The Polydor label has announced the release of a collection that will include ten previously unreleased compositions by David Bowie, writes the BBC. The collection, called "The Shel Talmy Recordings", will include tracks that Bowie recorded at the very beginning of his career in 1965, when he performed under the pseudonym Davy Jones. In some compositions, guitar parts were performed by Jimmy Page, the future creator of Led Zeppelin, who at that time was a session musician.

At the end of the session on July 16, the Moscow Exchange index fell by 4.24% to 2022.27 points. The leaders of the fall were shares of the banking and oil and gas sectors. Gazprom shares reached their historical lows during the session.

In the Oryol region, the temporary “even-odd” refueling system based on car numbers, introduced due to the fuel crisis, has been cancelled. Governor Andrei Klychkov announced this. As Klychkov said, there have been no queues at gas stations in the region for more than a week. “The odd-even system turned out to be effective and achieved its main goal - to remove the unfounded hype,” the governor noted.

Messi and other players face ban for political action - but probably only after the final Ian MacNicol / Getty Images After defeating England in the semi-finals of the World Cup, Argentina players carried a banner onto the field with the inscription: “The Malvinas belong to the Argentines.” The Malvinas in Argentina and the Spanish-speaking world are the Falkland Islands, which are administered by Great Britain, which is disputed by Argentina (there was a two-month war over control of these

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky appointed the country's acting Minister of Defense Yevgeny Khmara, who now heads the Security Service of Ukraine in an acting capacity. According to Zelensky, Khmara’s tasks include continuing reforms in the defense sector, as well as expanding long-range strikes against Russia and providing the army with everything it needs. The President of Ukraine said that he would soon officially submit Khmara’s candidacy for approval to the Verkhovna Rada.

Euan Cherry/Getty Images JK Rowling. 2023 The British branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International expressed regret over the publication of a report in which the women's support center Beiraʼs Place, founded by the writer JK Rowling, was called an anti-rights organization. We are talking about a report called “A Growing Threat: The Anti-Rights Movement in the UK”, which was published a few days ago.

Tennis player, 63rd racket of the world Daria Kasatkina and figure skater, silver medalist of the 2018 Olympics Natalya Zabiyako got married. The athletes spoke about this on Instagram. The wedding ceremony took place in Greece (same-sex marriage is legalized in this country), and tennis players from Russia and Ukraine were invited to it.

Photos The Sverdlovsk region is experiencing the consequences of heavy rains that have been continuing since the end of June. More than 400 private houses and 1,700 personal plots were flooded. Due to the flood, it was necessary to block travel on some roads, including a section of the Yekaterinburg-Tyumen federal highway. On July 15, there was heavy rain and wind in Yekaterinburg.

Natalya Kasperskaya, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab and president of the InfoWatch group of companies, said that, in her opinion, Russia is seriously behind the United States and China in the segment of large fundamental models of artificial intelligence and it will be problematic to catch up with them. “When you walk along the same rails on which trains travel, there is generally no chance of catching up with this train.

The Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal in Moscow rejected the petition of the Belgian depository Euroclear, TASS reports. A Euroclear representative told the agency that the decision to recover 18.17 trillion rubles in accordance with the Bank of Russia’s claim remains in force. In December 2025, the Central Bank complained to the court about the “illegal actions” of the depository, which stores the bulk of Russian assets frozen after the start of the great war between Russia and Ukraine.

The yachts of six Russian billionaires have gathered in the area of ​​the Turkish resort town of Bodrum, writes Vestka. Earlier, the yacht Victoria, which is associated with Vladimir Putin, arrived there. According to the publication, now off the southern and southwestern coast of Turkey there are ships belonging to Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, VTB head Andrei Kostin and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov.

On July 15, it became known that Mikhail Fedorov would resign from the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine, where he served for only six months. Protests in support of Fedorov began in Ukraine; the European Union expressed surprise and demanded an explanation from President Vladimir Zelensky.

There is no power on the peninsula, there is not enough water and gasoline, shops and ATMs do not work. The Ukrainian Armed Forces urge Crimeans to leave “far beyond the Urals” Alexey Pavlishak / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Evening in Evpatoria, July 5, 2026 There is a major energy crisis in Crimea. It began at the end of May, when gasoline coupons were introduced throughout the annexed peninsula, and worsened in early July, when electricity began to be cut off for Crimean residents.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky responded in his telegram channel to former Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov, who accused him of intrigue. Fedorov convened a briefing on the morning of July 16, at which he spoke about the conflict with Syrsky.

Spoiler: z-bloggers are very happy Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov during his press conference in Kyiv. July 16, 2026 On the evening of July 15, it became known that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov would leave his post, which he had held since January 2026. The Verkhovna Rada has not yet approved his resignation.