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Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as India's Union Education Minister on July 25, 2026, following protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party over alleged leaks in entrance exams including NEET. The demonstrations, centered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, ended after the resignation when CJP stated its demands were met. Political figures including Arvind Kejriwal and Kanimozhi described the outcome as a victory for student protests.

Typhoon Noul made landfall in southern China on Sunday, causing a multi-storey scaffolding collapse along Cheung Sha Wan Road in Hong Kong with no reported injuries and the cancellation of approximately 360 flights at the city's airport. A separate flash flood at the Shuangshimen Scenic Area in Gansu Province killed 10 people and injured 23. Both BBC News and Euronews reported the events, though the two incidents occurred roughly 1,200 km apart.

Flávio Bolsonaro was confirmed Saturday as the Liberal Party's presidential candidate for Brazil's October election against incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Jair Bolsonaro appeared via AI-generated video at the convention while serving a 27-year sentence and under house arrest; Flávio has no running mate selected and received endorsements from Javier Milei and Benjamin Netanyahu. Michelle Bolsonaro did not attend the event.

On 27 July 2026, three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were stabbed with kitchen knives in the Porte de Clichy area of Paris around 11:30 a.m. The suspect was apprehended by an off-duty police officer; two victims suffered serious wounds but were reported out of critical danger. Authorities noted an incoherent statement from the suspect and could not immediately confirm his identity.

Portuguese authorities seized 2.6 tonnes of cocaine off the coast near Lisbon with four arrests, while Canadian police in Ontario seized nearly 1.7 tonnes of narcotics and arrested 19 people under Project Bay. Both operations involved international cooperation and targeted transnational networks. Reported valuations and suspect nationalities have drawn differing interpretations across political perspectives.

More than 220,000 people were evacuated from France's Gironde department as wildfires burned over 42,000 hectares in France and 80,000 hectares in Spain. French officials held a crisis meeting and reported no overnight fire progress while estimating rebuilding costs at 5,000 to 10,000 euros per hectare; combined evacuations across both countries reached at least 300,000.

Boy George posted the song 'We Will Dance Again' (also titled 'Od Nirkod') on his X and Instagram accounts with the caption 'Shalom,' featuring reggae-style backing and lyrics referencing the October 7, 2023 attack. The track is not available on streaming platforms and shares its title with a 2024 documentary about the Nova festival incident. Sources report 378 people killed at the festival and more than 73,000 Palestinian deaths since the war began.

António Guterres made his first visit as UN Secretary-General to Syria since 2009, meeting President Ahmed al-Sharaa and touring sites in Damascus. The trip occurred more than 18 months after forces led by al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, ending five decades of Assad family rule that began after the 2011 outbreak of the Syrian conflict. Guterres called for international support for reconstruction while al-Sharaa remained under prior UN sanctions until November 2025.

Reports from Euronews and ABC News document tanker attacks attributed to Iran and Houthi forces before July 27 2026, a 14-point US-Iran memorandum including ceasefire, and US threats to target Iranian infrastructure if attacks persist. EU diesel and petrol prices fell between May and June 2026 per Eurostat data cited by Euronews, while earlier US-Israeli strikes occurred on February 28. Oman-mediated talks and an Israeli interception of unmanned aircraft were also reported in July.

CXMT, a DRAM chipmaker founded in 2016, listed on the Shanghai STAR Market with shares surging 472 percent on debut and a market capitalization of 3.3 trillion yuan, making it the largest company on any mainland Chinese exchange. The IPO raised at least $8.6 billion, ranking as mainland China's second-largest after Agricultural Bank of China's 2010 offering. All reported figures derive from Euronews reporting.

South Korea’s Kospi index fell 10.5% to 6,051.19 on July 28, 2026, triggering a temporary trading halt, while Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares each dropped more than 12%. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 closed down 4%, Taiwan’s Taiex fell 3.9%, and Chinese chipmaker CXMT had risen 466% on its Shanghai IPO debut the prior day after raising at least $8.6 billion.