On Zhongye Island, Philippine lawmakers boarded Zhongye Island and planted the Philippine flag.

July 22:

Two explosions and shootings occurred in Oslo and Uta Island, Norway, killing at least 9/kloc-0 people.

On July 23:

In China, Lai Changxing was sent back to China after fleeing for nearly 12 years.

In Wenzhou, the train D30 1 from Beijing south to Fuzhou collided with the train D3 1 15 from Hangzhou south to Fuzhou, and the car derailed and fell off the viaduct. The accident caused 35 deaths and 2 10 injuries.

On July 28th:

In Libya, abdel fatah younes, commander-in-chief of the Libyan opposition armed National Liberation Army, was attacked and killed on his way to Benghazi.

August 5:

In the United States, due to the debt crisis, Standard & Poor's downgraded the US sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA+ for the first time.

August 6:

Street riots that lasted for several days broke out in many British cities such as Britain, Birmingham and Liverpool.

August 10:

China's first aircraft carrier modified from Varyag went to sea for trial.

August 12:

Shenzhen, the 26th Shenzhen Universiade officially started.

August 15:

In the United States, Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $654.38+0.25 billion.