The authorities of New York will begin to pay residents of the city for vaccinations against coronavirus. Mayor Bill De Blasio announced this. The mayor's office will pay $100 to anyone who gets their first injection starting July 30. To receive money, residents of the city will need to register on a special website before vaccination. Previously, the authorities of New York distributed lottery tickets with a top prize of five million dollars to all those who were vaccinated.

The bass player ZZ Top Dusty Hill died. This was reported in the official instagram of the group. Dusty Hill was 72 years old. He died in a dream in his house in Houston. ZZ TOP is one of the most popular SaUTERN ROKA groups in history. In the United States alone, they sold more than 25 million copies of albums. The peak of the commercial success of ZZ Top fell in the mid-1980s, when the MTV television channel began broadcasting in the United States.

The former head of the rocket and space industry of the USSR Oleg Baklanov died. This was announced by the head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin. Baklanov was 89 years old. Baklanov in August 1991 was one of the members of the State Emergency Committee. After the failure of the coup, he was detained for two years on charges of plotting to seize power, but was later amnestied.

The video “Hadn Dadn” “The Temple” was released. Not even a clip, but a whole movie: with a winter road, border and hallucinations The Moscow group “Hadn Dadn” released a clip for the song “Templemam” - the main track from their last album “Nostalgia”. The refrain “I’m going in a minibus, going in a minibus” in the video intertwines with the main story - several strangers go to the border in one minibus in winter Russia, and along the way they see either dreams or hallucinations.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has ordered the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta to delete an article by politician Leonid Gozman, reports the human rights group Pravozashchita Otkrytki. The article in question alleges that the state-owned television network Russia Today (RT) obtained wiretapped records of a phone conversation between Gozman himself and journalist Igor Yakovenko.

US President Joe Biden met with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya at the White House.

The prosecution in the so-called “Sanitary Case” is seeking a two-year parole-like sentence for opposition politician Lyubov Sobol. Following a hearing on Wednesday, July 28, Sobol’s lawyer Vladimir Voronin said that prosecutors are seeking two years of “restrictions on freedom” for his client, which would include prohibiting her from attending public gatherings, leaving her home between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., or going outside the boundaries of the Moscow district where she lives.

Is it worth hiding in shelter? And to be afraid of Asian cows? Wheatfield / Shutterstock In mid -July, tourists, vacationers in Anapa, complained about the "invasion of God's cows." A similar situation in some other regions of Russia. And even in Riga: we also noticed that there were a lot of these insects. And therefore, they decided to ask the main questions about God's cows to an entomologist from Moscow State University Peter Petrov. - You can explain, God's cows are at all?

Spoiler: It turned out more fun than "Borline" Evgeny Feldman Singer Zemfira released a mini-album “Ah”. The previously not announced record consists of four songs - “Ah”, “Mail”, “Melodrama” and the singer of the composition “Goodby” already known to the fans of the singer. The release is available in Apple Music , VKontakte , Spotify and other streaming platforms . “Ah” is already the third release of Zemfira in 2021.

Some consider her a child prospect. Others - a victim of the ambitions of his father, who decided to "hack the system" Marina Lystseva / TASS Muscovite Alisa Teplyakova, who recently turned nine years old, passed additional entrance exams at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. This was announced on July 27 by TASS by the rector of the university Viktor Sadovnichi. This year, a girl, who is eight years old, handed us documents.

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Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten threw up her hands in victory as she crossed the finish line during the mass start race on July 25. In the last two kilometers of the distance, she managed to break away from a group of pursuers and, as she thought, come to the first Olympic gold in her career. But soon the joy was replaced by disappointment - van Vleuten explained that she finished only second.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The authorities in China began to smash a private education. For what? We are discussing what is happening with (chief Russian) Chinesist Alexander Gabuyev On July 23, the Chinese authorities banned private tutoring on basic school subjects during the holidays, holidays and weekends. Children under six years of age cannot attend classes with tutors in general. Restrictions affected business.

The prosecution has demanded that lawyer Lyubov Sobol be sentenced to two years of restricted freedom under the "sanitary case." This was reported by her lawyer Vladimir Voronin. The prosecution is demanding that Sobol be banned from participating in public events, leaving her home between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and from traveling outside the Moscow district in which she lives. The "sanitary case" was opened in January 2021.

The fifth competitive day of the games in Tokyo did not bring a single gold medal to the Russian team. In just a day, the Russians won five awards - three silver and two bronze. Silver medals were given to the men's and women's 3x3 basketball teams, which lost to Latvia and the USA in the finals, respectively, as well as swimmers in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Gymnast Nikita Nagorny (all-around) and judoka Madina Taimazova won bronze.