In Thailand, one of the scuba divers died during the operation to save the football team of schoolchildren, as well as their coach, who were discovered in the partially flooded cave of the Khao Luang. As the Khaosod newspaper reports, the authorities of Chiangrai reported this. According to the publication, 38-year-old Thailand Navy officer Samarn Kunan died on the 13th day of the operation.

The authorities of Japan on Friday, July 6, were fulfilled by death sentences against the 63-year-old founder of the Aum Sinrikyo sect* Syko Asahara (real name of Tizzuo Matsumoto) and six more heads of the organization, the NHK channel reports. The trials in the case of the sect and its members, who participated in the organization of the terrorist attack in the Tokyo metro in 1995 and other crimes, lasted more than 20 years.

Representatives of the dairy and oil and fat unions of Russia believe that an increase in VAT on products with a substitute for milk fat, if such a decision is made, can lead to an increase in prices and a reduction in demand both in retail and in the wholesale link. In addition, such a decision will deprive consumers of inexpensive products and reduce the demand for raw milk, manufacturers warn. The Ministry of Agriculture recently proposed to deprive the benefits of part of the products.

Russian President Vladimir Putin monitors the Company’s reaction to government plans to conduct pension reform, and receives information not only from departmental sources, but also from other channels. About this, according to TASS, on Friday, July 6, said Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. "Of course, the president is aware of the reaction to the relevant initiatives and the corresponding parameters proposed," the Kremlin spokesman said.

The day before, the inhabitants of Yekaterinburg survived a storm, which brought strong rains, thunderstorms and hail. A hurricane wind felling trees right on residential buildings, roads turned into rivers, and parking lots into pools. Dozens of streets were flooded. The past tropical rain brought not just a hail, but a hail of green.

Russian track and field athletes Sergei Shubenkov and Danil Lysenko won victories at the Diamond League stage in Lausanne, Switzerland, where they have been competing under a neutral flag for several years due to the disqualification of the federation. The world season leader in the 110-meter hurdles, Shubenkov, won a landslide victory, again breaking the 13-second barrier - 12.95 seconds. Second place went to American Devon Allen (13.29), third - Frenchman Pascal Martineau-Lagarde (13.30).

The Taiwanese company HTC is still in a crisis, the scale of which is growing every month. Contrary to expectations, June was no exception - at the end of the month, the company's revenue fell by 67.6% compared to June last year, Reuters reports.

In the UK, a man and a woman who suffered as a result of poisoning by a neuro-paralytic substance in Eimsbury remain in critical condition at the Salisbury hospital, the National Health Service said. "As a result of the effects of the neuro -paralytic substance on Saturday June 30, two patients (a man and a woman, both over 40 years) remain in the district hospital of Salisbury, both in critical condition," the interfaxes cited on Friday and quoted.

Israeli authorities deported from the country a Russian citizen who staged a drunken brawl on board an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Tel Aviv, Interfax reports, citing a source at Ben Gurion Airport. The incident occurred on July 5, the report clarifies. “Police officers arrived at the Russian plane on Thursday morning in response to a call from the Russian crew immediately after landing,” the agency quotes the words of its anonymous interlocutor.

A court in Pakistan sentenced 68-year-old former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in absentia. He himself, as well as his relatives, were caught buying expensive apartments in London with funds of dubious origin. The court sentenced Sharif to 10 years in prison, Reuters reports. In addition, the former official must pay $10.6 million in fines. Former prime minister's daughter Maryam Nawaz has been sentenced to seven years in prison and a £2.6 million fine.

The World Cup is held in Russia on a high note and provides fans with many surprises, which is the charm of wrestling. According to RIA Novosti , Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with football legends said on Friday. “The championship itself is as far as I imagine without being a football specialist, but a person who, of course, loves this wonderful game, is the championship itself is good, on a high note, there are many surprises. Actually, this is the beauty of the wrestling.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has admitted he apologized to a female reporter who accused him of groping her during a charity event in 2000. At the same time, he said, it still seems to him that he did nothing wrong then, reports the Toronto Sun. The publication notes that some have already dubbed this scandal “GropeGate.” This long-standing story was brought to attention last month by political commentator Warren Kinsella.

Russians Evgenia Rodina and Ekaterina Makarova reached the fourth round of the women's singles at the Wimbledon tennis tournament - the third Grand Slam competition of the season, taking place these days in the suburbs of London. The 29-year-old Rodina, who qualified for the main draw of the tournament through qualification, beat the tenth Wimbledon racket, American Madison Keys, with a score of 7:5, 5:7, 6:4. The meeting lasted 2 hours 12 minutes.

In Minsk, the sale of an almost complete collection of vehicles created from 2010 to 2014 by the company "Yo-Engineering" began. The serial production of the sensational hybrid “yo-mob” with a gas-bean engine and an electric transmission was supposed to begin in May 2012, but the project, promoted by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, was not launched. The initial volume of production was planned in 25 thousand cars a year , 215 thousand preliminary applications were collected.

The UK advocates the creation of a free trade zone with the European Union after Brexit. This, according to TASS, said on Friday the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Teresa May following the results of a meeting of the British Cabinet of Ministers in the City of Civil Cabinet.