WORLD
GERMANY: A failed Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up outside a German music festival had made a video pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group, in the second attack claimed by the jihadists in Germany in a week.
TURKEY: Turkish authorities on Monday issued arrest warrants for over 40 journalists in a new phase of the controversial legal crackdown after the failed coup against President Recep TayyipErdogan.
MADAGASCAR: A house fire during a party in central Madagascar on Saturday night killed 38 people including 16 children as the blaze ripped through a thatched roof.
SYRIA: Syria's regime intensified air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo province Monday as a UN envoy prepared to meet US and Russian officials to try to revive peace talks.
SPAIN: A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth to a baby with the brain-damaging disorder microcephaly on Monday, a hospital in Barcelona said.
RUSSIA: A Moscow military court on Monday began an initial closed-door hearing in the trial of the suspects in the shock murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov last year. Nemtsov was gunned down on the evening of February 27, 2015.
Sanders blasts 'demogogue' Trump
Bernie Sanders urged supporters Monday to vote for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in order to bar Donald Trump's path to the White House, slamming the Republican as a "demagogue." Sanders' call - met with cheers and jeers from supporters - was the latest twist in the rocky run-up to the Democratic National Convention, with a party row over leaked emails disrupting Clinton's bid to present a united front against Trump. Clinton will make history on Thursday when she formally accepts the Democratic presidential nomination - the first woman to lead a major party'sWhite House ticket. But two new polls showed Trump surging since his confirmation last week as the Republican presidential nominee, with a CNN poll putting him three points ahead of Clinton - a six-point post-convention bump. "We have got to defeat Donald Trump. We have got to elect Hillary Clinton and (running mate) Tim Kaine," Sanders told a gathering hours before the opening of the four-day convention in Philadelphia. "Trump is a bully and a demagogue," said the senator from Vermont, whose call to support Clinton was met with loud jeers and chants of "We want Bernie!" Sanders lost the primary race, but after he endorsed Clinton - and with the party desperate to present a show of unity - he was offered a prime speaking slot on Monday, along with popular liberal senator Elizabeth Warren. Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stepped in to formally open the proceedings, after party boss Debbie Wasserman Schultz was ousted in a feud that has split the party as it heads toward November's election.
Yahoo seals $4.8 bn deal with Verizon
Yahoo sealed a deal Monday to sell its core business to telecom giant Verizon for $4.8 billion, ending a two-decade run as an independent company for the internet pioneer. The agreement announced by the two companies after months of negotiations comes following a years-long decline for the iconic firm that introduced many people around the world to the internet. Verizon chief executive Lowell McAdam said Yahoo would be integrated into its recently acquired AOL unit to create "a top global mobile media company, and help accelerate our revenue stream in digital advertising." The acquisition, expected to close in early 2017, pending shareholder and regulatory approval will exclude Yahoo's cash, certain patent holdings, and its big share in China's Alibaba Group and stake in Yahoo Japan. The deal will, however, turn over the popular Yahoo News, Mail and other online services used by more than a billion people worldwide. Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, said in a statement: "Yahoo is a company that has changed the world, and will continue to do so through this combination with Verizon and AOL." She said that the agreement is "an exceptional outcome for shareholders".
Shooting outside Florida teen party
Two youths were killed and as many as 16 other people injured early Monday in a shooting outside a Florida nightclub as parents were picking up their children from a "teen night" event. Police in Fort Myers, Florida identified the dead as 14-year-old Sean Archilles and 18-year-old Ste'fan Strawder, who was described by local media as a star high school basketball player. A "person of interest" has been detained and two other individuals were being held for questioning over the shooting at Club Blu, police said. The motive was not immediately known, but police said in a statement "this incident was not an act of terror." It came just six weeks after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, the worst massacre on US soil since 9/11. Gunfire erupted at around 12:30 am in the club parking lot as a "Swimsuit Glow Party" was breaking up, police, witnesses and the club said. "As the club was closing and parents were picking their children up ... that's when all this happened," Club Blu said.
United States in Brief
WILDFIRE:Thousands of firefighters battled Monday to contain a blaze tearing through California's Santa Clarita valley, destroying homes and a popular filming location and threatening actress Tippi Hedren's animal sanctuary. The so-called Sand Fire in suburban Los Angeles has scorched more than 51 square miles of brush, threatening at least 2,000 properties and forcing an estimated 20,000 residents to flee.
BEIJING: National Security Advisor Susan Rice called for "candor and openness" before talks with Chinese leaders Monday during the highest-level US visit to Beijing since an international tribunal rejected China's vast maritime claims. Rice's trip is intended to prepare for a visit by President Barack Obama to a G20 summit in the city of Hangzhou in September.
OBAMA BROTHER: President Barack Obama's half-brother said Tuesday he was going to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year's American election, saying he felt let down his sibling's neglect of his Kenyan family.
SURFER: An American surfer was being treated in a Costa Rican hospital on Sunday after being attacked by a crocodile so severely half a leg had to be amputated, local media reported. The man, identified as Jonathan Becker, 59 and from Arizona, was set upon by the crocodile on Friday while crossing a river between beaches in Tamarindo, in northwestern Costa Rica.
BOEING: Global airlines will need an average of 31,000 new pilots every year for the next two decades as the air transport industry expands, Boeing said on Monday. In its annual forecast of industry staffing needs, the aircraft builder said staffing needs at carriers will also grow quickly for cabin crew - a total of 814,000 people needed through 2035 - and maintenance technicians, 679,000.
KATT WILLIAMS: Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested on suspicion of battery following a dispute at a Los Angeles hotel. Police told the Los Angeles Times that Williams was arrested late Sunday morning after a female employee said he injured her.(AP)
JORDAN: Michael Jordan is trying to help ease tension between African-Americans and law enforcement. The NBA great and Charlotte Hornets owner said Monday he's giving $1 million to the Institute for Community-Police Relations and $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. (AP)
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SUNDAY'S SCOREBOARD
MLB: INTERLEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 5 San Francisco 2
MLB: AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 2 Seattle 0
Baltimore 5 Cleveland 3
Boston 8 Minnesota 7
ChicagoWhite Sox 4 Detroit 3
Houston 13 L.A. Angels 3
Texas 2 Kansas City 1
Oakland 3 Tampa Bay 2
MLB: NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 9 Cincinnati 8
N.Y. Mets 3 Miami 0
Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 4
San Diego 10 Washington 6
Chicago Cubs 6 Milwaukee 5
Colorado 7 Atlanta 2
L.A. Dodgers 9 St. Louis 6
MLS
New York 4 New York City FC 1
Sporting Kansas City 3 Seattle 0
TENNIS: Britain's Johanna Konta captured her first WTA title in style on Sunday, beating former world number one Venus Williams 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 at the WTA hardcourt tournament in Stanford, California.
MONFILS: France's Gael Monfils saved a match point and battled back with sharp returns in sweltering heat to defeat Ivo Karlovic 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 in Washington Open final. The Frenchman on Sunday took his sixth ATP title.
GOLF: Cristie Kerr birdied the par-5 16th hole to give the United States the title-clinching victory Sunday at the LPGA International Crown team matches, edging South Korea by a point.
NFL: A Dallas Cowboys tour bus was involved in a road crash in Arizona on Sunday in which four people in another vehicle died, the NFL team confirmed.
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