World's most notable events of the past week.

(Baonghean.vn) - Let's review the outstanding world events of the past 7 days with Baonghean.vn online newspaper.

1.NATO and European Union leaders sign defense cooperation agreement.

AP reports that leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) have signed a "historic agreement" to strengthen defense cooperation in the face of new challenges. The agreement, signed on July 8th in Warsaw, Poland, just before the opening of the NATO summit also in the capital, demonstrates the solidarity of the Western world in confronting threats from the East and South.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. (Source: Reuters)

2. Britain will definitely have a female prime minister in the next term.

In the second round of voting on July 7th, Conservative MPs in the UK gave an overwhelming 199 votes to Home Secretary Theresa May. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Andrea Leadsom secured 84 votes, placing her second. Meanwhile, the only male candidate, Justice Secretary Michael Gove, was eliminated with only 46 votes, two fewer than in the first round of voting two days earlier.

The front pages of British newspapers are all headlined about the two-horse race between the two "iron ladies" and that Britain will have its second female Prime Minister in history.

In the coming weeks, both May and Leadsom will campaign across the UK to garner support from around 150,000 core Conservative Party members for the election of a new Prime Minister.

The race for the British Prime Minister's seat is currently seen as a two-way contest between Theresa May (left) and Andrea Leadsom. (Photo: NDTV)

3. Horrific attack targeting police in Dallas, USA

The attack occurred as a protest march against the police shootings of two Black people in just two days in the U.S. was nearing its end. At 8:58 p.m., snipers opened fire on police officers from two different points. Several officers were shot in the back.

Authorities say the attacker planned to kill as many police officers as possible. The snipers opened fire on 12 police officers, killing five during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas on the evening of July 7th.

A peaceful march protested the police shootings of two Black people on July 7th.

4. China fires live missiles in military exercises in the South China Sea.

On July 9, official Chinese media reported on naval exercises in the Paracel Islands area of ​​the South China Sea, days before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands, was scheduled to issue its ruling on the Philippines' lawsuit against China regarding sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.

According to the PLA Daily, the Chinese navy conducted "combat" exercises with "live missiles" on July 8 in the area between the Paracel Islands and Hainan Island. China announced that the exercises in the Paracel Islands area would last a week, from July 5-11, meaning they would conclude just before the PCA ruling.

This military exercise, encompassing Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands, constitutes a serious violation of Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa Islands, goes against the common understanding of the high-level leaders of the two countries, and violates international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).

Missiles are fired from Chinese warships during exercises in the South China Sea (Source: THX)

5. Typhoon Nepartak devastated Taiwan.

Nepartak, the first tropical storm to form in the Pacific this season, disrupted Taiwan's transportation system. Hundreds of flights were canceled and many schools and offices closed.

According to official statistics, nearly 9,000 people have been evacuated from areas at risk of landslides or flooding, and about 1,800 of them are in temporary shelters. According to Taiwanese authorities, at least three people have died and more than 100 have been injured.

Scenes of devastation in Taifun, Taiwan this morning, after Super Typhoon Nepartak made landfall. Photo: Wo Lee/Twitter.

6. Ramadan ends in tragedy in Ghana.

At least nine people were killed and six injured in a stampede early on July 7 during an Eid ul-Fitr gathering at a community center in the Asawase region of central Ghana, a predominantly Muslim area near the city of Kumasi, about 270km north of the capital Accra.

The incident occurred when approximately 200-300 people were attending a party to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Illustrative image. (Source: Reuters/VNA)

Canh Nam

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