WORLD
RUSSIA: The International Olympic Committee said it will study "legal options" before deciding whether to ban Russia from the Rio Games over its state-run doping program. But Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko was barred from attending the Games and the IOC ordered a disciplinary commission to look into his ministry's role in what a report called a "state-dictated failsafe system" if drug cheating.
TURKEY: Turkey widened its massive post-coup purge to the media and schools after vowing to root out supporters of an exiled Islamic cleric it accuses of orchestrating the attempted power grab.
SYRIA: Children were among at least 56 civilians killed in strikes by a US-led coalition near a Syrian village held by the Islamic State group, a monitor said.
SOUTH AFRICA: Promising results froman early safety trial with a potential HIV vaccine have paved the way for a major new study, researchers announced at the International AIDS Conference in Durban.
ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used a funeral address to denounce popular pastor Evan Mawarire, who has become the figurehead of recent anti-government protests. "I don't even know him. A man of religion, we hope, would preach biblical peace."
INDONESIA: A Frenchman caught trespassing on a military base has confessed he was playing smartphone game Pokemon Go when he accidentally strayed off course.
Plagiarism scandal plagues Trump
Donald Trump faced an embarrassing plagiarism scandal Tuesday that tarnished his wife Melania's prime-time speech to a Republican National Convention already roiled by an opening day rank-and-file revolt. It was a rough start to the four-day political jamboree, which was designed to crown Trump as the presidential nominee and catapult the party toward November's elections. With millions watching on TV at home, Melania Trump delivered a heartfelt defense of her husband and his bid to be the next president before thousands of rapt convention delegates. But unmistakable similarities in remarks about her guiding values and a speech given by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic convention soon came to light. A senior Trump communications adviser, Jason Miller, acknowledged in a statement that Melania Trump's team of writers "in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking." Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign chief, denied there was any "cribbing of Michelle Obama's speech" and the candidate himself came out in her defense. "It was truly an honor to introduce my wife, Melania. Her speech and demeanor were absolutely incredible. Very proud!" he tweeted. The kerfuffle came after a chaotic start to the Republican gathering in Cleveland, which erupted in jeers from Trump opponents determined to express their unease about the 70-year-old billionaire businessman.
NBA teams with Twitter for streaming
Twitter and the NBA announced a deal to stream live content, but not games, to users of the social media platform. The deal will deliver a weekly NBA pregame show with "first-of-its-kind elements created specifically for integration with Twitter conversation," according to a statement. "The weekly pregame show will be featured on Twitter for logged-in and logged-out users. The NBA will announce an additional to-be-determined show that will also stream exclusively on Twitter." The deal adds to the live sports content on Twitter as it seeks to expand its audience beyond a core base of celebrities, politicians and journalists. "We're excited about bringing live content to Twitter, which has proven to be an ideal destination for
real-time sports conversations," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said. "We've seen technology bring fans closer to our game, teams and players in ways we could have only imagined a decade ago. This expanded partnership will help feed our fans' growing demand for the NBA by more deeply integrating the league across Twitter's many platforms." Twitter chief Jack Dorsey added that "the league has been at the forefront of embracing new ways to reach their fans".
Last month was 'hottest June on record'
Last month was the hottest June in modern history, marking the 14th consecutive month that global heat records have been broken, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. "The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for June 2016 was the highest for the month of June in the NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880," the agency said. "This marks the 14th consecutive month the monthly global temperature record has been broken, the longest such streak in the 137-year record." The report said the global temperature for the first six months of 2016 was the hottest on record. The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for June was 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees Fahrenheit. "June 2016 marks the 40th consecutive June with temperatures at least nominally above the 20th century average," NOAA said.
United States in Brief
KERRY: Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday became the first senior foreign official to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May since she took office after the Brexit referendum.
HOME CONSTRUCTION: New home construction picked up in June to the highest pace in nine months, erasing worries about a slowdown, Commerce Department data shows.
DRAMA: Network USA on Monday postponed sniper drama "Shooter" in the wake of the police killings in Louisiana, the latest in a string of releases hit by real-life violence. Based on the 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg, the show was due to air on July 19, but was pushed back after officers were killed by a sniper in Dallas.
BOX OFFICE: The "Ghostbusters"crew may have rooted out New York's supernatural but failed to overpower the city's furry critters, who topped the box office once again. "The Secret Life of Pets" grossed an impressive $50.8 million in its second weekend, according to Exhibitor Relations.
NETFLIX: Netflix said on Monday it would beam the new series of cult sci-fi franchise "Star Trek" to 188 countries across the world, excluding the United States and Canada.
SERIES: Netflix said on Tuesday it was filming new episodes of its headline-grabbing true crime series "Making a Murderer." The first 10-part series told the story of Steven Avery, from Wisconsin, who is serving a life sentence for murdering 25-year-old Teresa Halbach, after her remains were found close to his home.
SIGOURNEY WEAVER: Actress Sigourney Weaver, who burst to fame as Ellen Ripley in the Alien saga, will be handed a lifetime achievement award at the Spanish-speaking world's leading film festival.
INSTAGRAM: In an experiment that acknowledges the modern era's shortening attention spans, mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital on Monday launched a concerto for Instagramwith movements of 15 seconds.
NASA: An international team of researchers announced the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces. Scientists discovered the exoplanets using the Kepler space telescope as well as ground observations by Earth-based telescopes, including four on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
SPORT
MONDAY'S SCOREBOARD
MLB: INTERLEAGUE
Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4
MLB: AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 2, Baltimore 1
Detroit 1, Minnesota 0
Kansas City 7, Cleveland 3
L.A. Angels 9, Texas 5
Oakland 7, Houston 4
Seattle 4, ChicagoWhite Sox 3
MLB: NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 1
Miami 3, Philadelphia 2, 11 Inns
Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 2
St. Louis 10, San Diego 2
TENNIS: China's Zheng Saisai picked up where she left off at the WTA Tour's Stanford tournament on Monday by beating Maria Mateas 7-5, 6-1 in a first-round match. Zheng advances to the second round where she will face seventh seeded Alize Cornet who toppled unseeded American Jennifer Brady 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
GOLF: Ailing TigerWoods pulled out of the PGA Championship on Tuesday, meaning he will have missed out on all four majors this year because of injury.
RUGBYU: New England Patriots defensive back Nate Ebner has been named to the US rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics, making him the only NFL player with a chance to capture gold in Brazil.
OLYMPICS: Exactly 50 percent of Brazilians oppose hosting the Olympics in Rio in less than three weeks, a poll released Tuesday found.
NHL: Slava Voynov, suspended indefinitely by the National Hockey League after a 2014 domestic violence incident, was replaced Tuesday on Russia's World Cup roster by Tampa Bay'sNikita Nesterov.
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