Disasters and accidents

• Ponte Morandi § Collapse
  • The Ponte Morandi viaduct collapses on the A10 motorway in Genoa, Italy. 26 people are confirmed dead, including a child, and at least 18 others are seriously injured, ten missing and 440 displaced. 35 cars and three heavy vehicles are involved in the accident. Several homes are also damaged and people inside them also injured. (TGCom)
• A road accident in Quito, Ecuador involving a bus and a truck leaves 24 people dead and 18 others injured. (CNN en Español)
• Ten people are killed and another injured in a fire at a care home in Chiguayante, Chile. (24 Horas)

Law and crime

• 2018 Westminster attack
  • A man in his twenties is arrested near the Palace of Westminster in London after a Ford Fiesta hit pedestrians, cyclists and a security barrier. (The Daily Telegraph)
• Stand-your-ground law in Florida
  • Michael Drejka is charged with manslaughter by a state attorney after a reversal of an earlier decision made by police. The case stems from a controversial video that shows Drejka shooting another man over a handicapped parking space and claiming self defense. (NBC)
• Capital punishment in Nebraska
  • Nebraska executes convicted murderer Carey Dean Moore, becoming the first U.S. state to execute an inmate with fentanyl, and what is also the state's first execution in 21 years, and its first by lethal injection. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• European migrant crisis
  • Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Luxembourg agree to take in 141 migrants, 67 of them unaccompanied children, who were rescued on Friday by the MV Aquarius; Malta allows the ship to dock. (The Guardian)
• Kansas gubernatorial election, 2018
  • Incumbent Governor of Kansas Jeff Colyer concedes defeat to Republican challenger Kris Kobach in the primary election. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • More than 100 Afghan soldiers and police, 13 civilians and hundreds of Taliban are killed during the ongoing offensive in Ghazni. (BBC)
  • The Taliban captures Camp Chenaya, an Afghan Army base in Ghormach District, Faryab Province. (Voice of America)
• At least 40 people are killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. (Voa News)

Business and economy

• Turkish currency and debt crisis, 2018
  • Asian stock prices sink as Turkey’s financial turmoil fuels fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets. (Market Watch)

Disasters and accidents

• 2018 Laos dam collapse
  • The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos on 23 July rises to 36, while 98 people are still missing. (Business Standard)
• Authorities in India confirm that 774 people have been killed so far during monsoon rains. (Financial Express)
• Nine people are killed and 16 others injured after a fire breaks out in a ward on the seventh floor of a hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan. (BBC)
• More than 300 people are injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden jetty collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Vigo, Spain. (BBC)
• Twelve fans of Ecuadorian football team Barcelona S.C. are killed and 30 others are injured after the bus they were traveling on overturns in Azuay, Ecuador. (Xinhua)
• Three Russian climbers and two Tajik pilots die while 12 other people are injured in a helicopter crash in Tajikistan. (Tampa Bay Times)
• 41 people are injured when an overturned coach crashes in Kent, England, United Kingdom. (Kent Live)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • North Korea and South Korea officials begin high-level negotiations, with reports suggesting that Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in could be planning for a summit in Pyongyang later this month. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)
  • The lawyer of Peter Strzok, a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who was removed from Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation, announces that his client has been fired by the FBI. (The Washington Post via MSN)