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The European Union announces plans to force large companies to disclose more about their tax affairs.
BBC News – Business

Prosecutors in Lebanon file charges against an Australian TV crew held over an attempt to kidnap two children in a custody dispute.
BBC News – Middle East

A congressional committee in Brazil votes to recommend the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The authorities in Austria begin work on a migration control centre at the key Brenner crossing with Italy, despite criticism by other EU states.
BBC News – Europe

The UK’s exit from the European Union could cause “severe regional and global damage”, the IMF warns in its quarterly economic outlook.
BBC News – UK

The Zika virus is “scarier” than first thought and its impact on the US could be greater than predicted, public health officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boko Haram’s use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks now carried out by children, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

Russell Westbrook strode to center court, grabbed a microphone and began his address to the crowd as Kevin Durant joined him a couple sec
Oklahoma City Thunder

Felix Dubront, who was penciled in as the club’s No. 5 starter, will undergo ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction on his left elbow Tuesday in Cincinnati. Dr. Timothy Kremchek will perform the surgery at […]

The owner of the Daily Mail newspaper is considering a bid for the struggling US internet company Yahoo.
BBC News – Business

Both sides in the conflict in Yemen say they will respect a UN-backed ceasefire, which came into force on Monday.
BBC News – Middle East

Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru’s presidential election, exit polls say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece condemns the action of Macedonian police after tear gas is used on migrants trying to break through the border, leading 300 people to seek treatment.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron will attempt to seize back the initiative on tax as he faces MPs for the first time since the Panama Papers row erupted.
BBC News – UK

US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a historic visit to Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, the most senior administration official ever to visit the city.
BBC News – US & Canada

The western Sudanese region of Darfur is to vote on its administrative status, 13 years after the start of a conflict which has left 300,000 dead.
BBC News – Africa

SACRAMENTO – In about a week, the Thunder will be hosting Game One of a first round playoff series, but tonight in Sacra
Oklahoma City Thunder

Writing out a lineup that will appease all of his players is no easy job these days for A’s skipper Bob Melvin, who is managing the task as best he can, even if on Sunday that meant sitting designated hitter Billy […]

SACRAMENTO – The Thunder’s final games of the regular season might not feel gripping because the third seed in the Weste
Oklahoma City Thunder

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond discusses the issue of over-capacity in steel production with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
BBC News – Business