2015 - The 2010s

July 20, 2015

Top News Stories –

Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg, 28, found dead –
The co-founder of a recently-shut down music streaming website has been found dead in his Florida home, local police have said. Josh Greenberg, who was aged 28, created Grooveshark in 2006. There was “no evidence of foul play or suicide,” police in Gainesville said via Twitter. Grooveshark closed in April this year following years of legal action from several record labels. A US court had determined that the site could be liable for $736m (£472m) in damages after it was judged to have wilfully breached copyright when building the service’s music library. [BBC]

Open 2015: Zach Johnson triumphs in Open play-off –
American Zach Johnson claimed his second major title with victory in a three-man play-off on a thrilling final day in the 144th Open Championship. The 2007 Masters winner finished a shot ahead of South African Louis Oosthuizen and three ahead of Australian Marc Leishman over four extra holes. Earlier, the three ended on 15 under to lead a competitive field at St Andrews. Jordan Spieth’s hopes of a Grand Slam were ended as he finished on 14 under along with Australia’s Jason Day. [BBC] See List of the Day
Zach Johnson

Lee Nelson showers Fifa president Sepp Blatter with dollar bills –
Fifa president Sepp Blatter was showered with fake banknotes by a notorious prankster at a press conference in his Zurich headquarters. The comedian Lee Nelson – real name Simon Brodkin – managed to infiltrate the press conference, which was being held to announce reforms planned to world football’s governing body, and a date for the presidential election. The press conference was delayed by around 10 minutes as organisers cleaned up the notes. [Daily Telegraph] See Video of the Day

Canadian-Owned Infidelity Dating Site Suffers Cyber Attack –
A Canadian-owned dating website for married people seeking affairs says it has suffered a cyberattack after hackers claimed to have stolen confidential customer information, threatening to publish it unless the company is shut down. Avid Life Media, which owns Toronto-based site AshleyMadison.com, said Monday that it had taken steps to secure its sites. Ashley Madison, whose slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair,” claims it has more than 37 million anonymous worldwide members. Online security blog KrebsOnSecurity.com posted what appeared to be a screenshot of the site’s home page on Sunday bearing a message from the hackers, who said they acted to expose alleged lies Ashley Madison told customers about a service that allows members to erase profile information. [NY Times]

Video of the Day –

Comedian throws money at Blatter during press conference

List of the Day –

Zach Johnson PGA Tour wins (from Wikipedia)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 4, 2004	BellSouth Classic	69-66-68-72=275	−13	1 stroke	Mark Hensby
2	Apr 8, 2007	Masters Tournament	71-73-76-69=289	+1	2 strokes	Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, Tiger Woods
3	May 20, 2007	AT&T Classic (2)	71-66-69-67=273	−15	Playoff	Ryuji Imada
4	Oct 12, 2008	Valero Texas Open	69-66-62-64=261	−19	2 strokes	Charlie Wi, Tim Wilkinson, Mark Wilson
5	Jan 18, 2009	Sony Open in Hawaii	69-65-66-65=265	−15	2 strokes	Adam Scott, David Toms
6	May 17, 2009	Valero Texas Open (2)	68-67-60-70=265	−15	Playoff	James Driscoll
7	May 30, 2010	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	65-66-64-64=259	−21	3 strokes	Brian Davis
8	May 27, 2012	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (2)	64-67-65-72=268	−12	1 stroke	Jason Dufner
9	Jul 15, 2012	John Deere Classic	68-65-66-65=264	−20	Playoff	Troy Matteson
10	Sep 16, 2013	BMW Championship	64-69-70-65=268	−16	2 strokes	Nick Watney
11	Jan 6, 2014	Hyundai Tournament of Champions	67-66-74-66=273	−19	1 stroke	Jordan Spieth
12	Jul 20, 2015	The Open Championship	66-71-70-66=273	−15	Playoff	Marc Leishman, Louis Oosthuizen

Top Twitter Trends –

	Worldwide	USA	UK
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2	#SuruçtaKatliamVar	#mondaymotivation	#LiamAppreciationDay
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6	Blatter	#GrowingUpWithGlasses	Ashley Madison
7	#AmigoEAqueleQue	#GrowingUpShy	Zach Johnson
8	Macri	Action Bronson	Lee Nelson
9	Ortega Cano	#TurnOffs	#extremism
10	#TomaraQueCaia	Carter	#WelfareBill

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- In a friendly fire incident, a NATO air strike hits an Afghan National Army outpost in Logar Province, about 30 miles east of Kabul, with at least seven soldiers killed and five wounded. (CNN) (The Independent – UK)
Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Suruç bombing
- A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting The Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100. Preliminary evidence suggests an ISIS suicide attack. (BBC) (The Daily Star)

Business and economy

Greek government-debt crisis timeline
- Greek banks reopen for the first time in three weeks with strict capital controls. (AP)
Lockheed Martin agrees to buy United Technologies Corp‘s Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion. (Reuters)
Venezuela orders producers to divert supplies to state stores amid a chronic shortage of goods. (AP)

