Our biggest story in the Global Review for July 2023 is climate change. Across the planets, heat records are falling, and new extreme weather patterns are being reported. The head of the United Nations this month said, “Climate change is out of control.” He later added, “The era of global boiling has arrived.” In our global review for July, we will scan the globe for what happened this month on that front but also look at the global economy, geopolitics, and human rights issues.
Links to the stories mentioned in this monthly review podcast are listed below.
Climate Change
- “The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived,” UN Secretary General
- Russia Launches Wave of Attacks On Southern, Eastern Ukraine
- Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Offensive May Be Underway
- UN Says Climate Change Out of Control
- More Than 170 Million Americans Under Heat Alerts
- China Opens Bomb Shelter for People to Escape Heatwave
- Torrential Rain and Landslides in South Korea
- Flooding in Asia
- Japan Floods
- Flooding and Landslides in India
- At Least 100 Dead in Northern India After Extreme Monsoon Floods
- Millions Feel Effects of Unrelenting Heat Wave
- This Month is the Planet’s Hottest Month On Record By Far
- Intense Heat Grips Three Continents As Wildfires Rage
- Iraq’s Grid Hit By Fire, Explosions Amid Record Temperatures
- The Weather By the Numbers
- Water Shortages Intensify Iran’s Heat Wave
- Blame the Heat Wave for Higher Gas Prices in the US
- 2024 Will Probably Be Hotter Than This Year
- UN Warns to Prepare for El Nino Impact
- 100% Coral Mortality Found In Coral Reef Restorations In Florida
- Scientists Detect Signs that Crucial Ocean Current Is Near Collapse
- It’s Scorching in Iran and There’s Less and Less Water to Help
- North Atlantic Ocean Temperature Sets New Peak
GeoPolitics
- After Suffering Heavy Losses, Ukrainians Pause to Rethink Strategy
- Russia Strikes Another Grain Terminal
- Russia Says Latest Drone Strikes Hit Two Buildings in Moscow
- Ukraine Launches Rare Missile Strikes in Russia
- Israeli Raid Left Jenin in Ruins, Palestinians Blame Their Leaders
- Niger Names Head of Provisional Government After Coup
- The West Saw Niger As A Democratic Bulwark. Then A Coup Happened.
- Over 1,800 Terrorist Attacks in West Africa
- What Russia’s Exit from Grain Deal Means for Wheat Prices
- Protests Rocked Israel for 29 Consecutive Weeks
- In Israel the Worst May Yet Be To Come
- Israeli Far Right Minister Leads Incursion Onto Al Aqsa Mosque
- Poland Raises Alarm As Wagner Group Moves Closer to Border
- US Orders Non Emergency Personnel to Leave Haiti
- US Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt Military Operations
- US Embassy Personnel in Haiti Evacuated Amid Rising Violence
Economy
- America Is Living On Borrowed Money
- Credit Crunch Is Getting Worse and Bankruptcies Are On the Rise
- China’s Youth Unemployment Hits Record As Recovery Falters
- How Much Trouble Is China’s Economy In
- Chinese Real Estate Giant Reveals Staggering Loss
- Global Economy Shows Signs of Resilience
- The Multipolar Debt Crisis
- Protesters, Banks Demand Action After Iraqi Dinar Plunges Post US Sanctions
Health and Disease
- US Maternal Mortality More Than Doubles Since 1999
- Army First Quarter Suicides Highest Since 2013
- Florida Accounts for Nearly 20% of US Leprosy Cases
- US Recorded Nearly 110,000 Overdose Deaths in 2022
- Health Emergency Over Increase in Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Climate Change Is Helping This New Deadly Virus Spread Across Europe
- The Struggle to Contain the Threat of Global Superbugs
Humanitarian
- Some 300 Children Drowned Trying to Reach Europe this Year
- How the Tide of Migration Is Changing European Politics
- What to Know About the Sexual Assault Video from India
- More Than 900 People Drowned Off Tunisia
- Ecuador Announces State of Emergency
- The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World