Vice President of Transneft, 62-year-old Andrei Badalov, was found dead near his house on Rublevskoye Shosse in the west of Moscow. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to sources in emergency services. According to them, the deceased, presumably, fell out of the window and crashed to death. According to the agency, at the time of the incident, along with Badalov, his wife and two daughters were in the apartment. Psychologists are working with them now.

Generations of the Germans believed that it was thanks to Friedrich to the Great in Germany that potatoes appeared. According to legend, King Frederick II wanted his subjects to eat potatoes brought to Europe from South America in the 16th century. But the inhabitants of Prussia, the territory, which later became part of the united Germany, did not even want to touch the tubers.

On July 2, the Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced to three years in the colony of the co-founder of the rock band “Semloret-Hallucinations” by Vladimir Burdin finding guilty of intentionally causing serious harm to health. This was reported in the telegram channel of the Sverdlovsk prosecutor's office. The prosecution requested four years in prison for him.

The 29-year-old resident of Indiana Eliasard Moneus was sentenced to 92 years in prison for killing his 3-month-old son Jacob and attempting to kill his wife. It is reported by Fox 59 and Local 12 . According to publications, on August 10 last year, doctors called the police to the private hospital IU Health Arnett in the city of Lafayette.

Residents of Moscow complain about problems with mobile and home Internet, malfunctions are observed with MGTS operators, Rostelecom and MTS, follows from the data of the Failure -RF portal and Downdetector . The telegram channel “Caution, Moscow” also reports similar complaints from residents of the Moscow Region. According to the malfunctions of the failures, complaints began to arrive at about 14:00 local time. The operators did not announce the conduct of technical work.

Investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of rape by three teenagers of a child in a children's sports camp in the Sukhobuzimsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported in the telegram channel of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. “On June 25 and 27, 2025, three teenagers 11 and 13 years old <...> committed other violent acts of a sexual nature in relation to a 10-year-old child,” the investigators said.

The Russian authorities officially recognized the Islamic Emirate Afghanistan, the form of statehood created by the Taliban movement. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the special representative of Putin in Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov. Earlier this was stated by the Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan, referring to the ambassador of Russia Dmitry Zhirnov. On the building of the Afghanistan Embassy in Moscow, the flag introduced by the Taliban was first posted, transmitted TASS.

More and more people prefer to watch videos, listen to podcasts and audiobooks at high speed. This is especially popular among young people: according to the results of one of the polls among students in California, 89% change the speed of reproduction of online lectures, writes Science Alert.

A citizen of Sri Lanka by the name of Sheshkhan was detained by the Thai Wildlife Service for the Wildlife Protection, three royal pythons were discovered in his underwear hidden in mesh bags. The man tried to take these snakes from the country, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper. Shrashana was detained during the inspection at Bangok Airport.

US President Donald Trump, known for his entrepreneurial activity, presented a new line of perfumes under the Trump Fragrances brand. Two fragrances were on sale-Victory 45 and Victory 47, the names of which are sent to its serial number as the 45th President of the United States and returning to the White House as a 47th. “Trump's perfume is already here. They are called Victory 45–47, because everything revolves around victory, strength and success - for men and women.

The spread of wild vanilla can be sharply reduced due to changes in climatic conditions, this will lead to risks for global production of vanilla, reports Der Spiegel with reference to the results of scientific work of scientists from Belgium and Costa Rica. The researchers consider the predicted reduction in the habitat of bees that endure the pollen of plants the main threat to the existence of vanilla.

A resident of the Chelyabinsk region became the owner of a super -prize of 100 million rubles in the circulation No. 143 of the All -Russian Lottery "Dreamalon", organized with the participation of the Ministry of Finance of Russia, writes RBC with reference to the National Lottery. According to the winner’s wife, on the eve of the purchase of a ticket, she dreamed of a red -haired spider - a symbol that, in popular beliefs, is considered a harbinger of an early wealth.

In Europe, there is an unprecedented heat that brought with it not only temperature records, but also forest fires, evacuation, death of people and violated the usual life. In many regions - from Spain to Greece - restrictions on work have been introduced, schools are closed, and rescue services work in emergency mode. The consequences of the heat and the prospects of cooling are in the material of the "cold". There are already thousands of victims and dozens of dead.

In the staff of Arizona, 19-year-old Renna O'Rurk died in intensive care after she inhaled the vapors for cleaning the keyboard, Azfamily said . According to the TV channel, the girl took part in the dangerous challenge Dusting (from the English word “dust”), for which users of social networks breathe an aerosol to remove dust from the keyboard.

In Denmark, girls after 18 years old can now be called up for military service along with men. Candidates will be determined with the help of a draw, writes the BBC. According to the publication, the new rules for drafting into the army entered into force on the first of July. The innovation has become part of a large -scale reform aimed at increasing the defense capability of Denmark and increasing the number of armed forces.