International relations

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves the Nuclear Pact between Iran and a group of six world powers in return for sanctions relief. (Voice of America) (Reuters)
The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades. (AP)

Science

Rosetta mission:
- Philae lander on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet has lost contact with the European Space Agency (ESA) ground control. (DW),(CNN)

Sports

2015 Open Championship
- In golf, the final round of The Open Championship is played at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland with Zach Johnson winning a four hole playoff with Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen. (The Guardian), (The Independent)
FIFA announces it will hold an extraordinary session on February 26, 2016, in order to elect a new president to replace Sepp Blatter. (BBC)

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July 21, 2015

Top News Stories –

Toshiba chief executive resigns over scandal –
Toshiba’s chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka has resigned after the company said it had overstated its profits for the past six years.
He will be succeeded by chairman Masashi Muromachi, with vice-chairman Norio Sasaki also stepping down.
On Monday, an independent panel appointed by Toshiba said the firm had overstated its operating profit by a total of 151.8bn yen ($1.22bn, £780m).
The overstatement was roughly triple an initial estimate by Toshiba. [BBC]

Nasa releases amazing high-resolution picture of sunlit Earth from one million miles away –
Nasa has released the first image taken from its new deep space satellite DSCOVR. If Carl Sagan was impressed with the Pale Blue Dot, he would have been equally blown away by this incredible image (launch high-resolution version) of Earth taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). While the image taken by Voyager in 1990 from 3.7 billion miles away showed our planet as just one pixel, the new picture reveals Earth at incredible detail from one million miles. It was taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and generated by stitching together three separate photographs. It shows North America, the Gulf of Mexico and down into South America. At the top right it is just possible to make out the western coasts of Europe. [Daily Telegraph]
©NASA, 2015

Khloe Kardashian to Host ‘Hybrid’ Talk Show on FYI Channel –
The FYI channel says Khloe Kardashian will host and produce a “hybrid” talk series titled “Kocktails With Khloe.” Kardashian will be joined in the kitchen and at the dinner table by celebrity guests and friends for conversation, cooking and party games, FYI said Tuesday. She’s been part of her family’s TV empire in shows including “Keeping up With the Kardashians” and “Khloe and Lamar,” which featured NBA player Lamar Odom. Odom and Kardashian were married, but she filed for divorce in 2013. “Kocktails With Khloe” is set to debut in late 2015. [NY Times]
Khloe Kardashian

Video of the Day –

Chop My Money from Theo Anthony on Vimeo.

A day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo.

Directed by Theo Anthony
Produced by Allen Amani

Top Twitter Trends –

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9	#من_اسباب_تخلف_…	#3WordsToRegret	Bill Turnbull
10	#OneDirection	#VMAs	Prince George

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and human rights organizations say that YPG fighters have captured one juvenile prison and a power station in the south of Hasaka, a Syrian province mostly controlled by ISIL. (kurdpress)

Business and economy

Greek government-debt crisis timeline
- The government of Greece submits more legislation to the Hellenic Parliament required by its creditors to start a bailout package. (Reuters)
Hisao Tanaka stands down as the CEO of Japanese company Toshiba following a $1.2 billion accounting scandal. (Financial Times)

International relations

The Philippines announces plans to increase its defense budget by 25% amid ongoing tension in the South China Sea. (AFP via Straits Times)

Law and crime

Authorities in Waller County, Texas announce that the death of activist Sandra Bland in police custody will be treated as a murder investigation.(CNN)

Politics and elections

Burundian presidential election, 2015
- Voters in Burundi go to the polls for a presidential election amidst gunfire and violence with President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term and opposition parties boycotting the election. At least two people have been killed in election violence. (BBC), (Reuters via SABC)
United States presidential election, 2016
- The Governor of Ohio John Kasich becomes the 16th person to seek the nomination of the Republican Party. (NBC News)

Sports

The National Hockey League announces that it has received formal applications for expansion teams from ownership groups in Las Vegas andQuebec City. If granted, the expansion teams would begin play in the 2017–18 season. (CBC)

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July 22, 2015

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Madonna compares herself to Pablo Picasso –
Madonna thinks artists deep into their careers should stop if they do not have anything more to say. But at 56, the singer says she wants to keep going – and feels like Pablo Picasso. “I like to compare myself to other kinds of artists like Picasso. He kept painting and painting until the day he died. Why? Because I guess he felt inspired to do so,” she said. “Life inspired him, so he had to keep expressing himself, and that’s how I feel.” Madonna released her self-titled debut album in 1983, and her latest album, “Rebel Heart,” earlier this year. She said the key to sticking around is her continual desire to inspire others. “I don’t think there’s a time, a date, an expiration date for being creative,” she said. “I think you go until you don’t have any more to say.” [Daily Telegraph] Madonna launched her latest video on June 17, 2015
Madonna

