A Moscow court sentenced a Russian opposition leader Tuesday to 18 months of restricted freedom over her role in organizing last winter's mass pro-Alexey Navalny protests, the Associated Press reports.
Why it matters: Lyubov Sobol's sentencing is part of a wider crackdown by the Russian government on Navalny's allies, several of whom are slated to stand trial on the same charges as Sobol, Reuters reports.
Israel announced Tuesday it will tighten public health measures due to surging in COVID-19 case numbers.
Driving the news: The latest restrictions come as Israel saw nearly 4,000 new daily cases reported on Tuesday, the highest count so far since the country began experiencing an uptick last month, the AP reports.
The Chinese government on Tuesday ordered mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan in an effort to curb the spread of the Delta variant, AP reports.
The big picture: Wuhan, where COVID-19 was first detected in late 2019, had not reported any local, non-imported coronavirus cases since mid-May last year, per Reuters. On Monday, authorities confirmed three cases of the Delta variant.
The head of Belarusian House in Ukraine (BHU), an activist organization that helps Belarusians flee abroad, was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv on Tuesday, the New York Times reports.
Why it matters: Police say they have launched an investigation into whether the death of Vitaly Shishov, who went missing after he left for his daily jog, was "murder disguised as suicide," per CNN.
John Ratcliffe, President Trump's final director of national intelligence, tells Axios that the U.S. should push to move the Winter Olympics, scheduled to open in Beijing in six months, on national-security grounds.
Driving the news: In a statement to Axios, Ratcliffe cited the Chinese Communist Party's "mass cover-up of COVID's origins and its initial outbreak, in addition to its crimes against humanity in Xinjiang."
A new study details a theoretical model that can help predict where terrorism attacks will occur up to a week in advance.
Why it matters: Much of the power of a terror attack derives from the quality of surprise. Being able to reliably predict when and where attacks are likely to occur would potentially blunt terror as a tool and reduce the costs of security.
Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympic Games saw Norway's Karsten Warholm smash the world record in the 400-meter hurdles — and so did the second-placed American Rai Benjamin on Tuesday.
Of note: In men's basketball, Team USA overcame a tough challenge from Spain to win 95-81 and advance to the semifinals — with Kevin Durant scoring 29 points for the Americans.
Raven Saunders, the American Olympian facing a possible investigation for making a protest gesture on the podium over the weekend, told the New York Times Monday that U.S. athletes had planned "for weeks" to demonstrate against oppression.
Why it matters:Protests are banned at the Tokyo Games. Saunders told the NYT a group of American Olympians had settled on the "X" symbol, which she gestured on the podium after winning silver in the shot put Sunday, to represent "unity with oppressed people."
Norway's Karsten Warholm smashed his own world record to win gold in the men's Olympic 400 meters hurdles final in 45.94 seconds in Tokyo Tuesday.
The big picture: American silver medalist Rai Benjamin also finished faster than the previous record of 46.70, set by Warholm last month — clocking in at 46.17. Brazilian bronze Alison dos Santos medalist wasn't far behind, with a time of 46.72.
