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Any agreement on changes to the UK’s membership of the EU would be “legally binding”, papers released ahead of next week’s crunch summit of European leaders indicate.
BBC News – UK

The chief executive of Google, Sundar Pichai, has been awarded $ 199m (£138m) in shares, a regulatory filing reveals.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa’s president makes a U-turn in court over his refusal to repay millions of dollars in public funds used to upgrade his rural home.
BBC News – Africa

PHOENIX – Out of the 82 games in the NBA regular season, at least one of them is bound to be a bit strange – lacking rhy
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A’s pitchers and catchers are set to report to camp in less than two weeks to begin a new Spring Training season, providing a fresh start for an Oakland club that finished 2015 in last place.
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Chancellor George Osborne’s ‘inflexible’ budget surplus target could lead to sudden tax rises or spending cuts, independent economists suggest.
BBC News – Business

Turkish aid workers set up tents and distribute supplies for thousands of new Syrian refugees kept from entering Turkey at the border.
BBC News – Middle East

President Michel Martelly of Haiti steps down without a successor in place as tension continues over the election of his successor.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two boats on their way to Greece capsize near Turkey, killing at least 33 migrants, Turkish media say.
BBC News – Europe

Nearly 13,000 homes are without power and travel is disrupted as Storm Imogen brings heavy rain and winds of up to 96mph to parts of Britain.
BBC News – UK

A white Chicago police officer who fatally shot a black teenager sues his family for $ 10m (£6.9m), claiming emotional distress.
BBC News – US & Canada

Somali intelligence officials release a video showing a passenger being given a laptop they say concealed a bomb that blew a hole into a passenger plane.
BBC News – Africa

From baseball’s brightest stars to the final man on the A’s bench, all the information you need to know is one click away.
OAK Homepage News

OAKLAND – Down by as many as 20 points, the game could have been over for the Thunder early on Saturday night.
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Navinder Sarao, the “flash crash” trader, should not be extradited to the United States because the offences he is accused of were not crimes in the UK, his lawyers said.
BBC News – Business

The number of Syrians trying to cross into Turkey amid an upsurge of fighting has nearly doubled to 35,000, a Turkish official says.
BBC News – Middle East

Millions of people celebrate the first day of the annual carnival festivities across Brazil despite concerns about the recent Zika virus outbreak.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An outspoken British member of a Roman Catholic commission on sexual abuse refuses to quit, denouncing his treatment by the Vatican as “outrageous”.
BBC News – Europe

Charities say new rules on how they spend government grants are tantamount to making them take a vow of silence by preventing them from lobbying ministers.
BBC News – UK