Taylor Swift Chinese clothing line with ‘TS’ and ‘1989’ touches Tiananmen Square nerve –
Taylor Swift has accidentally touched a political nerve in the lead up to her China tour by promoting merchandise with the letters ‘TS’ and the date ‘1989’ — shared by the Tiananmen Square massacre, which remains heavily censored in mainland China. The American star was due to launch her new range of clothing on China’s biggest retailer platforms, Taobao and Jing Dong (JD.com), in the run up to her forthcoming China tour. However, the tour slated for November, could be jeopardised given the sensitive nature of the cack-handed reference. Both the tour and album were named after Swift’s date of birth, 1989, but also allude to the year in which reportedly thousands of innocent civilians were mown down by government forces in Beijing among student protests. [Daily Telegraph]
Taylor Swift

A $7 Billion Charge at Microsoft Leads to Its Largest Loss Ever –
An accounting charge wiped out Microsoft’s profit for the quarter, leading to its largest loss ever, the company said on Tuesday, making clear the cost of its missteps in the mobile business. The $7.5 billion accounting charge, stemming from Microsoft’s troubled acquisition of Nokia’s cellphone business, was disclosed by the company earlier this month, along with plans to eliminate 7,800 jobs, mostly in the company’s phone operations. While the accounting charge was on paper and will not diminish the company’s huge cash hoard, it was a psychic blow to Microsoft, one of the biggest money makers in tech. [NY Times]

Video of the Day –

SPECTRE – James Bond trailer

Top Twitter Trends –

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2	Drake	#IfICouldTalkToGod	#Spectre
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4	#MasterChefBR	#5YearsOfOneDirection	Tony Blair
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9	#EuSeiQue	#OTRAEdmonton	Taylor
10	#افضل_ماده_درس�…	OG Maco	#HappyBirthdayPrinceGeorge

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Armed conflicts and attacks

A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people in northern Afghanistan. (CNN)
Two explosions in the Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least 29 people. (Reuters)

Arts and Culture

The University of Oxford has radiocarbon dated fragments, of what apparently is the world’s oldest Quran, to between 568 A.D. and 645 A.D. The animal skin parchment was found hidden inside the pages of another book in England’s University of Birmingham library. (Daily Mail) (Deutsche Welle)

Business and economy

The European Central Bank provides an extra 900 million euros to the Greek banks. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Studénka train crash
- Three people die in a collision between a Pendolino train and a lorry that occurred near Studénka, north Moravia, in the Czech Republic.(Yahoo news) (ABC news) (ČTK)

Law and crime

Charleston church shooting
- Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murder of nine people in the American city of Charleston, South Carolina, is indicted on dozens of federal offenses including hate crimes. (The Guardian)
The former prime minister of Egypt, Ahmed Nazif, is sentenced to five years in prison after losing appeal against 3-year prison sentence forcorruption. (Cairo Post)

Science and technology

The finals of the robot football World Cup are held. A Chinese team defeats the Netherlands in the finals of the middle-weight non-humanoid league, while another lost in the final of the small humanoid class to a team from Japan. (DutchNews) (BBC)

Health and medicine

Scientists, led by study leader Jeff Taubenberger, at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), expose mice to non-infectious H proteins (hemagglutinins; 18 types known): one of two protein classes, along with N proteins (neuraminidases; 9 types known), that line influenza (flu) viruses. They then later exposed the mice to species of the flu they hadn’t experienced before, and the mice were protected. This approach toward finding a new universal flu vaccine works better than the current approach of using live or weakened infectious whole flu strains, especially because of the virus’s capability to mutate successfully easily, such as when a person is infected with more than one strain of it at a time. Human trials could start in 2016. (NIAID)

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July 23, 2015

Top News Stories –

‘Earth 2.0’ found in Nasa Kepler telescope haul –
A haul of planets from Nasa’s Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth. Kepler-452b orbits at a very similar distance from its star, though its radius is 60% larger. Mission scientists said they believed it was the most Earth-like planet yet. Such worlds are of interest to astronomers because they might be small and cool enough to host liquid water on their surface – and might therefore be hospitable to life. Nasa’s science chief John Grunsfeld called the new world “Earth 2.0” and the “closest so far” to our home. It is around 1,400 light years away from Earth. [BBC]

Taylor Swift apologises to Nicki Minaj –
Taylor Swift has apologised to Nicki Minaj following their Twitter row over the MTV VMA nominations. The singer’s admitted she misunderstood Nicki’s initial tweets, which attacked the music industry for favouring white females. “I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, then misspoke, I’m sorry, Nicki,” Taylor wrote. Nicki has accepted her apology by tweeting back: “That means so much Taylor, thank you.” It all started after Nicki voiced her disappointment at Anaconda not getting a nomination for video of the year. [BBC Newsbeat]

