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A’s designated hitter Billy Butler has ramped up his offseason conditioning routine ahead of his age-30 season, readying to make good on a three-year, $ 30 million deal that, more times than not last year, looked […]

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Perhaps there have never been more fitting recipients of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Willie, Mickey and the Duke Award, given to people linked together in baseball history, than this year’s […]

Oil prices tumble again on Monday, as Opec calls for co-operation from oil producing nations outside the organisation.
BBC News – Business

Security is stepped up in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, on the fifth anniversary of the start of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
BBC News – Middle East

The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU interior ministers meeting in Amsterdam seek to extend and beef up border controls, to stem the flow of migrants from Greece.
BBC News – Europe

Explorer Henry Worsley dies after suffering exhaustion and dehydration during a solo attempt to cross Antarctica.
BBC News – UK

Millions across the eastern US face huge challenges as the working week begins, after massive snowfalls virtually paralysed many cities.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African pathologists are to carry out a post-mortem on a Nigerian man who died in police custody over the weekend, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

BROOKLYN — In the NBA, no team ever has each aspect of the game completely under control.
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Individual game tickets for A’s regular-season home games, several of which feature enticing promotions, are on sale now.
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From Oklahoma City to Tulsa, they spoke. From Woodward to McAlester they spoke. Even from Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania they spoke.
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Critics say a deal for US firm Google to pay £130m in UK back taxes is “derisory”, but Chancellor George Osborne says it is a “vindication” for the government.
BBC News – Business

Iran and China pledge closer economic ties, as China’s Xi Jinping becomes the first leader to visit Tehran since sanctions were lifted.
BBC News – Middle East

Rio de Janeiro authorities announce plans to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus during the Olympic Games later this year.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tens of thousands of people march in cities across Italy, demanding legal recognition for same-sex couples.
BBC News – Europe

A former Labour pollster tells the BBC that a report into why Labour lost the 2015 election is a “whitewash and a massive missed opportunity”.
BBC News – UK

A massive snowstorm brings much of the eastern US to a standstill, with officials in New York believing it could be one of the city’s worst snowstorms.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Sudan misses a key deadline to create a transitional government, part of a peace deal to end the civil war which began in 2013.
BBC News – Africa