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The VICE Morning Bulletin
This morning, Hillary Clinton makes history as the first female presidential nominee of a major US political party, President Obama says he couldn't rule out Russia's involvement in the DNC email leak, and more.
Can Australia's New-Look Opals Continue Their Olympic Medal Run?
Like the cabinet in the dining room you weren't allowed to play in as a kid, the Opals pack serious silverware. But with seven Olympic debutants, can vets like Laura Hodges and Liz Cambage repeat in Rio?
Buddhist Priest Set To Represent Japan In Canoe Slalom At Rio Olympics
Kazuki Yazawa, 27, will represent his country at Rio 2016, despite having to balance his training with daily prayer and meditation.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
Donald Trump promises to make America safe from violence in his speech at the RNC, an Indian military plane goes missing, a Colorado town finds THC in the drinking water, and more.
Brazil arrests 10 for allegedly plotting Islamic State-inspired attack on Olympics
The justice minister described the group as “an amateur, disorganized cell” that had celebrated the recent attacks in Orlando and Nice, and been planning to buy guns from Paraguay.
English Heritage Lobby To Have Jousting Included In The Olympics, Claim To Be “Deadly Serious”
Don’t mess with English Heritage, lads, because they are deadly serious about medieval sports.
Court of Arbitration for Sport Rejects Russia’s Appeal Against Olympic Doping Ban
Russia's appeal related to the ban imposed by the IAAF in late 2015, after evidence of widespread, state-sponsored doping was uncovered.
Russia's doping-ban appeal ahead of Rio Olympics got shut down
With just 15 days to go before the 2016 games kick off in Brazil, a sports court struck down Russia's appeal of a doping ban that could prevent all of its athletes from competing.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
This morning, Ted Cruz was booed off stage at the Republican convention for failing to endorse Donald Trump, a newly released video shows a North Miami police officer shooting a black man who was caring for his autistic patient, and more.
Most Brazilians think the Olympics are not worth it, a poll shows
With just over two weeks to go before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a new poll shows that nearly two thirds of Brazilians think the event will do the country more harm than good.
I Got Beaten Up by Rio's Private Subway Security Officers
With less than a month before the start of the Olympic Games, a riot in a metro station is symbolic of the desperate state the city is in.
Taekwondo's Olympics-Led Rule Changes Sacrifice Tradition for Entertainment
Change isn't always welcomed by traditionalists. But, the World Taekwondo Federation's hand was forced.