC News – UK

The US sends 15 Guantanamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates, in the largest single transfer during President Obama’s administration.
BBC News – US & Canada

A South African court jails a woman to 10 years for kidnapping a baby 19 years ago and raising her as her own, in a case which has gripped the nation.
BBC News – Africa

Khris Davis homered for the third consecutive game Sunday, giving him 30 for the season. He became the first A’s player to hit at least 30 home runs in a season since Brandon Moss did so in 2013.
OAK Homepage News

OKLAHOMA CITY, August 14, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder signed guard Ronnie Price, it was announced today by Executiv
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A data breach at large UK software company Sage may have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses, it is understood.
BBC News – Business

Kurdish forces battling so-called Islamic State take several villages from the militants near Mosul, the last big city the group holds in Iraq.
BBC News – Middle East

President Mauricio Macri asks Brazilian and Argentine fans at the Rio Olympics to cease their hostile chants, saying rivalry is getting out of control.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The knifeman and one of the victims from Saturday’s attack on a train in Switzerland have died of their injuries in hospital, police say.
BBC News – Europe

Gymnast Max Whitlock wins Olympic gold in the men’s floor exercise to create British gymnastics history again in Rio.
BBC News – UK