Nicki Minaj

Sony Pictures buys rights to make an emoji movie –
Sony Pictures Animation has bought the rights to turn emoji icons into a movie. The studio plans to create an animated feature film about the smiley, winky and unhappy characters used in texts and on social media. At this stage, it’s not clear how it will turn the static yellow round faces into a Hollywood blockbuster. Commentators claim the success of The Lego Movie showed that any subject matter can be turned into a hit. Emojis were developed in Japan in the late 1990s as smiley-faced emoticons. [BBC Newsbeat]

Video of the Day –

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Official Trailer – “We March Together”

Top Twitter Trends –

	Worldwide	USA	UK
1	#ThankYou1Dfor	#JusticeForSandraBland	#ThankYou1Dfor
2	#CoolForTheSummerVideoToday	#thankyou1dfor	#GrowingUpInLondon
3	#5YearsOfOneDirection	#NationalHotDogDay	Kay Burley
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7	Karylle On GGV	#CalibraskaEP	Earth 2.0
8	Japón	Broken Arrow	#5YearsOfOneDirection
9	Kepler-452b	Financial Times	Jamaica
10	#APMAs	Lou Lamoriello	John Prescott

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
- Turkey scrambles fighter jets and Turkish tanks open fire on ISIS positions along the Syrian border following an exchange of fire which left one Turkish soldier dead and two injured. The clashes are the first direct combat between the Turkish military and ISIS forces. (Telegraph)
- Turkey agrees to allow the United States access to İncirlik Air Base, near the city of Adana (in close proximity to the Syrian border) for the US-led coalition forces’ air strikes against ISIS. (Today’s Zaman)
China’s People’s Liberation Army conducts a series of military exercises simulating an attack on Taiwan’s Presidential Office Building. (Focus Taiwan) (Quartz) (Wall Street Journal)

Business and economy

Greek government-debt crisis timeline
- A majority in the Greek parliament votes to approve a second bailout reform package. (Euronews)
Pearson PLC agrees to sell Financial Times Group to Nikkei Inc. for £844 million. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

At least 15 people are killed in a boat crash on Egypt‘s Nile. (BBC)

Law and crime

Broken Arrow killings
- Five people are killed and a girl is wounded in a stabbing at a home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, U.S. Two teenage suspects are arrested.(CNN)
2015 Lafayette shooting
- Seven people are wounded, and three are dead (including the shooter) after a 58 year-old gunman opens fire at the Grand 16 Movie Theater in Lafayette, Louisiana during a showing of Trainwreck. (NBC)[(CNN)

Science and technology

NASA scientists announce the discovery of Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth sized exoplanet discovered orbiting the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. (NASA), (BBC)

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July 24, 2015

Top News Stories –

WWE Cuts Ties With Hulk Hogan Amid Report That He Used Slurs –
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has severed ties with Hulk Hogan amid a report that one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling history used racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex tape. The company deleted most references to Hogan on its website and issued a statement Friday saying it had terminated its contract with him. WWE did not give a reason, but issued a statement saying it is “committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide.” On Friday, a joint report from RadarOnline.com and The National Enquirer said that Hogan had used racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex video that is the subject of an invasion of privacy lawsuit. [NY Times]
Hulk Hogan in 2014

Converse launches first Chuck Taylor update in 98 years –
Converse has announced it is launching a Converse Chuck Taylor All Star II – the first update to the iconic canvas shoe in nearly a century. The update is made of durable Tencel canvas, as opposed to the cotton kind, with higher tech shock absorption in Nike Lunarlon for the footbed. The idea is to make the show [sic – sole] more comfortable. Jim Calhoun, the 48-year-old chief executive of Converse, said many customers had complained that the original Converse was not supportive enough. The easily recognisable rubber toe cap will remain. The new shoe goes on sale on July 28 in black, white, red and blue. [Daily Telegraph]
The new Converse red

Apple patents Apple TV remote with Touch ID –
Entering passwords to log into Netflix could become a thing of the past after a patent for an Apple TV remote complete with fingerprint scanner emerged. Apple has been granted a patent for an Apple TV remote with inbuilt Touch ID sensor, allowing users to use their biometric data to enter TV passwords, created personalised profiles or controlling connected devices. The patent, filed in January 2014, explores how biometric information collected through fingerprint sensors could be harnessed to personalise user profiles and access accounts without the need for ‘annoying and/or burdensome’ logins. Data could also be supplied through retinal or facilia images, palm, toe or hand prints, voice samples and gesture patterns, according to the filing. [Daily Telegraph]

Video of the Day –

Janet Jackson – “No Sleeep” Feat. J. Cole

Top Twitter Trends –

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
- Turkish warplanes strike ISIS positions in northern Syria following an exchange of gunfire on the Turkish-Syrian border which left one Turkish soldier dead. The airstrikes are said to have killed as many as 35 ISIS militants. (Yahoo)

Business and economy

Health insurance company Anthem Inc. agrees to buy Cigna in a deal worth $48 billion. (Wall Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

