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The people of 9 July
5 people in 5 stories, 34 deaths recorded, 2025
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
U.S. president Donald Trump announces a 50% tariff on most imports into the United States from Brazil starting August 1, in a letter addressed to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and citing the trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
Business · 9 Jul · with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Leader of Turkey since 2003
Turkey partially bans certain contents from X (formerly Twitter)'s AI chatbot Grok amid a criminal probe over insults to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Crime & Justice · 9 Jul · with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Francesca Albanese
Italian legal scholar (born 1977)
The United States issues sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories.
World · 9 Jul
Yoon Suk Yeol
President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025
The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over five key charges related to his short-lived martial law declaration on December 3, 2024, placing him in custody for the first time since March due to concerns of evidence tampering.
Crime & Justice · 9 Jul
Asaad al-Shaibani
Syrian politician and diplomat (born 1987)
The Syrian minister of foreign affairs Asaad al-Shaibani announces the country's readmission to the Union for the Mediterranean after 13 years of its suspension.
World · 9 Jul
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