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The Latest: UN calls for Olympic Truce during Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

7:45 p.m.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the Olympic Truce to be upheld during the Rio de Janeiro Games from Aug. 5-21.

Ban, calling on all Olympic athletes and officials to "work closely for global harmony and peace," said in a video news release on Tuesday that "in that spirit, we proclaim the Olympic Truce and we call on all warring parties to lay down their weapons and put aside their differences during the games.