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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

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 25, 2016 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cameron Payne underwent a successful procedure today to repai
Oklahoma City Thunder

Billy Butler’s solo home run in the eighth proved to be the difference in the A’s 3-2 win over the Rays Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum.
OAK Homepage News

The A’s scratched Coco Crisp from Sunday’s starting lineup because of neck soreness and had earlier optioned reserve infielder Arismendy Alcantara to Triple-A, leaving them shorthanded ahead of their series finale […]

US telecoms giant Verizon Communications is to buy Yahoo’s core internet business for $ 5bn (£3.8bn), according to media reports.
BBC News – Business

So-called Islamic State says it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, that kills more than 20 people.
BBC News – Middle East

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she is not afraid of going to prison as a result of the corruption charges she faces.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia will not receive a blanket ban from the Rio Games, the International Olympic Committee announces.
BBC News – Europe