To try to deal with the spread of the Zika virus, genetically altered mosquitoes have been released:

Although China was dealt a legal blow from the United Nations related to its presence in the South China Sea last month, Russia and China have decided to hold a joint military exercise there:

Turkey’s President Erdoğan is reported to be consolidating power:

July 24, 2016

Supporters of Turkey’s ruling and main opposition parties, usually bitter foes, were set to rally together on Sunday in support of democracy following a failed military coup ...

The ‘transgender agenda’ is affecting churches. A church in Iowa it suing to try to stop it:

July 15, 2016

A church sued over Iowa’s state transgender policy when officials asserted they had authority to control the content of pastor’s sermons.

There was another Islamic terrorist attack in France today:

July 14, 2016

Eighty people were killed and another 50 hurt in Nice, France, Thursday night after a truck filled with grenades and weapons plowed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the resort town, according to French authorities.

Apparently, because of pressures from the European Union and elsewhere, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has decided to resign months before he originally planned.  He is expected to be replaced by Theresa May:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel claims that the UK vote to leave the European Union (EU) will not stop the EU from continuing to expand:

A couple of days ago, I reported that a post-Brexit militaristic European superstate has been proposed (see Is a Brexit a step towards a monstrous militaristic superstate?). A reader sent me a link to the following German source which had additional details of what it describes as a European War Union:

Money & Markets’ Mike Larson reported this related to the financial markets and the Brexit vote:

June 27, 2016

Friday and this morning, the wheels came off our stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 871 points in just two trading days, while the S&P 500 sank to a three-

Germany, France, and others want the UK to process a “quick divorce” because of its vote to leave the European Union:

June 25, 2016

Germany and France led demands on Saturday for Britain to negotiate a quick divorce from the European Union, with Paris warning that populism will otherwise take hold after the vote to leave the bloc sent shockwaves around the world.