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Armed conflicts and attacks
M23 rebels clash with various Mai-Mai groups in several villages in the Ufamandu group, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The military junta of Myanmar formally ends the country's four-year-long state of emergency and declares a December 2025 election for the country's new head of government and legislative members. (AP)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Eight alleged members of the New People's Army are killed in clashes with the Philippine Army in Las Navas, Northern Samar, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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Arts and culture
Pope Leo XIV declares Saint John Henry Newman, a 19th-century Anglican convert who became a prominent English Catholic theologian, as a Doctor of the Church. (AP) (Vatican News)
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Disasters and environment
Heavy rain leads to flash flooding in the Guinean capital Conakry, killing at least seven people and leaving several others missing. (RFI)
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Health and environment
U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order restoring the Presidential Fitness Test in all public schools nationwide. (AP) (USA Today)
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International relations
South Korea and the United States reach a trade agreement that places a 15% tariff on U.S. imports from South Korea. South Korea also promises to invest US$350 billion into American biotech, semiconductors, and shipbuilding over an unspecified time. (Yonhap) (CBS News)
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International relations
U.S. president Donald Trump announces revised tariff rates set to start on August 1, including a new 35% tariff on Canada. (Reuters)
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Science and technology
Italy and Vatican City agree to transform a 430-hectare (1,100-acre) field in Rome to a solar farm that will power the Vatican, with the goal of turning it into the first carbon-neutral state. (AP) (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)