A large explosion, which triggers other explosions and a fire (which threatens a nearby forest) at a fireworks factory in southeastern Italy(Modugno, Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia Region) kills 7 people and injures several more, some seriously. Emergency vehicles were on the scene and the cause is being investigated; it is the peak season for fireworks in Italy because of the summer festivals there. (BBC)

Law and Crime

The United States Department of Transportation opens an investigation into whether airlines engaged in price gouging by raising ticket prices in the Northeastern United States following the 2015 Philadelphia train derailment in May. (AP)

Politics and elections

Burundian presidential election, 2015
- The President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, is elected for a third consecutive term. (BBC)
Anti-corruption campaign in China:
- Zhou Benshun, the Communist Party chief of China’s Hebei province, is detained for investigation by the party’s anti-graft body. He is first incumbent provincial leader to be investigated since the anti-corruption campaign began in 2013. (WSJ)

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July 25, 2015

Top News Stories –

Parking attendant ‘mistakenly gives away’ Grandmaster Flash’s car –
Hip-hop pioneer says he returned to garage to find his customised Dodge Charger had been given to someone “dressed like him”. When you leave your customised muscle car with a valet parking service in New York, you assume it is in safe hands.Particularly if you are a hip-hop superstar. But when Grandmaster Flash returned to the garage in Manhattan where he had left his Dodge Charger for two hours he was told by the attendant that his “whip” – slang for souped-up car – had been given to someone else. To make matters worse, he had left thousands of dollars of vintage vinyl in the car. [Daily Telegraph]

Has Kim Kardashian just fixed Twitter? –
Reality TV star wants to be able to edit misspelled tweets and Twitter co-founder says ‘great idea’. It is easily one of the most annoying things about Twitter: the inability to edit tweets that contain mistakes, spelling errors or just came out sounding a bit wrong. Instead, Twitter users have the delete the tweet, and repost a new version, which leads to all kinds of problems if the earlier tweet had been retweeted, and on it goes. But hopefully not for long. Enter Kim Kardashian, the reality TV star and unofficial queen of Twitter, who uses the site daily to communicate with her 33.8 million followers and promote herself. On Friday, Kardashian turned her attention to the workings of the site, asking why it wasn’t possible to simply edit tweets. Not long afterwards, she got a reply from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, which suggests a fix for the problem isn’t far off. [Daily Telegraph]
Kim Kardashian Twitter fix with Jack Dorsey

Kim Kardashian

Video of the Day –

Otherwise Engaged from Jack Sidey on Vimeo.

Written and Directed by Alicia MacDonald @AliciaMacDonald

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- The Saudi-led military coalition announces that a 5-day humanitarian ceasefire has been agreed to, set to begin just before midnight Sunday.(Wall Street Journal)
Two suicide bombings at a swimming pool in northern Iraq killed at least 12 people. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Chris Brown leaves the Philippines after he is prevented from leaving for four days due to a financial dispute between Brown and the Christian sect Iglesia ni Cristo. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

A large fire 12 miles (19 kilometres) west of the French city of Bordeaux ravages more than 350 hectares (860 acres) of forest. (The Daily Star)

Politics and election

The Tunisian parliament approved a new anti-terror law that allows the death penalty for terrorists. (Reuters)

Sports

Dutch cyclist Niek Kimmann wins his first UCI BMX Supercross series world title, while Venezuelan Stefany Hernandez finished first at the elite women’s race. (British Cycling)

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July 26, 2015

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Lord Sewel faces call to quit Parliament over drugs claim –
Senior peer Lord Sewel has been urged to resign from the House of Lords after he was filmed allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes. He could also face a police inquiry over the Sun on Sunday’s footage.The original footage released appeared to show Lord Sewel snorting powder from a woman’s breasts with a £5 note. Lords Speaker Baroness D’Souza condemned his behaviour, saying it was “shocking and unacceptable” and the allegations would be referred to the House of Lords commissioner for standards and the Metropolitan Police. [BBC]

Tour de France: Chris Froome completes historic British win –
Chris Froome became the first Briton to win the Tour de France twice when he safely reached the finish line in Paris at the end of the three-week race. The 2013 champion finished alongside his team-mates on the final stage, behind a sprint won by Andre Greipel. Mark Cavendish, seeking a fifth win on the Champs-Elysees, finished sixth after the 109.5km race from Sevres. The win for Froome means a Briton, and Team Sky, have now won three of the last four of cycling’s showpiece races. Froome, 30, beat Colombia’s Nairo Quintana to the yellow jersey by 72 seconds with Spain’s Alejandro Valverde third. [BBC] See List of the Day
Chris Froome

Bobbi Kristina Brown dies after coma –
Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, has died aged 22, a family representative has said. Kristen Foster said she passed away on Sunday surrounded by her family and was “finally at peace in the arms of God”. [BBC] She fell into a coma after she was found in a bathtub on January 31, 2015.

