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The ashes of the late Nobel Prize winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez are laid to rest in the Colombian city of Cartagena.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The far-right and independent candidates in Austria’s presidential run-off are neck-and-neck with the result now depending on postal ballots.
BBC News – Europe

Treasury analysis says Brexit would tip the UK into a year-long recession, but Vote Leave dismisses the study as “deeply biased”.
BBC News – UK

James Hinchcliffe secures pole position for the 100th Indianapolis 500, a year after suffering a serious injury at the same race.
BBC News – US & Canada

An Egyptian robot submarine heads to the area where the missing EgyptAir plane is reported to have crashed to search for the flight data recorders.
BBC News – Africa

In the early morning hours of Thursday morning, as the Thunder’s team plane was crossing the Rocky Mountains on its way back from Oakland
Oklahoma City Thunder

Sean Manaea retired the first nine Yankees batters he faced Saturday and appeared headed toward his second straight strong start. But the A’s left-hander lost control of the fourth inning, and said following his […]

A UK vote to leave the European Union would cause an “immediate economic shock” that could slow house price growth, Chancellor George Osborne says.
BBC News – Business

Nearly half the UN-run schools in the Middle East have been attacked, damaged or put out of use since 2011, a report obtained by the BBC says.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico grants the extradition of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States on drug smuggling and murder charges.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Greek ruling not to send a Syrian asylum seeker back to Turkey because it is not considered safe raises questions over the EU’s migrant deal.
BBC News – Europe

Labour will seek to distribute the rewards of growth more fairly, leader Jeremy Corbyn says, as he sets out the party’s economic vision.
BBC News – UK

President Obama criticises the US Congress for failing to fully back his request for a $ 1.9bn (£1.25bn) fund to combat the Zika virus.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Egyptian military releases images of life vests and other items found during the search for missing EgyptAir flight MS804.
BBC News – Africa

The game-by-game aspect of the Playoffs, especially with days in between, can heighten the emotional reaction coming out of each game.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Oakland placed Reddick on the 15-day disabled list Friday and called up 27-year-old outfielder Jake Smolinski from Triple-A Nashville.
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There aren’t many people whose entire spirit, let alone their fashion or style, has been adopted by people who they’ve never met.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Bookmakers Ladbrokes and Gala Coral may have to shed hundreds of stores if their proposed merger is to go ahead, the Competition and Markets Authority says.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government forces recapture a large area south-east of Damascus from rebel groups, including the key town of Deir al-Asafir, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

The Venezuelan Supreme Court rules that a decree issued by President Nicolas Maduro last week declaring a state of emergency is constitutional.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean