Cameroon's President's daughter Brenda Biya posted a photo on her Instagram of herself kissing model Lions Walesa, which was brought to the attention of the BBC. The publication notes that the publication has caused a "mixed reaction" in the country, where homosexual relations are prohibited. Residents can face up to five years in prison for violating the ban. "I'm crazy about you and I want the world to know," Brenda captioned the photo.

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that the country's eugenic protection law, which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, is unconstitutional, The Mainichi reports . According to the court's decision, the Japanese government is obliged to pay compensation to 11 plaintiffs who were forced to undergo sterilization operations in the 1950s-1970s.

A bus carrying Russian and Belarusian tourists was involved in an accident in the Manavgat district of the Turkish province of Antalya, the local IHA agency reported. "As a result of a traffic accident that occurred early in the morning, a minibus that was supposed to take Russian and Belarusian tourists from Alanya hotels to Antalya airport got into an accident while entering the Democracy Bridge interchange on the Manavgat ring road," the statement said.

A children's military sports camp of the Spetsnaz Deti network has been closed near Suzdal. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Govorit NeMoskva". According to it, the camp, where children were "immersed in the world of special forces", operated without documents and was not included in the register of children's recreation and health organizations.

The wife of Yakutsk City Duma deputy Kirill Sobolev, Tatyana, accused him of beating and threatening her. She wrote about this on her Instagram, publishing her own photos with bruises and abrasions. At the time of publication of the note, Soboleva's account was closed, but the Yakut publication Sakhaday quoted the message. According to Soboleva, her husband beat her and now "is trying in every way to make her feel sick." "I'm not perfect, but I don't think I deserve this.

Donald Trump is negotiating with Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine and leaving the seized Ukrainian territories to Russia, Politico reports, citing two national security experts with ties to Trump. The publication does not specify the format of the negotiations or what territories are being discussed. In turn, Politico sources say that Trump wants to conclude a deal with Putin, according to which Ukraine and Georgia will be able to join NATO.

New defendants have appeared in the case of the preparation of the murder of the editor-in-chief of the propaganda TV channel RT Margarita Simonyan and journalist Ksenia Sobchak. One of them is an eighth-grade student Pavel R. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Beware, News", which belongs to Sobchak. Two other defendants are a student at the communications college, Andrey Detkovsky, and an installer, Sergey Korolenkov.

In the coming nights, the air temperature in Moscow will not fall below 24 degrees Celsius. This was reported by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand, as reported by RIA Novosti. He warned that such weather is dangerous for people's health. "At night, 24.5 degrees is the minimum before sunrise. "Egyptian nights" is a very appropriate term.

Kirill Sobolev, a deputy of the Yakutsk city council from the United Russia party, whose wife had previously accused him of beating her, received a warning from his colleagues last November for insulting the director of the Byudzhetnik management company, Aurika Struchkova, Sakhaday reports .

Europeans believe that the war in Ukraine will end at the negotiating table with Russia, and have little faith in an "unconditional" victory for Ukraine. These are the results of a survey conducted by the Think Tank of the European Council on Foreign Relations in 15 European countries, including Ukraine itself, writes the British newspaper The Guardian. The only country where the prevailing opinion is that Ukraine will win the war with Russia without any doubt is Estonia.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a bill according to which the FSB and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have the right to confiscate both domestic and foreign passports from Russian citizens. On July 3, the document is planned to be published for public discussion on the portal of regulatory legal acts, Rossiyskaya Gazeta claims .

In May 2024, perfume imports to Russia decreased by 33.8% year-on-year to 3.83 million bottles. This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper, citing data from the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT), which is the operator of the Honest Sign labeling system. The publication notes that the negative trend began to form back in April, and since the beginning of the year, perfume imports into the country have fallen by 6.5% to 23.3 million items.

The US company Google's goal of reducing its negative impact on the environment is under threat due to the use of artificial intelligence. In five years, greenhouse gas emissions due to new technologies have increased by almost 50%, according to the company's annual environmental report . Google has set a goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2030, which means that the company should ideally “absorb” as much carbon dioxide as it emits.

An Afghan human rights activist was gang-raped in a Taliban prison, filmed and threatened with publication unless she stopped criticizing the regime, according to the British newspaper The Guardian, which obtained the video of the rape. The footage shows a young woman being ordered to undress and then being raped several times by two men.

On the morning of July 3, at a construction site in the south of Moscow, a tower crane operator lost consciousness from the heat and died, RIA Novosti reported , citing a representative of emergency services. “He died; they couldn’t get into the cabin for a long time – there was a strong crosswind,” the agency’s source said.