Portal:Current events/2019 July 8
July 8, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- The United Arab Emirates announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Yemen as part of a "strategic redeployment". (CNN)
Business and economy
- Deutsche Bank announces lay-offs – roughly 18,000 job cuts – around the globe as part of a "reinvention", scrapping its global equities and cutting its fixed income operations. (Deutsche Bank) (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Flash flooding in Washington, D.C. delivers a month's worth of rain on the local area in the span of an hour. The torrential rain leaves commuters stranded on car rooftops, floods several metro stations and causes flooding in the White House. (CNET)
International relations
- African Continental Free Trade Agreement
- African leaders agree on a continent-wide free trade zone, which encompasses all African nations except for Eritrea and Somaliland. The various European territories located in Africa are also excluded. It will be the largest free trade zone since the creation of the World Trade Organization. (DW)
Law and crime
- The International Criminal Court declares Bosco Ntaganda guilty of having committed war crimes during the Ituri conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (DW)
- Tax returns of Donald Trump
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a bill that will allow congressional committees to access President Donald Trump's state tax returns. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Greek legislative election
- Winner of the general election Kyriakos Mitsotakis is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Greece, succeeding Alexis Tsipras. (Reuters)
- Pope Francis names for first time in Vatican history female members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. (Catholic News Agency)