Template:In the news
- Israel launches an offensive on Gaza following the killing of Israeli teenagers nearly a week earlier.
- Miroslav Klose (pictured) becomes the all-time top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a match in which several records were set.
- The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
- Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
- In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
- Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
- General Xu Caihou is placed under investigation for corruption and expelled from the Communist Party of China.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak – FIFA World Cup
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano – Walter Dean Myers
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