WORLD AGENDA
July 2016

July 18-21, 25-27, U.S.: Controversial billionaire Donald Trump and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton are likely to be nominated as their parties’ presidential candidates at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia respectively

Jul 29, Poland: Pope Francis will visit the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, emulating his two immediate predecessors, Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul II. Around 1.5 millionpeople, most of them Jews, died at the camp from 1942-45

July, Malawi: Wildlife experts are to relocate up to 500 elephants to a designated sanctuary in an attempt to restore populations in other parts of Africa where they have been heavily poached

Jul 2, Australia: A snap general election could see Malcolm Turnbull, who succeeded ousted prime minister Tony Abbott in the ruling conservative Liberal Party, facing defeat if the economy remains sluggish

Jul 30, UK: The world premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opens in London’s West End.  Performances are sold out until May 2017, with secondary market tickets selling for thousands of pounds

July,
China: China’s state-owned COSCO Shipping Corp. plans to launch cruise trips in the South China Sea, with the first voyage from Sanya city to the disputed Paracel Islands

Jul 4, Space: Launched in August 2011, NASA’s Juno probe arrives at Jupiter in a bid to reveal details of the inner structure of the enigmatic gas giant

Jul 8-9, Poland: Warsaw hosts NATO leaders amid ever-increasing East-West tension, which is pushing the Alliance and Russia to fall back on the language of the Cold War, and conflicts that are forcing the Alliance to evolve to combat newer threats, including Islamic extremism

Sources: Newsahead, Julie Mulins
Pictures: Getty Images, AP, NASA