WORLD AGENDA
JULY 2026

Jul 4, U.S.: The nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, as it grapples with deep partisan divisions, culture-war disputes, and growing distrust of institutions

Jul 17, UK: Former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham (right) could be poised to become prime minister if no rival emerges in the race to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader, following his resignation last month

Jul 7, Türkiye: NATO leaders gather in Ankara, with President Trump expected to attend despite his anger at the alliance over their perceived reluctance to help ⁠the U.S. with the war in Iran

Jul 4-9, Iran: The late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral begins in Tehran concluding with burial in his hometown, the holy city of Mashhad

Jul 17, Worldwide: Christopher Nolan’s IMAX-shot adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey is released, with Matt Damon starring as the storm-tossed Odysseus in the epic tale of his journey home from Troy

Jul 28, Switzerland: The UN celebrates the 75th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees as the global asylum system faces unprecedented pressure

July 1, China: A new law promoting a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups comes into effect, raising concerns in Taiwan that it could provide Beijing with new legal grounds to target alleged separatists

Jul 4, China: The Tianwen-2 spacecraft starts collecting samples from asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, a potential Moon fragment, making China only the third nation, after Japan and the U.S., to retrieve pristine material from an asteroid

Sources: NewsAhead, Emma Luck
Pictures: Newscom, Getty Images, Universal Pictures, Illustration of celestial body via Unsplash
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