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Cuba’s government legalises small and medium-sized private businesses, the latest stage of reforms launched by President Raul Castro.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia releases jailed Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko in a prisoner exchange also involving two Russian nationals convicted in Kiev last month.
BBC News – Europe

The government considers cuts to British Steel pension benefits in bid to save Tata Steel’s UK operations.
BBC News – UK

The state department finds Hillary Clinton and other former secretaries of state are at fault for poorly managing email security, an audit shows.
BBC News – US & Canada

The deadly capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean is caught on camera by the Italian navy as it rescues 550 people.
BBC News – Africa

Every day in practice at the end of a drill, Thunder center Steven Adams plucks the basketball with his right hand, and fires it like a f
Oklahoma City Thunder

Zach Neal is excited for his first big league start Wednesday, while teammate Jed Lowrie will come off the disabled list in time for the series finale against the Mariners.
OAK Homepage News

At every turn, teams at this stage of the Playoffs try to use every possible mental and physical edge to their advantage.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The Bank of England governor robustly defends his stance on the UK’s EU referendum debate and accuses one of his critics of trying to “undermine” the Bank’s remit.
BBC News – Business

New satellite imagery appears to reveal extensive damage to a major airbase in Syria used by Russia after an attack by Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Middle East

A key minister in Brazil’s new government steps aside after he was caught on tape allegedly conspiring to obstruct a major corruption probe.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French finance officials raid the Paris offices of US internet giant Google as part of a €1.6bn tax fraud investigation.
BBC News – Europe

A man who left a baby blind and brain damaged after shaking and dropping her in a fit of anger is jailed for four years and four months.
BBC News – UK

Facebook has announced changes to the way it runs its Trending Topics feed, following an internal investigation.
BBC News – US & Canada

A state of emergency is called in the Nigerian state of Kaduna after 80% of tomatoes are said to have been destroyed by pests.
BBC News – Africa

Zach Neal will start for the A’s on Wednesday against the Mariners, as he takes the turn in the rotation typically filled by Sonny Gray, who is on the disabled list.
OAK Homepage News

Kevin Durant rose up with both hands straight up in the air just to the right side of the rim, denying any chance of a Draymond Green lay
Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s lost their ace pitcher and arguably their hottest hitter to the disabled list on a weekend in which they were swept at home by the Yankees, the first four-game sweep of Oakland at the Coliseum since 1999, […]

Axa, the world’s largest insurer, plans to stop investing in the tobacco industry to help highlight the human and economic cost of smoking.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of a military operation to retake Falluja from so-called Islamic State (IS).
BBC News – Middle East