Muslims continue to protest in the center of Jerusalem and, despite the dismantling of metal detectors at the entrance to the temple mountain, refuse to go there, claiming that the checks are ongoing, the Newsru Israel website reports. The Islamic administration - the VAKF, under the autonomous administration of which is located the temple mountain, at first refused to comment on the decision of the Israeli military -political office on the removal of metal detectors.

Igor Yakovenko “Siemens is fleeing Russia.” If we single out the main reason for the flight of the German concern, then it is fleeing from Putin’s lies. Last year, the Russian president promised Sigmar Gabriel, who then served as the Minister of Economy and Energy of Germany, that there would be no Siemens gas turbines in Crimea will be,” writes a columnist for the Daily Journal . “I lied, as usual. Turbines from a German concern were discovered in Crimea. Now Siemens is fleeing Russia.

The rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University, Vladimir Litvinenko, is known for the fact that under his leadership Vladimir Putin once defended the dissertation, and, as Vedomosti, who became a dollar billionaire , called the investigations of journalists about his activities the day before. The head of the university did not specify which publications mean. Litvinenko’s statement for the media was received by the newspaper Delovoy Petersburg .

A group of engineers from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have developed folding robots that are powered by an external magnetic field. An article on the development was published in the journal Science Robotics . As N+1 notes, the distinctive feature of these origami robots from those presented earlier is that their parts can be controlled separately using a magnetic field with certain characteristics.

At the 2017 World Athletics Championship in London, Russian athletes who will perform under a neutral flag are strictly forbidden to demonstrate the symbolism of their country. The ban, imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), even affected ringtones for mobile phones with the anthem of the Russian Federation.

The US National Archive published on July 24 the first portion of documents regarding the murder of the 35th US President John Kennedy. In total, 3810 documents were published, including the records of the FBI and the CIA, 441 of which were previously completely classified, and the remaining 3369 were published in an edited form, the department’s website said.

The American technology company Three Square Market plans to implant microchips in its employees that will replace badges and credit cards, CNBC reports, citing the company's chief executive Todd Westby. According to him, Three Square Market will be the first company in the United States to implement such a project. It is expected that more than 50 employees of the company will agree to have the chips implanted, including Westby himself and members of his family.

Auto giant Toyota plans to create an electric car with a new type of battery by 2022 that will charge in just a few minutes, Reuters reports. In the same year, it is planned to start sales of such a car in the Land of the Rising Sun, the agency reports with reference to the Japanese publication Chunichi Shimbun. Modern lithium-ion batteries for electric cars charge in 20–30 minutes and the charge lasts only 300–400 km, notes RBC .

Russia and Türkiye will again discuss the issue of canceling restrictions on the supply of Turkish tomatoes in the Russian Federation at an exhibition in Izmir on August 18. About this, according to TASS, said the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich. The parties can reach some kind of agreement, but there is no need to wait for large volumes of supplies, he said. “Based on the results, we’ll see.

The world champion in triple jump Russian Lucmann Adams was abandoned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to his request for participation in international competitions under a neutral flag. According to the R-Sport agency, the Olympic champion of London in high jumps Ivan Ukhov was also refused. “Fifty -three people, including me, were not allowed on the basis of McLaren's report,” Adams told reporters.

The appeals court of the Voronezh Regional Court rejected the prosecutor's office's request to block the popular porn site Pornhub, RNS reports citing the court's press service. The reasons for this verdict are not reported. According to representatives of the press service, the board has not yet provided the rationale for the decision, writes VC.ru.

The Kremlin is not going to intervene in the situation with the Yugra bank, in which, by decision of the Central Bank, a temporary administration was introduced two weeks ago. Earlier it became known that the credit institution filed a lawsuit against the Moscow Arbitration Court on the recognition of the Central Bank decisions illegal, but the details of the application were not disclosed.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made a decision on the complaints of three defendants in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov - Temirlan Eskerkhanov and the brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubashevs. The court partially satisfied Eskerkhanov’s complaint, obliging Russia to pay him compensation in the amount of six thousand euros, according to the court’s website .

The famous Ukrainian boxer, the former temporary champion of the World World Boxing Association (WBA), Stanislav Kashtanov received Russian citizenship. “Stanislav Kashtanov today received Russian citizenship,” said Kirill Shchekutiev, Deputy Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, Deputy Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Boxing Federation. “His next fight is planned to be held in September - October in Russia.

The American shock-rooker Alice Cooper found in his pantry the canvas of Andy Warhol called "Little Electric Stoli". The cost of the find that the musician acquired 45 years ago and forgot due to drugs and alcohol can be several million dollars, writes The Guardian . The work in question is made of scarlet silk. It depicts a small electric chair.