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Business and economy China China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel. (AP via Yahoo!) (Channel News Asia) The Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway goes into operation; the journey takes 73 minutes with a top-speed of 350km/h (217 mph). (Shanghai Daily) (Xinhua) Disasters and accidents Hurricane Alex, the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, makes ...
Business and economy China China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel. (AP via Yahoo!) (Channel News Asia) The Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway goes into operation; the journey takes 73 minutes with a top-speed of 350km/h (217 mph). (Shanghai Daily) (Xinhua) Disasters and accidents Hurricane Alex, the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, makes ...
The Ghana national football team are to receive national awards after their success at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, while former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan writes of his heartbreak. ( The Washington Post ) (IOL)
(Arirang News) Sri Lankan lawmaker Wimal Weerawansa ends his hunger strike against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to send a human rights panel to investigate war crimes to the country.
Spain defeats Germany 1-0 to win its semi-final and for its first time, along with Netherlands make the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. (ESPN) The Ghanaian Sports Minister asks FIFA to change its rules after the elimination of their national team , and calls for the African Union to campaign against the "allegedly unfair treatment" of African teams.
At least 63 members of the US military have died in the War in Afghanistan during July 2010 making it the deadliest month for US forces in the history of the war. (The Guardian) Two United States embassy vehicles are set alight in Kabul following a collision between a US vehicle and a civilian vehicle. (AFP via Google News)
(UN News Centre) (Times of India) Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas ends a 134 day hunger strike after the Cuban government is to release 52 political prisoners. CNN's veteran Middle East editor Octavia Nasr writes on Twitter that she "respected" the recently deceased Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. The comment is deleted ...
Spain defeats the Netherlands by a score of one goal to nil in extra time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with Andrés Iniesta scoring the winning goal. Nelson Mandela attends the closing ceremony after "extreme pressure" from FIFA. (Mail & Guardian) (Calcutta Telegraph)