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UK department store chain BHS is to be wound down, putting 11,000 jobs at risk, after attempts to find a buyer failed.
BBC News – Business

A bomb explodes near a mosque in the Syrian coastal city Latakia, killing and wounding several people.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s electoral authorities postpone a key meeting with the opposition, where they were due to announce whether to allow a recall referendum.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The city of Paris is on high alert, with floodwaters on the River Seine due to peak on Friday and a band of heavy rain continuing to sweep across Europe.
BBC News – Europe

Prime Minister David Cameron says migration can be managed if the UK remains inside the EU but is accused of “scaremongering” by Leave campaigners.
BBC News – UK

US Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump “dangerously incoherent”, as protesters clash with his supporters in California.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Gambian-born pub worker scooped £4m on a lottery scratchcard in the UK and then returned to work to finish the last four hours of his shift.
BBC News – Africa

With a new coach, a new system and new players all mixed in together for the first time, the Thunder had an uphill climb ahead of it at t
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Danny Valencia went 3-for-4 and Sean Manaea struck out a career-high eight batters as the A’s swept the Twins in a 5-1 win on Wednesday, extending their winning streak to five games.
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The UK’s economy would suffer “a large negative shock” if it left the EU, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warns.
BBC News – Business

The first aid convoy since 2012 reaches Darayya, the besieged southern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, the country’s Red Cross says.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro lambasts the leader of the Organization of American States after he called a meeting on the country’s crisis.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

European Union issues formal warning to Poland for threatening the rule of law, one of the founding principles of the EU, over controversial changes to its top court.
BBC News – Europe

Inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings – one of the worst terrorist attacks in British history – are to be reopened.
BBC News – UK

Two men are dead, including a gunman, following a shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, police say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Two MPs are among 10 people killed as al-Shabab gunmen storm a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu after car bomb attack.
BBC News – Africa

Once again, the Thunder showed it has one of the best rosters in the league and can compete with the best of the best.
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Danny Valencia homered and drove in three runs against his former Twins club, helping the A’s secure the series victory with a 7-4 win at the Coliseum on Tuesday night.
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OAKLAND – Bleary-eyed and both physically and emotionally spent, the Thunder walked off the court on Monday night for th
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Volkswagen profit tumbles 20% in the first three months of 2016 as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the diesel emissions scandal.
BBC News – Business