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;Business and economy
* [[2015_Chinese_stock_market_crash|Chinese stock market crash]]
**The [[China Securities Regulatory Commission]] (CSRC) imposes a six-month ban on stockholders owning more than 5 percent of a company's stock from selling those stocks, resulting in a 6 percent rise in stock markets. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/09/us-china-markets-idUSKCN0PI2RT20150709 (Reuters)]
*[[Puerto Rican debt crisis]]
**The [[United States Congress]] refuses to offer a [[bailout]] to [[Puerto Rico]]. [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/congress-balks-at-lifeline-for-puerto-rico-119876.html (Politico)]
;Disasters and accidents
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2015 Pacific typhoon season]]
*[[2015 Pacific typhoon season]]
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;International relations
;International relations
*''[[Philippines v. China]]''
*''[[Philippines v. China]]''
**The [[Philippines]] asks the [[International Court of Arbitration]] at [[The Hague]] to invalidate [[China]]'s claims during a hearing which was also attended by observers from [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/philippines-asks-tribunal-to-invalidate-chinas-sea-claims/2015/07/08/9e66d4b2-2567-11e5-b621-b55e495e9b78_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
**The [[Philippines]] asks the [[International Court of Arbitration]] at [[The Hague]] to invalidate [[China]]'s claims to virtually all of the [[South China Sea]]. The hearing was attended by observers from [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/philippines-asks-tribunal-to-invalidate-chinas-sea-claims/2015/07/08/9e66d4b2-2567-11e5-b621-b55e495e9b78_story.html (AP via''The Washington Post'')]
*[[Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad]], the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], warns that violence can explode into armed conflict in [[Burundi]] following events of the current [[Burundian presidential election, 2015|presidential election]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150713022153/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/rights-chief-warns-violent-explosion-close-burundi-32343737 (AP via ABC News America)]
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*[[7th BRICS summit]]
** The event is concluded. [http://www.oneindia.com/feature/in-pics-seventh-brics-summit-ufa-1802316.html (One India)]
;Politics and elections
*The [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] agrees to a bill previously passed by the [[South Carolina Senate|Senate]] to remove the [[Flags of the Confederate States of America|Confederate flag]] from the capitol grounds with [[Governor of South Carolina|Governor]] [[Nikki Haley]] signing the legislation into law. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150709064413/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/confederate-flags-fate-hands-south-carolina-house-32293269 (AP via ABC News America)], [http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/confederate-flag-furor/gov-haley-sign-bill-removing-confederate-flag-n389231 (NBC)]
*[[Law enforcement in Uganda|Ugandan police]] arrest two presidential hopefuls, former [[Prime Minister of Uganda|Prime Minister]] [[Amama Mbabazi]] and opposition leader [[Kizza Besigye]]. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/uganda-arrests-presidential-candidates-amama-mbabazi-kizza-besigye-150709081841654.html (AlJazeera)]
*[[Same-sex marriage in Puerto Rico]]
**The [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|US Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit]] rules the ban in the region 2–1 unconstitutional, paving way for same-sex marriages. [http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/07/08/1st-circuit-rules-puerto-rico-marriage-ban-unconstitutional/ (Washington Blade)]
**The health department announces issuing licenses early next month. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e12d0086eac04acfbfb0f30c3deb60de/puerto-rico-amends-laws-after-us-ruling-gay-marriage (AP)]
*The European Parliament rejects a plan to abolish [[Freedom of Panorama]]. [http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/european-parliament-rejects-absurd-eu-plan-to-axe-freedom-of-panorama-55708 (Amateur Photographer)][http://nos.nl/artikel/2046069-online-vakantiefoto-met-eiffeltoren-niet-strafbaar.html (NOS (Dutch))].
*The [[Thailand|Thai]] [[consulate]] in [[Istanbul]] is attacked by [[Turkish people|Turkish]] protestors after about a hundred [[Uighur people|Uighurs]] were deported by Thailand back to [[China]] despite concerns over persecution. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33457401 (BBC)]
;Sports
*[[2015 FIFA corruption case]]
**FIFA suspends former [[FIFA Executive Committee|Executive Committee]] member [[Chuck Blazer]] for life for assorted ethical breaches including accepting bribes. [https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2015/m=7/news=independent-ethics-committee-bans-chuck-blazer-from-football-related-a-2662031.html (FIFA Governance)]
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