Portal:Current events/2019 July 29
July 29, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- An Afghan National Army soldier kills two United States Army soldiers in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which local police suspect is an insider attack. The killer is believed to be wounded. (BBC News)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Ten civilians, including children, are killed after a Saudi Arabian-led coalition air strike hits a market in northern Yemen, according to anonymous Houthi members. (The Washington Post)
- 2018–19 Sudanese protests
- Five students are shot dead after security forces open fire in the city of El-Obeid during a protest. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Billboard reports that Lil Nas X has broken the all-time record on the Billboard Hot 100 with his song "Old Town Road", as it spends its seventeenth week atop the chart; the previous record-holders are Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men with "One Sweet Day", and Luis Fonsi with "Despacito" featuring Daddy Yankee. (Billboard)
Business and economy
- International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis
- Venezuelan officials are accused of using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in order to circumvent United States sanctions. (Yahoo! Finance)
- List of data breaches
- Capital One announces that a major data breach occurred on July 19, 2019, by one individual who compromised the data of about 106 million people in the United States and Canada. The Federal Bureau of Investigation have made an arrest after the alleged hacker, 33-year-old Paige Thompson from Seattle, boasted about her actions online. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- The Wildlife Protection Society of India announces that the wild population of tigers in India has increased by a third since 2015 following a comprehensive survey. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi describes the news as a "historic achievement". (Sky News) (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- An eight-year-old boy is killed and his mother injured after being pushed by a man into the path of an oncoming train at Frankfurt's main station, in Hesse, Germany. The attacker, a 40-year-old immigrant Eritrean man who lives in Switzerland, also attempted to knock a third person onto the tracks. The suspect and the victims did not know each another. (Sky News)
- 2019 Altamira prison riot
- Three are killed in a shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, California. (The Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- After two FARC leaders go into hiding from drug trafficking charges in Colombia and the United States, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro makes a public statement saying they are welcome to take refuge in his country. He also welcomes other FARC rebels to Venezuela, calling them "leaders of peace". (Reuters)
- 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
- The Chinese government's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office condemns protests in Hong Kong as "evil and criminal acts committed by the radical elements", saying that Hong Kong's top priority is to "punish violent and unlawful acts in accordance with the law". Hong Kong legislators and journalists reject the statement from Beijing, expressing concern that this will worsen tensions. (BBC News)