Bobbi Kristina Brown and Whitney Houston in 2009

Video of the Day –

6ft Man in 6ft Giant Water Balloon – 4K – The Slow Mo Guys

List of the Day –

Tour de France Winners

Tour de France general classification winners
Year	Country	Cyclist	Sponsor/Team	Distance	Time/Points	Margin	Stage wins	Yellow jerseys
1903	France	Maurice Garin	La Française	2,428 km (1,509 mi)	94h 33′ 14″	+ 2h 59′ 21″	3	6
1904	France	Henri Cornet	Conte	2,428 km (1,509 mi)	96h 05′ 55″	+ 2h 16′ 14″	1	3
1905	France	Louis Trousselier	Peugeot–Wolber	2,994 km (1,860 mi)	35	26	5	10
1906	France	René Pottier	Peugeot	4,637 km (2,881 mi)	31	8	5	12
1907	France	Lucien Petit-Breton	Peugeot	4,488 km (2,789 mi)	47	19	2	5
1908	France	Lucien Petit-Breton	Peugeot	4,497 km (2,794 mi)	36	32	5	13
1909	Luxembourg	François Faber	Alcyon	4,498 km (2,795 mi)	37	20	6	13
1910	France	Octave Lapize	Alcyon	4,734 km (2,942 mi)	63	4	4	3
1911	France	Gustave Garrigou	Alcyon	5,343 km (3,320 mi)	43	18	2	13
1912	Belgium	Odile Defraye	Alcyon	5,289 km (3,286 mi)	49	59	3	13
1913	Belgium	Philippe Thys	Peugeot	5,287 km (3,285 mi)	197h 54′ 00″	+ 8′ 37″	1	8
1914	Belgium	Philippe Thys	Peugeot	5,380 km (3,340 mi)	200h 28′ 48″	+ 1′ 50″	1	15
1915	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1916	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1917	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1918	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1919	Belgium	Firmin Lambot	La Sportive	5,560 km (3,450 mi)	231h 07′ 15″	+ 1h 42′ 54″	1	2
1920	Belgium	Philippe Thys	La Sportive	5,503 km (3,419 mi)	228h 36′ 13″	+ 57′ 21″	4	14
1921	Belgium	Léon Scieur	La Sportive	5,485 km (3,408 mi)	221h 50′ 26″	+ 18′ 36″	2	14
1922	Belgium	Firmin Lambot	Peugeot	5,375 km (3,340 mi)	222h 08′ 06″	+ 41′ 15″	0	3
1923	France	Henri Pélissier	Automoto	5,386 km (3,347 mi)	222h 15′ 30″	+ 30 ’41”	3	6
1924	Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia	Automoto	5,425 km (3,371 mi)	226h 18′ 21″	+ 35′ 36″	4	15
1925	Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia	Automoto	5,440 km (3,380 mi)	219h 10′ 18″	+ 54′ 20″	4	13
1926	Belgium	Lucien Buysse	Automoto	5,745 km (3,570 mi)	238h 44′ 25″	+ 1h 22′ 25″	2	8
1927	Luxembourg	Nicolas Frantz	Alcyon	5,398 km (3,354 mi)	198h 16′ 42″	+ 1h 48′ 41″	3	14
1928	Luxembourg	Nicolas Frantz	Alcyon	5,476 km (3,403 mi)	192h 48′ 58″	+ 50′ 07″	5	22
1929	Belgium	Maurice De Waele	Alcyon	5,286 km (3,285 mi)	186h 39′ 15″	+44′ 23″	1	16
1930	France	André Leducq	Alcyon	4,822 km (2,996 mi)	172h 12′ 16″	+ 14′ 13″	2	13
1931	France	Antonin Magne	France	5,091 km (3,163 mi)	177h 10′ 03″	+ 12′ 56″	1	16
1932	France	André Leducq	France	4,479 km (2,783 mi)	154h 11′ 49″	+ 24′ 03″	6	19
1933	France	Georges Speicher	France	4,395 km (2,731 mi)	147h 51′ 37″	+ 4′ 01″	3	12
1934	France	Antonin Magne	France	4,470 km (2,780 mi)	147h 13′ 58″	+ 27′ 31″	3	22
1935	Belgium	Romain Maes	Belgium	4,338 km (2,696 mi)	141h 23′ 00″	+ 17′ 52″	3	21
1936	Belgium	Sylvère Maes	Belgium	4,442 km (2,760 mi)	142h 47′ 32″	+ 26′ 55″	4	14
1937	France	Roger Lapébie	France	4,415 km (2,743 mi)	138h 58′ 31″	+ 7′ 17″	3	4
1938	Italy	Gino Bartali*	Italy	4,694 km (2,917 mi)	148h 29′ 12″	+ 18′ 27″	2	8
1939	Belgium	Sylvère Maes*	Belgium	4,224 km (2,625 mi)	132h 03′ 17″	+ 30′ 38″	2	4
