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Google tracks your every move

Google’s smartphone services store users’ locations even when privacy settings are adjusted to shut these features off, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Business

Bayer shares plunge over weedkiller trial

Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 percent on Monday, losing about €12 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay €250 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of US lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer.

North Korea

North and South Korea leaders to meet in Pyongyang

North and South Korea to have agreed to hold a third summit in Pyongyang in September.

Sport

Idalys Ortiz reigns supreme at the Budapest Grand Prix

Cuba's Idalys Ortiz scores a Waza-ari against Maryna Slutskaya to chalk up her first win in two years at the Budapest Grand Prix.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Perseids meteor shower lights up Bosnian sky

An international group of star gazers watched the light show at the Sand Pyramids - an area of naturally occurring sand columns - near the town of Foca.

Sport

Stefanos Tsitsipas makes Rogers Cup final date with Rafa Nadal

Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas toppled big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(7) in a thriller to reach the Rogers Cup final.

Israel

Thousands march against Israel's nation state law

Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israel's new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation that has angered the country's Arab minority and drawn criticism abroad.

Cult

Nobel laureat VS Naipaul dies aged 85

Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85.

Portugal

Fires rage for third day in Spain and Portugal

The temperatures may have started to ease from their near- record highs in Portugal but fires has raged for a third day in the south of the country.

Portugal

Spain and Portugal buckle under searing heat

Europe's heatwave has gripped Spain and Portugal. Temperatures will remain above 40 C at least until Sunday, and could rise two or three degrees.

Sport

Daria Bilodid reigns supreme at the Zagreb Judo Grand Prix

Teenage sensation Daria Bilodid extended her winning-streak to 25 contests to wrap up her sixth win in nine months.

Russia

Yazeed Al Rahji wins the 2018 Silk Way Rally

Yazeed Al Rahji was crowned the Silk Way Rally winner in Moscow's Red Square

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Nasser Al-Attiyah charges into second spot

Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Hilux n°101) moved up to second overall in winning the sixth and penultimate stage of the Silk Way Rally in the car class.

Russia

Silk Way Rally: Nani Roma gives Minis a big win

The Mini John Cooper Works team came out on top on day five of the Silk Way Rally. Nani Roma won the 537km stage from Astrakhan to Volgograd, his first ever victory in the event.

Sport

Chris Froome's dream of a fifth Tour de France title fades

Chris Froome was hoping to join the likes of Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault, as the only riders in the Tour de France's history to win the race five times.

Russia

Silk Way Rally: Mathieu Serradori edges stage four

After 366 kilometres of combat on stage four of the Silk Way Rally, there was just one second that split the Frenchman Mathieu Serradori (Buggy SRT n°108), who won the fourth stage, and Yazeed Al Rajhi (MINI John Cooper Works n°103).

Russia

Silk Way Rally: Harry Hunt shines in the rain

Britain's Harry Hunt (Peugeot 3008 DKR Maxi No 107) shone brightly in the rain to win the third stage of the Silk Way Rally. Hunt takes over the lead in the car class following a day to forget by Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Hilux n°101).

Sport

Tour de France steps up fight against motorised doping

The Tour de France and cycling's governing body, the UCI, are taking steps to verify that riders are not cheating by using bikes that have hidden motors.

Business

Michael Manley takes the helm at Fiat Chrysler

Car giant Fiat Chrysler has announced Michael Manley as its new boss. The 54 year old takes the helm after eight years running the group's profitable Jeep brand.

Sport

Angelique Kerber wins Wimbledon ladies singles title

Angelique Kerber stunned American Serena Williams 6-3 6-3 on Saturday to win her first Wimbledon title.

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