| By Bethel Habte (@bethel_habte)
A Saudi-led airstrike killed 11 people and wounded 19 others at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen. A witness said medics couldn’t immediately evacuate the wounded because warplanes continued to fly overhead and workers feared another attack. "The location of the hospital was well known, and the hospital's GPS coordinates were repeatedly shared with all parties to the conflict, including the Saudi-led coalition," the aid group, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, said in a statement.
It’s not a game anymore. Yulia Stepanova, the Russian runner who helped expose state-backed doping in her country, says she fears for her life and has been forced to relocate because hackers have exposed her and her family’s physical location. Quote of the day "If something happens to us then you should know that it is not an accident." - Yulia Stepanova, speaking to journalists on a video conference call Stepanova and her husband have criticized the International Olympic Committee for not doing more to protect whistleblowers. Information she provided helped bar over 100 Russian athletes from the Games.
Olympics roundup: - Gymnastics sweetheart Simone Biles slipped on the balance beam. She walked away with bronze, which isn’t the kind of metal she was expecting. Her teammate Laurie Hernandez nabbed silver. A relatively towering Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands (she’s 5’1” to Biles’ 4’8”) walked away with gold.
- An Egyptian refused to shake hands with an Israeli at the end of their judo match last week. He’s been sent home by his own team, and the International Olympic Committee reprimanded him for defying the spirit and rules of the Games.
- Brazil scored its second gold of the Games. Pole vaulter Thiago da Silva cleared the bar at 6.03 meters, an Olympic record.
- This 400 meter runner from the Bahamas named Shaunae Miller straight up dove over the finish line like a baseball player sliding into homeplate. It worked.
Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas throws herself across the finish line to win the gold medal. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Digit of the day 15 That’s the number of prisoners U.S. officials recently transferred out of Guantanamo Bay. It may not seem like that many, but it’s the largest single transfer of prisoners during the Obama administration. The United Arab Emirates accepted the 12 Yemeni and three Afghan prisoners. Obama’s faced resistance from Republicans, as well as Democrats, to shutting down the prison, a promise he said he’d fulfill before leaving office.
Around the country - President Obama is telling Democrats not to grow too confident about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton winning in November, despite her comfortable lead in the polls. Obama’s expected to campaign heavily for Clinton in October. But first, he’s taking a two-week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, which doesn’t seem long enough (unlike this election).
- Oscar Morel, 35, of Brooklyn has been charged with second-degree murder of an imam and his assistant. The Bangladeshi community mourned the victims, Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, who were shot at close range in the back of their heads in broad daylight in Queens. Police say there’s no known connection between the suspect and the victims.
- An appeals court said North Carolina’s voter ID law discriminated against minority voters. The state’s asking the Supreme Court if it can remain in effect for the November election anyway, arguing that the status quo (which was deemed discriminatory, remember?) should be maintained so close to the election.
Around the world - China claims it’s built a hack-proof communications satellite, likely baiting hackers the world over.
- Russia says it’s close to joint military action with the United States in Aleppo. Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says the battle for control of Aleppo has been the most devastating urban conflict of modern times.
"No one and nowhere is safe. Shellfire is constant, with houses, schools and hospitals all in the line of fire. People live in a state of fear. Children have been traumatized. The scale of the suffering is immense," Maurer said in a statement. - British Prime Minister Theresa May has penned a letter to China’s president and premier to bolster trade relations even though London has delayed a $24 billion dollar nuclear project due to concerns over China’s financing.
Around Wall Street - Oil’s hitting five-week highs because investors expect that producers may soon take action to reduce oversupply, possibly by freezing production entirely. But some traders doubt OPEC talks will bear fruit.
- Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said it’s increased its stake in Apple, even as big-name investors like Carl Icahn and George Soros shed theirs. The company also pared down its shares in Wal-Mart by 27 percent.
- Airbus and Boeing, the world’s two largest jet makers, are preparing for the next round of a major transatlantic trade dispute over billions in subsidies. The fight dates back to 2004, when the U.S. urged the World Trade Organization to stop European governments from giving loans to Airbus to help it develop planes. The EU submitted a counter-claim over U.S. federal and local aid for Boeing.
Today’s reason to live 
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