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The US military lifts its ban on transgender members, allowing them to openly serve in the country’s armed forces.
BBC News – US & Canada

Some 70 churches, 20 mosques and 10 hotels and pubs are ordered to close in Nigeria’s Lagos state in an attempt to reduce high noise levels.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 30, 2016 – The Thunder will host its sixth annual Coaches Clinic at Chesapeake Energy Aren
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A surging A’s offense kept pace behind left-hander Sean Manaea, who tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his return from the disabled list in Oakland’s third straight win against the Giants, a commanding 7-1 decision […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 29, 2016 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that the Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

The FTSE 100 has surged through the level it closed at last Thursday recovering all of the ground it had lost in the wake of the Brexit vote.
BBC News – Business

A convoy carrying suspected Islamic State militants has been destroyed in air strikes near the Iraqi city of Falluja, the defence ministry says.
BBC News – Middle East

A judge in Mexico temporarily halts the extradition of the country’s most notorious drugs lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, to the US.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey observes a national day of mourning as the death toll in a suicide gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport rises to 41, including 13 foreign nationals.
BBC News – Europe

Jeremy Corbyn is refusing to stand down, his deputy Tom Watson says, risking an “existential crisis” for the Labour Party.
BBC News – UK

Republican Donald Trump repeats calls for the return of waterboarding against Islamic State militants, hours after a terror attack in Istanbul.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian singer Ado Halliru Daukaka, known for singing about corrupt politicians, is found five days after he was kidnapped, police say.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s activated Josh Reddick from the disabled list Tuesday and slotted him in his familiar three-hole in Tuesday’s lineup against the Giants, ending his five-week absence after fracturing his left thumb sliding […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 27, 2016 – Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was named to the 12-man 2016
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UK financial markets calm down after two days of turmoil in the wake of the Brexit vote, with the FTSE 100 gaining 2%.
BBC News – Business

Triple bomb attacks claimed by the Islamic State group kill at least 35 people and injure 24 in Yemen’s south-eastern port city of Mukalla.
BBC News – Middle East

The Colombian army says 17 members of the security forces were killed when one of its helicopters crashed in central Caldas province.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkish President Erdogan apologises for downing of Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border in November, Moscow says
BBC News – Europe

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urges UK to “clarify its position” on Brexit as soon as possible.
BBC News – UK

The US Supreme Court strikes down a 2013 Texas abortion law that imposed restrictive regulations on the procedure, in a landmark ruling.
BBC News – US & Canada