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Campaigning in the EU referendum is moving up a gear with campaigners from both sides of the debate taking to the streets to try to win over voters.
BBC News – UK

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer recently took steps to prevent its drugs being used in lethal injections, it emerges.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram remains a threat, French President Francois Hollande warns ahead of a regional summit in Nigeria.
BBC News – Africa

Late Wednesday night, less than 24 hours before the Thunder’s Game 6 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, Andre Roberson’s sweat was dripp
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The A’s recalled catcher Matt McBride from Triple-A Nashville on Friday prior to their series opener against the Rays at Tropicana Field, while optioning right-hander Zach Neal to Triple-A.
OAK Homepage News

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 12, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder advanced to the 2016 Western Conference Finals after defeating t
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More than 600 bank branches have closed across the UK in the last year, with rural areas worst affected, according to figures obtained by the BBC.
BBC News – Business

The man believed to be Hezbollah’s most senior military commander in Syria’s war has been killed in Damascus.
BBC News – Middle East

New interim President Michel Temer urges Brazil to trust in the country’s capacity to rebuild the economy, after Dilma Rousseff is suspended.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling off the Libyan coast is failing to achieve its aims, a UK parliamentary committee says.
BBC News – Europe

The police watchdog launches an investigation after a former South Yorkshire Police press officer claimed she was asked to “spin” news during the Hillsborough inquests.
BBC News – UK

The US Navy demotes the commander of the 10 US sailors who in January entered Iranian territorial waters and were briefly detained.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ex-gold miners in South Africa can go ahead with a class action against mining companies over health damage allegedly caused by their work, a court has rules.
BBC News – Africa

What do you think is going on with Sonny Gray? Beat reporter Jane Lee answers this question and more in the latest A’s Inbox.
OAK Homepage News

He may be in his first year as a head coach in the league, but Billy Donovan’s understanding of the NBA organization he’s been charged wi
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Foreign firms that own property in the UK will have to declare their assets publicly, Prime Minister David Cameron says ahead of a global anti-corruption summit in London.
BBC News – Business

At least 93 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks in Baghdad, officials say, the bloodiest in Iraq’s capital this year.
BBC News – Middle East

The Brazilian Senate prepares to vote on whether President Rousseff should face an impeachment trial, after the Supreme Court rejects an appeal.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Turkish minister tells the BBC he is losing hope of getting a visa-free deal with the EU, as Ankara’s tough anti-terror laws remain a key sticking point.
BBC News – Europe

The threat level from Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Great Britain is raised from moderate to substantial – meaning an attack is “a strong possibility”.
BBC News – UK