Two -time world champion in height jumps by Russian woman Maria Kuchina (in marriage - Lasitzkene) won at the second stage of the athletics competitions of the Diamond League in Shanghai. Maria, who performed in a neutral status, overcame the bar at an altitude of 1.97 meters. Later, the Russian woman tried to improve the result, but failed to take a two -meter height. The second became the Bulgarian Mirla Demireva (1.94), the third place was taken by the German Marie-Lawrence Jungflyish (1.88).

The American SpaceX Corporation first launched a new modification of the Falcon 9 missile called Block-5, which uses more powerful engines, but at the same time exceeds predecessors in areas of safety and reusable use. According to Reuters, it is this modification in the future that will be used by the company of billionaire Ilon Mask for manned flights.

Argentine President Mauricio Macri refused to travel to Russia for the World Cup due to the worsening economic crisis in the country, La Nación newspaper reports, citing its own sources. “You cannot go to the championship under any circumstances. Going to Russia in the current circumstances would definitely be a defeat, and with a crushing score,” the publication quotes a source close to the head of state as saying. “He definitely won’t go.

Elections to the Iraqi Council of Representatives (parliament) ended Saturday without major incident. Voting points closed at 18:00 local time (the same as Moscow). Security was provided by a million security forces. The media reported thwarted attempts by militants to carry out terrorist attacks. Nobody died.

US President Donald Trump signed an order to introduce a state of emergency in Hawaii in connection with the eruption of the Kilauea volcano and earthquakes that take place on the island to this day from May 3, Voice of America reports. The head of state has already ordered the state to provide federal assistance in addition to the efforts made at the local level.

President of the Center for Political Technologies Foundation Igor Bunin died on Saturday at the age of 73. This was confirmed to TASS by the head of the Russian Jewish Congress, Yuri Kanner, and to Meduza by a member of the board of the Russian Association of Political Consultants, Petr Bystrov. Kanner called the incident a tragedy: “A warm, intelligent, very educated man, we met with him constantly...

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal lost with a score of 5:7, 3:6 to Austrian Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Madrid. This match broke the Spaniard's record streak of 50 consecutive sets won on clay. Due to his defeat in the quarterfinals, Nadal will leave the top spot of the ATP rankings next week, which will be taken by Swiss Roger Federer. “I met one of the best tennis players in the world,” the official ATP website quotes the Spaniard.

Malaysia authorities forbade the former Prime Minister Najib to Obarak to leave the country, reports Reuters . Nazak after a defeat in the election gathered abroad.

The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs Anna Gopko turned to the country's authorities with an appeal to strengthen the presence of security forces on the border with the Crimea. In her opinion, such a step is necessary for the effective opposition of the "constant subversive activity of Russia." On the peninsula, this proposal was called the next provocation of Kyiv.

The French chansonnier Charles Aznavour was hospitalized after he fell in his own house in the Bush-Du-Ron Department in the south of France. He found a crack in the bone, reports RBC with reference to BFMTV. According to the channel, the singer was taken to the city’s hospital in the neighboring department. As Franceinfo adds, it has a crack of the shoulder bone. Aznavour on the 20th of May planned to go with touring in Japan, and on May 22 he was going to celebrate his 94th anniversary.

Four-time Olympic swimming champion Alexander Popov said that he intends to stand as a candidate for the election of president of the Russian Olympic Committee. “The main thing now is not who will nominate me, but that I myself am ready to go to the polls. I spent quite a long time in the Olympic movement, I am well aware of all the internal problems, I have an understanding of how to organize work,” - Popov told R-Sport .

The supervisor of Milan decided to rehabilitate the ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who in 2013 was sentenced by the Supreme Cassation Court of Italy to four years in prison in the case of financial fraud in the Mediaset group. About this writes Corriere Della Sera .

The British driver of the Formula 1 Mercedes world championship team, Lewis Hamilton, showed the best time in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, completing the best lap in 1 minute 16.173 seconds. His Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas came second (1:16.213), while German Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel finished third (1:16.305). “I was happy with my lap,” Vettel said, as quoted by Sky Sports .

The Cheremushkinsky court of Moscow refused to place Islyama Melekov under house arrest, who carried an employee of the Russian Guard in the lobby of the Sukharevskaya metro station. Melekova was limited to a non -departure, reports TASS. "The judge refused to satisfy the investigator's stated application for the election of a preventive measure in the form of house arrest. The prosecutor did not support the petition," said the press secretary of the court.

The protest against the cruelty of the police in the center of the capital of Georgia Tbilisi gathered thousands of people in the square in front of the parliament, Interfax reports. There they require the resignation of the Prime Minister and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to Georgia Online , they also protest in other cities: for example, in Kutaisi on a white bridge they require a change in drug policy.