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End-of-season player interviews spilled over into the afternoon on Thursday and into Friday morning, where Dion Waiters and Mitch McGary
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UK unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate since July 2008, official figures have shown.
BBC News – Business

A video showing desperate attempts by doctors to save three children after an apparent chlorine gas attack in Syria moves UN Security Council members to tears.
BBC News – Middle East

Pope Francis announces his first visit to Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador in July, with leaders from host countries welcoming the news.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Thousands of people, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are attending a memorial service for the Germanwings plane crash victims.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron urges Ed Miliband to rule out co-operating with the SNP, after the Labour leader rejects any coalition deal during Thursday’s TV debate.
BBC News – UK

An Ohio man who travelled to Syria to fight with al Nusrah Front has been charged over alleged plans to carry out a terror attack in the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Foreign-owned shops in South Africa are attacked and looted overnight in Johannesburg, despite thousands rallying against xenophobia on Thursday.
BBC News – Africa

Less than 12 hours after landing back in Oklahoma City to a throng of Thunder fans at the airport, Head Coach Scott Brooks and veteran pl
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S&P downgrades Greece’s credit rating saying it expects its financial commitments will be “unsustainable”.
BBC News – Business

The UN says not enough is being done to save the lives of migrants in the Mediterranean, with 400 feared drowned after their boat capsized.
BBC News – Middle East

The treasurer of Brazil’s governing Workers Party, Joao Vaccari, is arrested in connection with a massive corruption scandal at oil giant Petrobras.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A shipwreck in which about 400 migrants are feared dead off Libya was caused by excitement at the arrival of rescue ship, survivors say.
BBC News – Europe

Police investigating the disappearance of Irish student, Karen Buckley, say they have found human remains at a farm in north Glasgow.
BBC News – UK

Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is found guilty of first-degree murder over the death of his friend.
BBC News – US & Canada

Malawi becomes the first African state to announce the repatriation of its nationals from South Africa, following an upsurge in xenophobic violence.
BBC News – Africa

MINNEAPOLIS – It’s here, at long last.
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Before the game, sitting at a podium in the depths of Chesapeake Energy Arena, Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks didn’t mince words.
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The UK’s inflation rate remained at a record low of 0% in March, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of its territory in Iraq since US-led coalition air strikes began in August, the Pentagon says.
BBC News – Middle East