The Ministry of Justice of Saudi Arabia issued licenses for the provision of notary services to 12 women. According to AFP, this is the first such case in the history of the country. Recently, the authorities of Saudi Arabia, where women's rights are extremely limited, have lifted a number of bans on women engaging in various activities. So, in January, women were allowed to go to football for the first time, and in June was lifted .

Jeremy Hunt has replaced Boris Johnson as British Foreign Secretary. Hunt served as Minister of Health from 2012 until recently. Prior to that, he was Minister of Culture, Media and Sports for two years. Boris Johnson resigned as foreign minister amid the adoption of the "soft Brexit" plan, which provides for the preservation of a free trade area for goods and the development of a simplified customs procedure with the EU. Johnson advocated a tougher exit from the European Union.

FIFA has fined Croatian coaching assistant Ognjen Vukojević 15,000 Swiss francs for posting a video in which he calls the success of the Croatian team against Russia a "victory for Ukraine." The FIFA Disciplinary Committee noted the fact that the Croatian Football Union and Vukojevic himself apologized in a timely manner for the incident and that the assistant coach was suspended from work in the championship.

Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has written an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, in which he spoke about the reasons for his resignation. According to Johnson, he could no longer remain in government, realizing that his views on Brexit were not shared by the majority of the cabinet.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala sentenced Badrudin Musaev, the son of the city's former mayor Musa Musaev, to 2.5 years in prison. Musayev was found guilty under the article on the use of violence and insulting a government official. Less than a year ago, the same court completely acquitted him . "The court ordered that Badrudin Musayev be taken into custody in the courtroom. But since Musayev himself was not present at the trial, he will be put on the wanted list," the source added.

July 9th Erdogan is president again, Johnson is no longer a minister News. Very short The Russian budget will receive two trillion rubles due to the increase in VAT (probably a good thing). now be allowed in the intensive care unit of hospitals Relatives will (just fine). The Russian women's team won the European Beach Soccer Cup (generally gorgeous). In Thailand, have been rescued eight teenagers from a flooded cave (the best news). Vandals ruined the graffiti with Cherchesov (bad).

British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has blamed Russia for the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died July 8 from Novichok nerve gas poisoning. an explanation from Russia in connection with the poisoning . demanded On July 5 , British Home Secretary Sajid Javid “The reality is that Russia carried out an attack on British soil that resulted in the death of our compatriot,” Williamson said.

Fairfax Media / Getty images Ecuador introduced a resolution on the benefits of breastfeeding. In response, the United States threatened the country with sanctions From May 22 to 26, the 71st session of the World Health Assembly was held in Geneva. One of the questions was the adoption of a new resolution, which states that breastfeeding has a positive effect on children's health. It is also recommended to limit incorrect and misinforming advertising of mixtures for artificial feeding.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath and took office as President of Turkey. The ceremony was held at the parliament building in Ankara. With the inauguration of Erdogan in Turkey, the form of government officially changed from parliamentary to presidential. The reform was approved in a referendum in 2017. Later on July 9, a reception will be held at the presidential palace, which will be attended by foreign delegations. From Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will attend the reception.

On the night of July 8, 17-year-old Melissa Salikhina came with three friends to the Ionoteka club in St. Petersburg . At the entrance, the guards asked her to show her documents. Salikhina identifies herself as a girl and is already undergoing hormone therapy, but is recorded as a man in her passport. The guards began to insult Salikhina. As she says in a conversation with Meduza, at first one of the guards did not believe that it was her passport.

ISABEL Infantes / Pa Wire / Scanpix / Leta author of the "English patient" Michael Ondatja at the award of the Golden Bucher Award, London, July 8, 2018 On July 8, in London, Canadian writer Michael Ondatje received the Golden Bucher Award. His novel “English Patient”, written in 1992, was recognized as the best book that received the Buker Prize, over the past 50 years - that is, for all the years of the award.

STEVE PARSONS / PA Wire / PA Images / Scanpix / Leta Police blocked the street in Salisbury after the poisoning of Don Rodes and Charles Rowli "Narod British Don Rodes on July 8 died of poisoning by a "novice". According to her mother Caroline, the cause of death was a cardiac arrest. “Due to alcohol and drug addiction, her body was not strong enough to cope [with a poisonous substance],” said Caroline Rodes.

Polar Electro A few months ago, it turned out that the STRAVA sports application, which allows to fix the training routes, can be used to monitor the military movements using the “heat cards” published by him - it was noted where its users run. Now the Bellingcat research group, together with the Dutch edition of De Correspontent, has found that the Polar Flow is even more information: with its help, you can find out, for example, where the military working on secret bases live.

Users of the Russian-language part of Twitter have decided that simply writing tweets is boring. Now they write only the beginning of a phrase, and then click on the words suggested by the phone keyboard: predictive typing , which works well for short phrases, starts to go crazy from this and reveals the secrets of its owner.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has left office. “Today, Prime Minister [Theresa May] accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary. His successor will be announced shortly. The Prime Minister thanks Boris for his work,” a Downing Street spokesman said. The Guardian Johnson became the second minister to leave his post amid the announcement by the government of the details of the plan to leave the EU. it before him .