Craig Taylor

Plans to build the first new UK nuclear plant in 20 years suffer an unexpected delay after the government postpones a final decision until the early autumn.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton is expected to tell American voters they must come together to face the country’s challenges, as she accepts the Democratic presidential nomination.
BBC News – US & Canada

Indonesia executes some of the 14 people on death row for drugs crimes, despite widespread international criticism.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s plan to bring back left-hander Dillon Overton, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the organization’s No. 9 prospect, on Saturday for a start in Cleveland.
OAK Homepage News

The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the three months to the end of June, as economic growth accelerated in the run-up to the vote to leave the EU.
BBC News – Business

At least 40 people are killed by a truck bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in north-east Syria, state TV reports.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan opposition leaders call for protest marches to the National Electoral Council, which they accuse of stalling their efforts for a recall referendum.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist representatives call for more security at places of worship after the jihadist murder of an elderly priest in his own church.
BBC News – Europe

Police in Pakistan launch a murder investigation into the death of a woman whose husband says she was the victim of a so-called honour killing.
BBC News – UK

Democrats should be “running scared” at the challenge posed by Donald Trump, President Obama says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe threatens to punish those war veterans who last week said they were withdrawing their long-standing support for him.
BBC News – Africa

No defensive three seconds, a more physical style and different rules could have been a roadblock for Semaj Christon.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Tuesday night’s game between the A’s and Rangers did not begin at its scheduled time of 7:05 p.m. CT at Globe Life Park, as it is being delayed due to rain.
OAK Homepage News

BT’s Openreach division, which runs the UK’s broadband infrastructure, should become a distinct company, but not split off from the BT group, according to regulator Ofcom.
BBC News – Business

The Solar Impulse becomes the first aircraft to circle the globe powered by the sun after landing in Abu Dhabi on the last leg of its journey.
BBC News – Middle East

A Chinese container ship hits a wall of the recently-widened Panama Canal, amid concerns that the new canal has less space for manoeuvres and could be unsafe.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Video showing the Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, pledging allegiance to so-called Islamic State is found on his phone, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

The police response to hate crime is to be reviewed after a sharp rise in incidents following the EU referendum, the government is to announce.
BBC News – UK

Bernie Sanders urges the US to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, in a speech to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir removes Riek Machar as first vice president, two weeks after the rival leaders’ forces clashed in the capital.
BBC News – Africa