1940	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1941	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1942	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1943	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1944	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1945	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1946	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1947	France	Jean Robic	France	4,642 km (2,884 mi)	148h 11′ 25″	+ 3′ 58″	3	1
1948	Italy	Gino Bartali*	Italy	4,922 km (3,058 mi)	147h 10′ 36″	+ 26′ 16″	7	9
1949	Italy	Fausto Coppi*	Italy	4,808 km (2,988 mi)	149h 40′ 49″	+ 10′ 55″	3	5
1950	Switzerland	Ferdinand Kübler	Switzerland	4,773 km (2,966 mi)	145h 36′ 56″	+ 9′ 30″	3	11
1951	Switzerland	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	4,690 km (2,910 mi)	142h 20′ 14″	+ 22′ 00″	5	11
1952	Italy	Fausto Coppi*	Italy	4,898 km (3,043 mi)	151h 57′ 20″	+ 28′ 17″	5	14
1953	France	Louison Bobet	France	4,476 km (2,781 mi)	129h 23′ 25″	+ 14′ 18″	2	5
1954	France	Louison Bobet	France	4,656 km (2,893 mi)	140h 06′ 05″	+ 15′ 49″	3	14
1955	France	Louison Bobet	France	4,495 km (2,793 mi)	130h 29′ 26″	+ 4′ 53″	2	6
1956	France	Roger Walkowiak	France	4,498 km (2,795 mi)	124h 01′ 16″	+ 1′ 25″	0	8
1957	France	Jacques Anquetil	France	4,669 km (2,901 mi)	135h 44′ 42″	+ 14′ 56″	4	15
1958	Luxembourg	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	4,319 km (2,684 mi)	116h 59′ 05″	+ 3′ 10″	4	2
1959	Spain	Federico Bahamontes*	Spain	4,358 km (2,708 mi)	123h 46′ 45″	+ 4′ 01″	1	6
1960	Italy	Gastone Nencini	Italy	4,173 km (2,593 mi)	112h 08′ 42″	+ 5′ 02″	0	14
1961	France	Jacques Anquetil	France	4,397 km (2,732 mi)	122h 01′ 33″	+ 12′ 14″	2	21
1962	France	Jacques Anquetil	Saint–Raphaël	4,274 km (2,656 mi)	114h 31′ 54″	+ 4′ 59″	2	3
1963	France	Jacques Anquetil	Saint–Raphaël	4,138 km (2,571 mi)	113h 30′ 05″	+ 3′ 35″	4	5
1964	France	Jacques Anquetil	Saint–Raphaël	4,504 km (2,799 mi)	127h 09′ 44″	+ 55″	4	6
1965	Italy	Felice Gimondi	Salvarani	4,188 km (2,602 mi)	116h 42′ 06″	+ 2′ 40″	3	18
1966	France	Lucien Aimar	Ford–Gitane	4,329 km (2,690 mi)	117h 34′ 21″	+ 1′ 07″	0	6
1967	France	Roger Pingeon	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	4,779 km (2,970 mi)	136h 53′ 50″	+ 3′ 40″	1	17
1968	Netherlands	Jan Janssen	Pelforth-Sauvage–Lejeune	4,492 km (2,791 mi)	133h 49′ 42″	+ 38″	2	1
1969	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Faema	4,117 km (2,558 mi)	116h 16′ 02″	+ 17′ 54″	6	18
1970	Belgium	Eddy Merckx*	Faemino	4,254 km (2,643 mi)	119h 31′ 49″	+ 12′ 41″	8	20
1971	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni	3,608 km (2,242 mi)	96h 45′ 14″	+ 9′ 51″	4	17
1972	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni	3,846 km (2,390 mi)	108h 17′ 18″	+ 10′ 41″	6	15
1973	Spain	Luis Ocaña	Bic	4,090 km (2,540 mi)	122h 25′ 34″	+ 15′ 51″	6	14
1974	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni	4,098 km (2,546 mi)	116h 16′ 58″	+ 8′ 04″	8	18
1975	France	Bernard Thévenet	Peugeot	4,000 km (2,500 mi)	114h 35′ 31″	+ 2′ 47″	2	8
1976	Belgium	Lucien Van Impe	Gitane–Campagnolo	4,017 km (2,496 mi)	116h 22′ 23″	+ 4′ 14″	1	12
1977	France	Bernard Thévenet	Peugeot	4,096 km (2,545 mi)	115h 38′ 30″	+ 48″	1	8
1978	France	Bernard Hinault	Renault–Elf–Gitane	3,908 km (2,428 mi)	108h 18′ 00″	+ 3′ 56″	3	3
1979	France	Bernard Hinault	Renault–Elf–Gitane	3,765 km (2,339 mi)	103h 06′ 50″	+ 13′ 07″	7	17
1980	Netherlands	Joop Zoetemelk	TI–Raleigh	3,842 km (2,387 mi)	109h 19′ 14″	+ 6′ 55″	2	10
1981	France	Bernard Hinault	Renault–Elf–Gitane	3,753 km (2,332 mi)	96h 19′ 38″	+ 14′ 34″	5	18
1982	France	Bernard Hinault	Renault–Elf–Gitane	3,507 km (2,179 mi)	92h 08′ 46″	+ 6′ 21″	4	12
