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Luxury Porsche and Audi cars are identified as having devices designed to cheat emissions tests, according to US regulators.
BBC News – Business

A rare tropical cyclone hits the remote Yemeni island of Socotra, killing at least one person before heading towards the Yemeni mainland.
BBC News – Middle East

Two French pilots who fled the Dominican Republic last week to escape a lengthy jail term for drug trafficking are arrested in France.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Russian airline Kogalymavia blames “external influence” for Saturday’s deadly Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people.
BBC News – Europe

Further weather warnings are issued as dense fog persists across much of the UK, causing disruption to flights at a number of airports.
BBC News – UK

The US Supreme Court is determining whether racism played a role when an all-white jury put a black man convicted of murder on death row in 1986.
BBC News – US & Canada

Islamist militant group Boko Haram releases photos apparently showing a rocket-making factory in north-eastern Nigeria.
BBC News – Africa

It took two quarters to feel out the game, but in the second half, the Thunder, donning its sunset uniforms for the first time, got blist
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“We just wanted to stay the course and most importantly get the win,” were amongst the first words out of Dion Waiters’ mouth on Thursday
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Almost six million workers in the UK are paid less than the living wage, a study suggests.
BBC News – Business

A ceremony is held to mark the start of construction work on Britain’s first new permanent military base in the Middle East since 1971.
BBC News – Middle East

The Chilean government begins seizing copies of an erotic version of the classic fairytale that was mistakenly distributed to 283 primary schools.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turks go to the polls for the second time in five months, with security the key issue after weeks of clashes and bomb attacks.
BBC News – Europe

Security agencies will not be given powers to look at a suspect’s website browsing history under new laws, the home secretary says.
BBC News – UK

Searchers say they believe they have found the wreckage of a cargo ship which went missing off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last month.
BBC News – US & Canada

Investigators widen their search for bodies and debris from the Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, as Russia mourns the 224 people on board who died.
BBC News – Africa

ORLANDO – The ball, after being
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A’s ace Sonny Gray, battery mate Stephen Vogt and speedy outfielder Billy Burns have earned nominations for Esurance MLB Awards. Gray is among 12 pitchers in the running for Best Starting Pitcher, while Burns will […]

TalkTalk confirms the exact scale of last week’s cyber-attack, with fewer people affected than earlier thought.
BBC News – Business

Major powers lay out a new diplomatic process to help end Syria’s civil war, but they continue to differ on the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
BBC News – Middle East