The official representatives of the United States and the DPRK met on Sunday, July 1, in the demilitarized zone on the border of the North and South Korean. The parties at the Phanmunge border point discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the June summit in Singapore, CNN reports.

Federal Russian television did not reflect in news and analytical programs protests against raising the retirement age, held the day before in several cities of the Russian Federation, Medusa reports. In the events organized by the supporters of the opposition Alexei Navalny, trade unions, as well as the parliamentary parties of the Communist Party, the LDPR, Yabloko and Fair Russia, thousands of people took part, but leading television channels preferred not to notice them.

On Monday morning, residents of Yekaterinburg of the Sverdlovsk region saw Super Sites on several streets with the inscription "You are just space, Stas!" Visual agitation is located on the streets of Amundsen, March 8 and metallurgists. It is not openly reported who exactly showed the initiative to install these advertising structures at night, but, according to E1.ru , this was done by one of the major developers of the city.

The German TV channel ARD aired a documentary about doping in Brazilian football, one of the authors of which is the notorious journalist in Russia Hajo Seppelt. It was this author who previously broke out in a whole series about doping in Russian football, which served as a reason for investigations and revelations by numerous commissions.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Germany Horst Zeehofer said that he intends to resign from the post of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as leave the post of chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSS), which is part of the ruling coalition in Germany (the CDS/CSS Bloc and the Social-Democratic Party of Germany).

A Japanese oracle octopus named Rabiot, who had never made a mistake, was killed by his owner, cut up and sold at a seafood market, reports the South China Morning Post . During his short career as a predictor, the giant Pacific octopus managed to become famous throughout the country, having guessed the outcome of all matches of the 2018 World Cup with the participation of the Japanese national team. A victory over Colombia, a draw with Senegal and a defeat against Poland.

The Brazilian team outplayed the Mexico team in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup. The meeting in Samara ended with a score of 2: 0 in favor of the pentacacks, which distinguished Neymar (51 ') and Roberto Firmino (88'). Both goals were scored in the second half. At first, Neymar closed the flanking departure of Willian, and then he himself gave the shin passing to the replacement of Firmino.

“Trumpists write that this is just a standard situation: American presidents did not disdain to meet with Soviet dictators, why shouldn’t Trump and Putin meet. This is not so. The situation is unprecedented,” the sociologist writes on Facebook . "US leaders met with communist bosses under completely different circumstances.

Forward LeBron James will continue his career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As the player's agency Klutch Sports Group officially informs, the three-time NBA champion signed a four-year contract worth a total of $154 million. LeBron spent the last four seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who led the team to their first-ever championship in 2016. He won two more rings with Miami (2012, 2013).

Alexander Golts "Although the Russian-American summit, which will be held in Helsinki on July 16, remains exactly two weeks, it is safe to state: the Kremlin has already won a confident diplomatic victory. Exactly the same as the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Yun, who was already met by the American president," writes the chief editor of the "Daily Journal." "In its primitive understanding of national interests, Donald Trump is amazingly coincided with Vladimir Putin.

The number of Russians aged 18 to 24 years, who declared the desire to move abroad for permanent residence, has reached a maximum over the past five years. In the last survey conducted by the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), 31% of respondents reported this. In 2014-2017, the share of those who assumed the emigration option for themselves fluctuated in the range of 21-26%. In 2013, the same 31% of respondents gave such an answer to the corresponding question.

The Dragon cargo ship launched to the International Space Station last Friday SpaceX, on July 2, was successfully attached to the ISS, according to the CRS-15 mission plan to provide the crew of the station with supplies and various equipment. A direct broadcast of the docking was carried out on the NASA website .

Dutchman Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the ninth round of the Formula 1 world championship - the Austrian Grand Prix, which took place over the weekend at his team's home track in Spielberg. Verstappen took his first victory of the season and the fourth of his career. Finn Kimi Raikkonen from Ferrari finished second (+1.504), and third was his teammate German Sebastian Vettel (+3.181), who again led the individual standings.

In Ukraine, in the city of Zolochev, Lviv region, vandals threw a bust of A. S. Pushkin from its pedestal. “An act of vandalism. In Zolochev, vandals destroyed the monument to Pushkin,” Hrynkiv wrote on his Facebook and published photographs showing that the bust was damaged from falling and hitting the tiles of the pedestrian path. According to the mayor, he is preparing an appeal to the police. Hrynkiv emphasized that he does not see any political motive in the incident.

Before the start of the World Cup, the operatives held explanatory conversations with criminal authorities, which move around Moscow with motorcades from armored limousines and a large number of guards. Gangsters were recommended not to embarrass foreign guests with such escorts. It was about the "criminal generals" who recently began to behave as a VIP-persons, Rosbalt said on July 1 with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies.