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Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese Nobel laureate, has died of liver cancer. Liu was released from jail in late June on medical parole. China allowed two doctors from the U.S. and Germany to visit Liu, but the government refused to give him permission to travel abroad to receive treatment. "We find it deeply disturbing that Liu Xiaobo was not transferred to a facility where he could receive adequate medical treatment before he became terminally ill," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Liu was handed an 11-year prison sentence in 2009 after publishing a manifesto calling for sweeping political reforms in China. He received the Nobel Peace Prize the following year “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”. – REUTERS

An advisory panel has endorsed the approval of a pioneering gene therapy treatment to fight cancer. The therapy consists of genetically-modifying cells from the patient’s immune system so that they attack cancer. This "living drug" has been endorsed by a Federal Drug Administration’s advisory panel to be used in children and young adults with a common type of leukemia. The FDA is expected to follow the committee’s advice and approve the treatment. If that’s the case, it would be the first time that a gene therapy treatment is approved in the country. "This is a major advance and is ushering in a new era in treating children," said Malcolm Smith, a pediatric oncologist at the National Cancer Institute, and a member of the advisory panel. – NPR

Google avoided a €1.12 billion ($1.3 billion) tax bill after a court in France ruled that the internet company did not abuse legal loopholes to skip tax payments. The French tax office argued that Google was liable for hefty tax payments for the 2005-2010 period because the firm and its Irish subsidiary had been selling ads to clients in France. But a court has ruled that since Google does not have a "permanent establishment" in the country, “Google Ireland Ltd. isn’t taxable in France over the period 2005-2010.” – BBG

World No. 1 and defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray was knocked out of the tennis tournament by Sam Querrey. A hip injury is said to have hindered Murray’s performance during the quarter-final match. Querrey, 29, will face Marin Cilic in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, the world No. 4, Novak Djokovic, had to pull out of his quarter-final match against Tomas Berdych due to an elbow injury. Swiss veteran Roger Federer won his 100th singles match at Wimbledon against Milos Raonic to move into the last four. – BBC

A lawsuit filed by immigration advocacy groups claims the U.S. government has systematically blocked applications from asylum seekers. The complaint says that Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol have endangered the lives of asylum seekers. The seven groups behind the suit allege that officials have used intimidation and physical force to block people from filing asylum applications. The lawsuit cites a June 2017 Amnesty International report that claims that immigration officials told asylum seekers the government had scrapped the asylum request process. – GUARDIAN

The cadaver of one of the four men who went missing in Pennsylvania last week has been found in a grave. Dean Finocchiaro, 19, was found in a 12-foot deep grave in a property in Bucks County that police had been searching with metal detectors, cadaver dogs and heavy digging equipment. Other human remains that have not yet been identified were also found in the grave. The other three missing men are Mark Sturgis, 22, Tom Meo, 21 and Jimi Tar Patrick, 19. Cosmo DiNardo, whose parents own the farm, has been arrested and accused of stealing and trying to sell Meo’s car. – CNN

Some 400 people have been charged in the "largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. The suspects are accused of making false insurance claims worth $1.3 billion. Among those charged are 120 people involved in prescribing and distributing narcotics. "They seem oblivious to the disastrous consequences of their greed. Their actions not only enrich themselves, often at the expense of taxpayers, but also feed addictions and cause addictions to start," Sessions said. – AP

More than 50 U.S. cities will be hit by severe flooding linked to sea level rise by 2100, according to a new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Cities in New Jersey, North Carolina and Louisiana are among the most vulnerable and would be inundated by 2035. The study says an area is "inundated" when it gets flooded at least 26 times per year. "This research hones in on exactly how sea level rise is hitting us first. The number of people experiencing chronic floods will grow much more quickly than sea level itself," Benjamin Strauss, vice president for Sea Level and ...