Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said in an interview with CNN that the Syrian conflict and its consequences will continue for another decade. According to the general, the problem is that the war in Syria has turned into a regional conflict, which already involves Iraq and Lebanon. At the same time, extremists took leading roles in this confrontation on both sides: groups associated with Al-Qaeda on the one hand and Hezbollah on the other.

The use of English as the common language of scientific communication has brought not only advantages, but also problems for scientists from the UK, USA and other English-speaking countries. Scientific translation specialist and geologist Scott L. Montgomery has released a book, Does Science Need a Global Language? , in which he pointed out the serious problems facing English-speaking scientists.

The Syrian opposition proposes to President Bashar al-Assad to suspend hostilities in the city of Homs during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This was stated in an interview with Reuters on July 7 by the head of the National Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces of Syria, Ahmad Jarba. Jarba did not provide any details regarding the temporary truce. The month of Ramadan in 2013 will last from July 9 to August 7.

The number of Russians for whom television is the main source of information has decreased from 94 to 88 percent compared to 2009. This is evidenced by data from the Levada analytical center. At the same time, television retains its leading position among all sources of information among Russians. The second most popular source was friends and relatives—24 percent of respondents received information from them.

The Ministry of Labor proposed allowing citizens to invest pension savings in the construction of commercial social institutions, including boarding schools, kindergartens, and nursing homes. newspaper writes about this The Kommersant with reference to unnamed sources in the ministry. Officials hope to interest potential investors in tax benefits. In turn, pension funds noted that income tax benefits would be attractive to them.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement has called for an uprising against the forces that took power in the country after the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. This was reported by Reuters on July 8 with reference to a statement by the political wing of the organization - the Freedom and Justice Party .

The Investigative Committee of Russia has seized the property of the former Minister of Finance of the Moscow Region Alexei Kuznetsov, who was detained in France on charges of fraud. As reported on the Investigative Committee's website, in particular, eight plots of land in the Moscow region, two apartments in Moscow and two cars were arrested.

Scientists from the University of Dundee in the UK presented videos showing the process of formation of the root system of plants. In order to obtain these images, the researchers had to develop a special transparent primer and a laser optical system. about the work of biologists talks New Scientist with reference to the publication of specialists in the magazine Optics Express .

Pugachev uprising Popular unrest began in the Saratov region Photo: page Vzglyad-Info news agency Instagram On July 7, media reports appeared that a mass brawl took place in the city of Pugachev, Saratov region, with the participation of local residents and visitors from Chechnya. The next day, the police denied information about the fight. It is reported that a conflict involving at least two hundred people was indeed brewing, but it was averted.

The design bureau of the Nizhny Novgorod Motor Ship plant has developed a design for the 02320 Cossack landing craft, which can be placed in the dock chamber of a Mistral-type landing helicopter dock ship. According to the Central Naval Portal, the project of the new boat was presented at the International Naval Show in St. Petersburg. The landing craft is about 28 meters long and about seven meters wide.

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour has promised to create a special commission that will investigate the deaths of Islamists killed during demonstrations on the morning of July 8 in Cairo, BBC News reports. Mansour expressed condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and also called on all citizens to completely renounce violence when defending their political positions.

In Africa, children set a record for the maximum number of participants in synchronized teeth brushing. More than 300 thousand students from approximately 300 Nigerian schools took part in the event, Sky News reports. The action was carried out on the initiative of the association of dentists, who decided to teach children how to properly care for their teeth and oral cavity.

The Kirov Regional Court decided to liquidate the organization of fans of the Dynamo football club from Kirov, according to the website of the Prosecutor General's Office. Extremist materials depicting Nazi symbols were posted on the fan club website.

On July 8, the Eurogroup approved the decision to divide the next tranche of Greece into parts and issue it in several stages. The first part of the $4 billion tranche will be issued in the coming weeks. reports this Agence France-Presse . The money will be allocated as part of the Greek assistance program agreed upon by the troika of international creditors (ECB, European Commission, IMF)).

In the Perm region, due to funding cuts, the civil forum “Pilorama”, known for discussions with the participation of oppositionists, will not take place this year. This year, for example, one of the leaders of the RPR-PARNAS party, Sergei Aleksashenko, and economist Irina Yasina were supposed to come to the village of Kuchino.