1983	France	Laurent Fignon^#	Renault–Elf–Gitane	3,809 km (2,367 mi)	105h 07′ 52″	+ 4′ 04″	1	6
1984	France	Laurent Fignon	Renault–Elf–Gitane	4,021 km (2,499 mi)	112h 03′ 40″	+ 10′ 32″	5	7
1985	France	Bernard Hinault	La Vie Claire	4,109 km (2,553 mi)	113h 24′ 23″	+ 1′ 42″	2	16
1986	United States	Greg LeMond	La Vie Claire	4,094 km (2,544 mi)	110h 35′ 19″	+ 3′ 10″	1	7
1987	Ireland	Stephen Roche	Carrera Jeans-Vagabond	4,231 km (2,629 mi)	115h 27′ 42″	+ 40″	1	3
1988	Spain	Pedro Delgado	Reynolds	3,286 km (2,042 mi)	84h 27′ 53″	+ 7′ 13″	1	11
1989	United States	Greg LeMond	ADR Agrigel	3,285 km (2,041 mi)	87h 38′ 35″	+ 8″	3	8
1990	United States	Greg LeMond	Z Vêtements	3,504 km (2,177 mi)	90h 43′ 20″	+ 2′ 16″	0	2
1991	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,914 km (2,432 mi)	101h 01′ 20″	+ 3′ 36″	2	10
1992	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,983 km (2,475 mi)	100h 49′ 30″	+ 4′ 35″	3	10
1993	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,714 km (2,308 mi)	95h 57′ 09″	+ 4′ 59″	2	14
1994	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,978 km (2,472 mi)	103h 38′ 38″	+ 5′ 39″	1	13
1995	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,635 km (2,259 mi)	92h 44′ 59″	+ 4′ 35″	2	13
1996	Denmark	Bjarne Riis^[A]	Team Telekom	3,765 km (2,339 mi)	95h 57′ 16″	+ 1′ 41″	2	13
1997	Germany	Jan Ullrich^#	Team Telekom	3,950 km (2,450 mi)	100h 30′ 35″	+ 9′ 09″	2	12
1998	Italy	Marco Pantani	Mercatone Uno-Bianchi	3,875 km (2,408 mi)	92h 49′ 46″	+ 3′ 21″	2	7
1999^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~US Postal~~	3,687 km (2,291 mi)	~~91h 32′ 16″~~	~~+ 7′ 37″~~	4	15
2000^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~US Postal~~	3,662 km (2,275 mi)	~~92h 33′ 08″~~	~~+ 6′ 02″~~	1	12
2001^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~US Postal~~	3,458 km (2,149 mi)	~~86h 17′ 28″~~	~~+ 6′ 44″~~	4	8
2002^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~US Postal~~	3,272 km (2,033 mi)	~~82h 05′ 12″~~	~~+ 7′ 17″~~	4	11
2003^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~US Postal~~	3,427 km (2,129 mi)	~~83h 41′ 12″~~	~~+ 1′ 01″~~	1	13
2004^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~US Postal~~	3,391 km (2,107 mi)	~~83h 36′ 02″~~	~~+ 6′ 19″~~	5	7
2005^[B]	~~United States~~	~~Lance Armstrong~~	~~Discovery Channel~~	3,593 km (2,233 mi)	~~86h 15′ 02″~~	~~+ 4′ 40″~~	1	17
2006	Spain	Óscar Pereiro^[C]	Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears	3,657 km (2,272 mi)	89h 40′ 27″	+ 32″	0	8
2007	Spain	Alberto Contador^#	Discovery Channel	3,570 km (2,220 mi)	91h 00′ 26″	+ 23″	1	4
2008	Spain	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	3,559 km (2,211 mi)	87h 52′ 52″	+ 58″	1	5
2009	Spain	Alberto Contador	Astana	3,459 km (2,149 mi)	85h 48′ 35″	+ 4′ 11″	2	7
2010	Luxembourg	Andy Schleck^#^[D]	Team Saxo Bank	3,642 km (2,263 mi)	91h 59′ 27″	+ 1′ 22″	2	12
2011	Australia	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	3,430 km (2,130 mi)	86h 12′ 22″	+ 1′ 34″	1	2
2012	United Kingdom	Bradley Wiggins	Team Sky	3,496 km (2,172 mi)	87h 34′ 47″	+ 3′ 21″	2	14
2013	United Kingdom	Chris Froome	Team Sky	3,404 km (2,115 mi)	83h 56′ 20″	+ 4′ 20″	3	14
2014	Italy	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	3,660.5 km (2,274.5 mi)	89h 59′ 06″	+ 7′ 37″	4	19
2015	United Kingdom	Chris Froome*	Team Sky	3,660.3 km (2,274.4 mi)	84h 46′ 14″	+ 1′ 12″	1	16

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