The dual summits in Russia’s Ufa: the annual meeting of the BRICS nations as well as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. A new architecture of Eurasia has been formed, marking the decline of the global hegemony of European civilization, like the US.
Saudi Arabia continues the war on Yemen, in which it will eventually suffer a defeat, blow back from its support for terrorist groups like the ISIL, which bombed a mosque with Saudi security forces, and a looming bankruptcy, due to the low oil prices.
Japan has marked the 70th anniversary of the United States' nuclear attack on Nagasaki, calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Yet its ally today, enemy in the past , namely the US has continued amassing weapons of mass destruction.
The US presidential elections: The Super PACs have been hard at work. As of August 1, they have raked in 258 million dollars, with nearly 400 million dollars for the first half of 2015. And much of it was before the candidates had announced their candidacy.