Weekend News in Tweets: Turkey coup, Taylor Swift vs Kanye West & more

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the world news you might’ve missed this weekend through the 140-character lens of Twitter.

Welcome to the Weekend News in Tweets (15 July – 17 July 2016).

After a failed military takeoever in Turkey that began late Friday led to an estimated 265 deaths, 1440 injured, around 2800 arrested military members and 2745 detained judges and prosecutors, the country swiftly moved to throttle internet traffic to social media networks.

We have no reason to think we’ve been fully blocked in #Turkey, but we suspect there is an intentional slowing of our traffic in country.

— Policy (@policy) July 15, 2016

Springbok and Sharks full-back JP Petersen played his last game at the Durban rugby outfit’s King’s Park Stadium this weekend in a 40-29 victory over the Sunwolves. The Sharks also booked their place in the final stage of the Super Rugby competition with the win. Petersen has played over 160 matches for the Sharks.

11 Years at the Sharks!
To Captain my last game at Kings Park was truly special. I just want to thank everyone😁🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/fZ5kkm1nxy

— JP Pietersen (@jppietersen14) July 16, 2016

The Republican Party’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump announced his running mate on Saturday as Indiana governor Mike Pence, 57. You can watch the full speech on NBC’s Facebook page.

Thank you! #TrumpPence16 pic.twitter.com/RHprMCsGT6

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2016

Manx and Team Dimension Data cyclist Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage in the Tour de France this year on Satuday’s stage 14. It’s his 30th win in the Tour in total, and the fifth win for the South African-based team.

CAVENDISH s’envole à nouveau ! / wins! #TDF2016 pic.twitter.com/5cN1WWircH

— Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 16, 2016

South African sprinter Caster Semenya set a new event record at Monaco’s IAAF Diamond League meeting this weekend, running the 800m race in just 1:55.33. Sprinter Wayde van Niekerk also won gold in the 400m event.

Monaco: Semenya Breaks Series Record To Win 800m #DiamondLeague @MeetingHerculis https://t.co/Dc6PaIGG09 pic.twitter.com/cYmnPRuTHM

— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) July 16, 2016

The Taylor Swift/Kanye West drama boiled over Sunday after Kim Kardashian posted a Snapchat video documenting West’s phone call with Swift prior to releasing his song Famous. In the video, Swift seemingly agrees to the lyrics in the song. After the Snapchat was published, Swift released a statement on Twitter and Instagram, while other celebrities, like Selena Gomez, also chimed in.

#KimExposedTaylorParty is currently trending worldwide on Twitter.

There are more important things to talk about… Why can’t people use their voice for something that fucking matters?

— Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) July 18, 2016

Yet another shooting shook Baton Rouge this weekend, when an ex-Marine killed two police officers. The shooter, identified as Gavin Long, owned the Twitter account ConvosWithCosmo, in which the author documented his contempt for disrespect, according to the WSJ. This was the gunman’s tweet Saturday, prior to the incident.

Don’t let someone get comfortable with disrespecting you.

— Convos With Cosmo (@ConvosWithCosmo) July 16, 2016

Henrik Stenson won The 145th Open Championship in Scotland this weekend, after a nail-biting duel with American Phil Mickelson. Stenson’s overall score of 264 set a new record for any major golf championship. Mickelson finished three shots behind.

The Clubhouse welcomes Henrik Stenson as Champion Golfer of the Year! #TheOpen pic.twitter.com/Kzbt5gPT4Z

— Royal Troon Golf (@RoyalTroonGC) July 17, 2016

Feature image: Eva Rinaldi via Flickr