AlphaBay, an online store that operated on the deep web and engaged in illegal trade, was shut down in early July as a result of a joint operation by US, Canadian and Thai law enforcement. This was reported on July 13 by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. The site has been unavailable since July 5th. On this day, 26-year-old Canadian Alexander Kaz, who was allegedly the operator of AlphaBay, was detained in Thailand; he was about to be extradited to the United States.

During an exhibition match at Wimbledon, Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters could not stand the tips from one of the spectators and invited him to play against her. The fan - it was the Irishman Chris Quinn - agreed and went to the court. But there was one problem: the Wimbledon dress code requires all players to wear white shorts and a T-shirt. Clijsters brought her spare uniform, and with the help of the athletes, Quinn put it on.

A Russian citizen who was injured in an attack on a hotel in Hurghada on July 14 put up "the most active resistance to the criminal," Artem Polyakov, Russian charge d'affaires in Egypt, told TASS. According to him, the woman "fought off the knife, so the largest number of wounds she had on her arm." The attacker “did not expect such a rebuff from the Russian woman and switched to other tourists,” the diplomat said. Now the woman, according to him, is in Cairo for treatment.

Donat Sorokin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Match of the 1st round of the Russian Football Championship between the Ural and Rostov teams. July 15, 2017 On Friday, July 14, a new football season has opened a match for a Super Cup in Russia. And on Saturday, games in the Premier League began. Many are skeptical of Russian football, but still it has its own unique features, and the new season is preparing new intrigues. We list them in order. Intrigue No. 1. What will happen to Spartak?

Gelendzhik police drew up protocols on a violation of the procedure for holding a rally for five people detained for blocking the M4 Don highway on July 15. This was stated in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Krasnodar Territory. These people are accused of participating in an unauthorized action, which interfered with the functioning of transport infrastructure (part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On July 14, photos of actor Keanu Reeves appeared on Twitter (and then on other social networks), who runs, holding a video camera in his hands. The signatures for the photo were: "By the way, here is Keanu Reeves, running away with the camera, which he stole by the paparazzi." Anyway Here's Keanu Reves Running Off with A Camera He Just Stole from the Paparazzzi. From Funny Anyway Here's Keanu Reeves Running Off with A Camera He Just Stole from the Paparazzi!

Abu Sayyed, leader of local Islamic State militants, has been killed in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on July 14. Syed was killed in a July 11 airstrike on a terrorist headquarters in Kunar province in the east of the country. According to the US, Syed took charge of the Afghan IS militants this spring after the death of their previous leader, Abdul Hasib. He became the leader of the terrorists after the assassination of Hafiz Syed Khan in 2016.

Spanish tennis player Garbine Muguruza defeated American tennis player Venus Williams in the Wimbledon final. The match ended with the score 7:5, 6:0. For the 23-year-old Muguruza, this is the second Grand Slam victory. In 2016, she won the French Open. In 2015, she played in the Wimbledon final but lost to Serena Williams. Williams, 37, played in the Wimbledon final for the ninth time and was defeated for the fourth time; she last won this tournament in 2008.

In Kyiv, the court ruled to arrest the former mayor of Kharkov, Verkhovna Rada deputy Mikhail Dobkin in a fraud case. He was given five days to post a bail of 50 million hryvnia (more than 113 million rubles) as an alternative to arrest. Dobkin stated that "the amount of the bail is such that it leaves no alternative", and he himself cannot make a bail. Mikhail Dobkin is suspected of fraud and abuse of power.

On the evening of July 14, the Turkish authorities announced the dismissal of 7,395 people from the civil service for "connections with terrorist organizations and groups acting against national security." The decree was published on the eve of the first anniversary of the 2016 military coup attempt. Among the dismissed are more than two thousand policemen, about one and a half thousand employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as employees of other departments.

In the United States, Iranian mathematician Mariam Mirzahani died, the only woman - the winner of the Field Prize, the most prestigious award in the field of mathematics. Mirzahani was 40 years old. Four years ago, her breast cancer was diagnosed, Tehran Times reports .

Continuation. The police confirmed the detention of activists who blocked the Don highway in Gelendzhik . In Gelendzhik, the owners of apartments in the demolition of a multi -storey building on July 15 were blocked by the M4 Don highway in protest against this decision.

Correspondence stolen by hackers from an employee of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the US State Department, who specializes in Russia, has been published on the Internet. This was reported by Foreign Policy, to the editorial office of which a hacker under the pseudonym Johnny Walker wrote.

Ivan Shishkin On July 17, in Russia, spectators will see the first episode of the seventh season of “Game of Thrones”. It is important to prepare for this event. Of course, you can just look at her, lying on the couch, but there is another option-to arrange a feast for this occasion, call friends and cook some strange, but ideally suitable for the “game of thrones”. Medusa asked the restaurateur Ivan Shishkin to talk about four completely wild dishes that are suitable for watching such a series.

Valiri language courses, hints of actors and John Snow in the image of the Mother of Dragons HBO / "Amediathek" On July 17, the seventh season of “Game of Thrones” is released in Russia. He will become the penultimate, and his events will finally hint at who will take an iron throne. Medusa collected everything that would help prepare for the premiere - trailers, actors' tips and even a filter in Snapchat. Attention: There are spoilers in the material, but they are in the end!