Israel and Hamas allegedly signaled their acceptance of an "interim governance" in Gaza,as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports that Israel is considering leaving the Egypt-Gaza border,Israeli forces moved into Gaza City,and UN experts warned that famine has spread across the enclave.Meanwhile, the 75th NATO summit began in Washington,a Kyiv hospital was hit by a missile attackthat Russia blamed on Ukraine,the New York Times alleged that Western mercenaries killed Russian prisoners of war,and China condemned NATO for claiming it was aiding Russia's war effort.This comes as Russia warned of a military response to a US missile deployment in Germany,the US claimed it thwarted a Russian plot to kill the CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall,Japan and the Philippines [signed:13666 a defense deal,and the UN reported that Uganda and Rwanda are backing M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The recent UK election reportedly saw its lowest voter turnout since universal suffrage in 1928,former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak named an interim shadow cabinet,Kenyan Pres. William Ruto dismissed nearly his entire cabinet,and Liberian Pres. Joseph Boakai cut his salary by 40%.This comes as Russia's Vladimir Putin hosted India's Narendra Modi,Hungary's Viktor Orban met with China's Xi Jinping,and French prosecutors probed Marine Le Pen's campaign funding.Meanwhile, Yuriko Koike won a third term as Tokyo governor,The EU froze 30M euros in military aid for the Republic of Georgia,and Brazilian police claimed that a "parallel" spy agency snooped on former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro's rivals.In other news, the US claimed to have dismantled an alleged Russian "bot farm,"Russia issued an arrest warrant for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's widow,and Australia charged a soldier for allegedly spying for Russia.

Donald Trump survived an attempted assassination,Joe Biden sent a letter to Congress vowing to stay in the presidential race,as Democrats remained uncertain about the future of his presidential run,and Hollywood's George Clooney pressured him to drop out.This comes as a House committee subpoenaed three White House aides to testify about the president's health,Biden's doctor confirmed that a Parkinson's expert had visited the White House eight times,former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley encouraged her delegates to vote for Trump,an Emerson College poll showed that the former president is leading Biden,and the House approved a bill to prevent noncitizens from voting.Meanwhile, a Republican Party platform dropped its call for national abortion restrictions,former Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe passed away,Meta lifted Trump's Facebook and Instagram restrictions,and the former president asked a New York judge to vacate his "hush money" conviction.In other news, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced articles of impeachment against the Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,the House rejected a GOP resolution to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland,and Hunter Biden dropped his request for a gun retrial.

Over a dozen American civil rights groups called for a federal investigation into the response to pro-Palestine campus protests,and the House GOP voted to reverse Biden's new transgender student protections.Meanwhile, more than 40 activists in the United Arab Emirates were sentenced to life in prison for "terror" offenses,as an Irish woman detained for attempting suicide in the UAE was allowed to return home,and Russia outlawed The Moscow Times.

The founder of the defunct hedge fund Archegos was found guilty of fraud,and the wife and daughters of a BBC journalist were killed in a crossbow attack.

Samsung declared an indefinite strike,Boeing agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges,as the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered inspections of its planes over a potential oxygen mask issue,and Hyundai was sued over allegations of faking its sales figures for electric vehicles.Meanwhile, Elon Musk's X was accused of breaching the EU's online content rules,Microsoft resigned from OpenAI's board,as the ChatGPT maker [blocked:13692 Chinese developers' access to its products,and pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly agreed to buy the biotech company Morphic for $3.2B.

US inflation fell for the first time since 2020,as US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell reported that the US economy is no longer "overheated,"and the US Internal Revenue Service netted $1B in back taxes from millionaires.

The last 12 months saw record-breaking global temperatures,Hurricane Beryl left nearly 3M people without power in Texas,and California wildfires burned five times the average amount of land this year.Meanwhile, China's wind and solar expansion surpassed two-thirds of the world's combined total,and deforestation in Colombia fell to a 23-year low.

The first-ever voice box transplant allowed a cancer patient to speak again,and researchers discovered that autism could be diagnosed with a stool sample.

Scientists reconstructed the wooly mammoth's genetic code.

A United Airlines Boeing plane lost one of its wheels while taking off,and a cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire.

NASA announced that two stranded astronauts may be stuck at the International Space Station until August.