U.S. President U.S. President Barack Obama nominates CEO of REI Sally Jewell to be the next Secretary of the Interior.
Chokri Belaid Chokri Belaid, the general secretary of the Patriotic Democratic Party, is shot dead outside his house in Tunis, leading to reported clashes between the police and hundreds of protesters. The Prime Minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali claims that a new government will be formed within one day.
United States In United States, two children and one woman are killed in a Denver apartment shooting.
2013 Solomon Islands earthquake At least five people have been reported dead in the Solomons' Santa Cruz Islands.
There are reports of significant damage to villages in the Solomon Islands west and south of the town of Lata.
A tsunami warning is issued for a wide range of islands in the South Pacific after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs off the coast of the Solomon Islands.
U.S. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hosts a roundtable in which experts and the representatives of affected industries discuss the consequences that decimalisation has had on the market for equity in the U.S., especially regarding small caps.
United States Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom fine The Royal Bank of Scotland more than $612 million for its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor.
Postal service The United States Postal Service announces that it will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays as of 5 August 2013.
Liquidation President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, who left for a three-day visit to Italy in the morning, returns home again in the evening as the full extent of developments become known.
Plans to liquidate IBRC, formerly Anglo and regarded as "the world's worst bank", are abruptly announced and get underway in dramatic circumstances.