July 31, 2010 (Saturday)
Arts and entertainment
- Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky marry in Rhinebeck, New York. (UPI)
Business and economy
- The United States Department of Commerce releases statistics showing that the United States economy shrank by 4.1 per cent between the 4th quarter of 2007 and the second quarter of 2009, a deeper recession than previously thought. (Bloomberg)
Disasters
- The report of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission into the Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people in Victoria, Australia, is tabled in the Parliament of Victoria. It contains 67 recommendations including changes to evacuation policy and an increase in backburning. (ABC Online)
- The black box for Airblue Flight 202 which crashed near Islamabad, Pakistan, is found. (DAWN)
- The death toll from the 2010 Pakistan floods exceeds 900 and may climb further. (Bloomberg via San Francisco Chronicle), (AFP via Google News)
- Germany holds a memorial service for the 21 victims of the Love Parade disaster. (BBC)
- United States and Michigan government officials say it will take months to clean up an oil spill in the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan and considerably longer for the ecosystem to recover. (AP via New York Times)
- An explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi Province, China leaves 17 people dead while 24 miners are trapped by flooding in a nearby mine. (UPI)
Law and crime
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether civilians conspired with a US soldier to release classified information available on Wikileaks. (UPI)
- Mexican police rescue two television camera operators kidnapped by drug cartels on Monday. (Reuters via New York Times)
International relations
- Pakistani intelligence officials cancel a planned visit to the United Kingdom after British Prime Minister David Cameron warned Pakistan to avoid links with groups that "promote the export of terror". However, a visit by President Asif Ali Zardari will go ahead. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Police fire rubber bullets to disperse rioting garment workers as protests spread beyond the capital Dhaka to other Bangladeshi cities. (AFP via Google News)