The people of 31 July

U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order restoring the Presidential Fitness Test in all public schools nationwide.

Health · 31 Jul

U.S. president Donald Trump announces revised tariff rates set to start on August 1, including a new 35% tariff on Canada.

World · 31 Jul

Pope Leo XIV declares Saint John Henry Newman, a 19th-century Anglican convert who became a prominent English Catholic theologian, as a Doctor of the Church.

Culture · 31 Jul · with John Henry Newman

A court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, sentences opposition leader Omar Ayub and over 200 supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan to over ten years in prison each for their participation in the 2023 protests.

Crime & Justice · 31 Jul · with Imran Khan

Islamic terrorist Osama Krayem is found guilty at Stockholm District Court, Sweden, of involvement in a war crime in which Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh was burned alive inside a cage in Raqqa, Syria by the Islamic State on January 3, 2015.

Crime & Justice · 31 Jul · with Muath al-Kasasbeh

Conor McGregor loses his appeal against a civil court in the Republic of Ireland, finding that he raped Nikita Hand.

Crime & Justice · 31 Jul