What are the news on this month?

July is a month where Europe stops working. Or almost stops working. Everyone only thinks of holidays and where to find some sun and to rest. As it is important to rest, it is also important to know that a lot of countries go on on their lives as usual. For instance, in the US the White House is struggling to avoid default of payment in August if no agreement is reached by the Congress and the president. It is business as usual and it is a good thing to see that countries are working. Yesterday, a terrorist, a Norwegian, put a bomb in central Oslo, the capital and killed around 80 people in an island nearby. It is the worst catastrophe the country has seen since WWII. And Syrians are still demonstrating against their government and the president, who is a dictator like his father. Libya is still on war and no side is winning, at least yet. Europeans are struggling to help Greece, a country with the Euro and a phenomenal debt that could shatter the whole financial system. And there are plenty of other events happening in the world. Holidays? For some, probably but not for the majority.

Strauss Kahn

The story has taken another path that nobody would have believed. The maid, who claimed that the French politician has raped her and made love to her without her consent, is not believable. That is what the prosecution has discovered this week, of June 30th. They have doubts about the truth. The maid has accused Strauss Kahn but there are a lot of discrepancies. First apparently she cleaned another room before calling the police about what has happened to her with the French. But more than that she has gotten some 100,000 dollars in her account, in cash, a week before the claim. And she is in constant contact with a drug dealer who is in jail. And finally, she has supposedly lied about her arrival in the US. Therefore the prosecutor has asked the judge to free Strauss Kahn from house arrest. Although the trial is not yet finished, it appears that it would be completely different that one had supposed when the former IMF chief has been accused. But what's important is that is shows that the judicial system in the USA works well. And now depending on the issue of the trial (next appearance in front of the judge is programmed for July 17th) he might still be candidate for next year presidential elections. So let's see what will happen.