The regulatory authorities of California this week approved emergency measures, which for the first time introduce fines for Excessive water consumption, since the call for self -restraint in the midst three -year drought did not reduce consumption to the required level, reports Bloomberg agency.

A 20-year-old resident of Hawaii Kevin Lee Mouzel arranged a uniform brawl on the flight of British Airways from London to Los Angeles, writes The Los Angeles Times . The man spat with water at the stewardesses, called up and threatened to kill them, as well as open the doors of the aircraft directly above the Atlantic or completely blow it up. The crew managed to twist the raging passenger and knocked it with handcuffs to the chair, but they were unable to shut up his verbal outpourings.

According to the contract of the main broadcaster of the Premier League - NTV -Plus - with the Premier League, which expires next year, this season the NTV television company should show one match from the tour. However, according to the newspaper Sovetsky Sport , NTV would like to avoid the broadcasts of the Premier League already starting from this season.

In Thailand, the military gave permission to go abroad for the first time after a coup d'etat . The military representative said that the request was approved because the ex-prime minister behaved with restraint after her government was resigned on May 22. According to reports, the ex-head of the Cabinet of Ministers this week will go to the capital of France Paris to celebrate the birthday of his older brother, also the former Prime Minister Thailand Taxin Chinavat, reports the Air Force .

“The key problem of the Russian economic system today is the accumulated huge external debt. No, not the state, the state external debt is at a relatively low level, which the authorities constantly boast about. But this iceberg also has a reef - the huge external debt of banks and companies, which, according to fresh data from the Central Bank as of July 1, exceeded a record 650 billion dollars.

Masteersard and Visa have not yet disconnected cards of banks that fell under the third wave of US sanctions, since new restrictions do not affect their activities, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to representatives of these systems. "The sanctions, the introduction of which was announced on Wednesday, July 16, apply to access to specific banks to the US capital market and do not affect our activities," commented on the Masteersard.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) disqualified Russian woman Irina Old for two years for using doping, according to the IBU official website . The disqualification period is counted from December 23, 2013. The athlete has the right to appeal him in a sports arbitration court (CAS) in Lausanne within 21 days from the date of the decision (July 14), but the Russian Biathlonists Union (SBR) have not been notified that the press service of the SBR reports.

In the German city of Wuppertal, on Thursday, the General Assembly of the German Biblical Society opened. On the occasion of this event, new data on the translation of scripture into different languages ​​of the world were published. Now the full Bible with the Old and New Testaments is available today in 511 languages, the World Association of Biblical Societies (UBS) and German society says.

The German brand Smart officially presented the new generation in Berlin City Kara Fortwo and Forfour. A double car will go on sale at a price of not higher than 11 thousand euros, and four -seater will cost 600 euros more. Both models retained a recognizable design, but the design of the front of the body has become more expressive thanks to the modified radiator grille with a cellular grid, enlarged headlights with integrated daily running lights and a higher hood, the LiveCars website writes.

Consumer prices for automobile gasoline in the Russian Federation increased by 0.5% from July 8 to July 14, reported on Thursday Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). The previous week prices rose by 0.4%, before that - by 0.3%, earlier - by 0.2%, before that they grew by 0.1% for two weeks. Diesel fuel prices increased by 0.1% from July 8 to July 14, the same as the week ago, after twelve weeks of stability.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill on Thursday visited tent towns deployed on the Annunciation Field of Sergiev Posad. There were pilgrims participating in the celebration of the 700th anniversary of Sergius of Radonezh.

The mosgorduma elections to the opposition, Maria Gaidar and Olga Romanova, have nominated their candidates, may be refused registration with candidates, according to the metropolitan election. In their signature sheets, an excess of permissible maximum of invalid signatures (10%) was found. The District Election Commission N43 reported that the signature lists of Maria Gaidar contains a large amount of marriage. The percentage of invalid signatures amounted to 22.5%.

“The only man-made accident with numerous casualties in the Moscow metro was at the Aviamotornaya station, when the escalator there broke down. Eight people died. My parents were going down the adjacent escalator that day, so I knew a little more about it than was officially reported in the press. “On February 17, 1982, an accident occurred at the Aviamotornaya station of the Kalinin radius of the Moscow metro. There were injuries among the passengers.

Microsoft has begun accepting requests from European Internet users to remove their personal information from the search results of the Internet search engine Bing, reports the SecurityLab portal. To request deletion of personal data, European users must complete the form on the Bing website. The request form includes three sections. In the first, the user must indicate their real name, residential address, contact information and attach documents confirming this data.

A video of the wedding of the American Congressman Sean Patrick Maloni and his partner Randy Fleur attracted the attention of the US Federal Civil Aviation Department (FAA). The fact is that part of the ceremony was shot on a chamber attached to the drone (unmanned aerial vehicle. - Note Newsru.com ), the use of which for commercial purposes in the United States is prohibited, the Buzzfeed portal reports.