Russian athlete Sergei Shubenkov won the 110-meter hurdles competition at the Diamond League stage in Monaco. The athlete ran the distance in 13.07 seconds (his best result of the season is 12.92). Shubenkov won his second victory at the Diamond League stages this season. Previously, he took first at the Lausanne stage . “It’s great to continue winning, a very pleasant feeling,” the official website of the competition quotes Shubenkov as saying.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed on Saturday in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the prospects for further building relations between the Russian Federation and the United States, according to a message on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The conversation took place at the American initiative, the Russian diplomatic service clarifies.

The Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) appealed to the US Commission on Civil Rights with a request to protect the rights of Russian citizen Maria Butina. This is stated in a letter from the head of the Human Rights Council, Mikhail Fedotov, to the chairman of the commission, Mrs. Lamont. “The Council is deeply concerned about the situation surrounding the young Russian woman. I ask you, dear Ms.

The largest Russian aluminum manufacturer "Rusal" presented the US Treasury Plan for how the company can be excluded from the sanctions list. This was announced by the Minister of Finance of the United States Stephen Mnuchin in an interview with Reuters . "The company addressed us about certain questions about removing from the sanctions list," the head of the department said. At the same time, he did not go into the details of which proposals were put forward.

Former world number one in singles and doubles, winner of five Grand Slam singles tournaments and winner of 25 Grand Slam trophies, Swiss Martina Hingis got married, reports Le Matin . The chosen one of the 37-year-old athlete was the 38-year-old doctor of the Swiss national team, Harald Limanna. The couple met at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and began dating in the summer of 2016.

Cardiologist Mark Hausknect, who treated the 41st US President George Bush - the eldest, was killed in the city of Houston, Texas. This was reported on Saturday by CNN television company with reference to the deputy head of the city police of Troy Finner. According to him, the 65-year-old Hausknect, who was traveling on a bicycle on Friday morning, July 20, was killed by two shots that another cyclist who followed him took.

Forward of the French national team Kilian Mbappe played in the semifinal and final matches at the World Cup with back injury, the L'Equipe newspaper reports. - World Cup 2018: Schedule and results of matches According to the publication, on the eve of the semi-final match with the Belgians , the 19-year-old striker sharply got out of bed to go to the shower and felt an acute back in his back, heard a "click" and fell on the bed.

The prosecutor's office in the German city of Lübeck on Saturday brought charges against a man who wounded 10 bus passengers with a knife the day before. He was taken to court, The Local reports. Prosecutors accuse the attacker of attempted murder, infliction of grievous bodily harm and arson. As reported, the day before in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, a 34-year-old man attacked passengers on a city bus with a knife .

The commands of special forces continue to look for traces of the nervous agent "Novice" in the British city of Salisbury. According to Sky News , yesterday officers in protective costumes and gas masks began examinations of public toilets, cordoning them with protective screens. The operation is carried out in areas where, as expected, they could visit the poisoning of Charlie Rowley and Don Rodges.

The purpose of the various events of China to strengthen its influence in the world is to replace the United States as a leading superpower. This was stated by the official representative of the CIA department in East Asia Michael Collins at the security forum in Aspen. According to him, the chairman of the PRC Xi Jinping and his regime are conducted by the Cold War against the United States.

Former Spartak footballer and Olympic football champion in the USSR national team Alexey Paramonov donated some of his sports awards to the museum of the Moscow club, TASS reports. Paramonov presented museum director Alexei Matveev, in particular, with medals for victories in the USSR Championship and a pendant for victory at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. The illustrious veteran donated the medal for victory in the Games to the museum in 2016 during its opening.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed laws on international legal cooperation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the investigation of the MALISIS Airlines flights' flight. This was reported on Saturday on the website of the head of the Ukrainian state. This was done under the agreement of the two countries, which was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada on July 12, and the Dutch parliament in June .

In the FNL (the second stronger Russian division) are five teams from cities that hosted the matches of the World Cup: Baltika, Mordovia, Nizhny Novgorod, Rotor and Sochi. “All five Clubs of the FNL from the cities accepting the world championship matches want to play at new stadiums,” the Liga’s official website quoted the words of FNL Igor Efremov. “There are so far problems that are related to ownership to the stadiums and the procedure for transferring these rights.

The project of the new Cuba Constitution provides for the possibility of concluding same -sex marriages. This was announced at a meeting of the National Assembly of the People’s Power Secretary of the State Council of Cuba Omero Akosta, writes Prensa Latina . "The project of the new Constitution states that marriage is a voluntary union between two people, without indicating their gender.

Walt Disney stopped contacts with director James Gann, who shot the film "Guardians of the Galaxy", due to many strange and reprehensible comments posted earlier in social networks. According to Fox News , the Hannah remote posts on Twitter 2008-2011 concerned themes such as pedophilia, sexual violence against women, AIDS, and terrorist attacks on September 11.