Mirra Andreeva in Paris beat Polish tennis player Maya Khvalingskaya in the Grand Slam final in two sets with a score of 6:3, 6:2. In the semifinals, Andreeva beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, also in two sets. Andreeva is the eighth racket in the world.

Sudeten Germans held their first congress in the Czech Republic Congress of Sudeten Germans in the Czech Republic. Photo by the author IT specialist Michael was born in a small town near Frankfurt in the early 80s of the last century. His father was born in a Bavarian village in 1949. “In general,” I clarify, “is a German like a German?” “In general, yes,” he laughs and also clarifies: “but Sudeten... The nuance cannot be understood right away; it cannot be explained in a few words.

Former Trump administration national security adviser pleads guilty to leaking secrets Donald Trump and John Bolton. Photo: AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump's national security adviser during Donald Trump's first term and was prosecuted for violating secrecy rules, took the same path that the vast majority of those accused in federal cases choose in the United States - that is, he agreed to plead guilty.

Legendary forward Eric Cantona turned 60 on May 24 July 2013. Eric Cantona in a charity match between the Toulon rugby club and the Marseille football club. Photo: Imago / TASS They say that there are no former footballers, like former scouts. I'm not going to argue. However, there are exceptions to every rule.

Delivery of sand to Anapa beaches, May 2026. Photo: operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region At the start of the holiday season, Russian officials began to praise the sand of Anapa beaches, which were seriously damaged by the environmental disaster with the oil spill from tankers in December 2024. With the warming, oil spilled onto the coastal zone, beaches were damaged, birds and fish began to die.

Three non-obvious book novelties from the Red Square fair, reflecting on history, and therefore on us The Red Square Book Festival is taking place for the 12th time. The biggest book event of the summer? Perhaps. But at the same time, some publishers expect to release the main new titles for the December non/fiction, while others complain that books in full view of the Kremlin must be approved three months in advance.

Conversation with composer Valery Tolstov, whose premiere of “Tamar” opened the Yerevan International Ballet Festival Ballet "Tamar". Photo: yerevan.am The world premiere of Valery Tolstov’s ballet “Tamar” opened on June 2 at the IV Yerevan International Ballet Festival. The performance is performed by artists of the ballet troupe of the Armenian National Opera. This year they will be the only participants in the festival.

Lev Shlosberg* - about the first letters in prison and hundreds of strangers on the other side of the walls Photo: Roman Naumov / URA.RU / TASS 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT SHLOSBERG LEV MARKOVITCH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT SHLOSBERG LEV MARKOVITCH. Chapter from the prison diaries of Lev Shlosberg.

“Greatness” by Sergei Mostovshchikov, illustrations by Pyotr Sarukhanov Illustration: Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta There are donkeys, goats and walls all around, Deception, corruption, madhouse. Only TV saves me native country and home.

More than 90% of patients refuse medical care due to lack of funds for it, survey results show.

The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, banned the transport of passengers in any transport along the P-280 Novorossiya highway. In addition, commuter trains will be stopped in the LPR; exceptions will be made in special cases, which are considered by the Ministry of Transport. “Novorossiya” is the main transport artery to Crimea from the Rostov region through the territories annexed to Russia.

St. Petersburg and the region were attacked by Ukrainian drones in the morning. The authorities created an operational headquarters and reported 144 UAVs shot down over the territory of the Leningrad region - this is the largest attack on the region in almost 4.5 years of the Northern Military District. “I ask St. Petersburg residents to stay in their homes and not go out.

From the Amur tiger to the harp seal: who is being hunted in Russia and why? Photo: Kirill Kukhmar / TASS There are regular calls to open fire on animals in Russia. They use bullets to save fish from voracious birds, village residents from uninvited predators, and city streets from stray dogs abandoned by people themselves. It comes to unexpected decisions: scaring away cormorants with drones, cooking harp seal sausage and shooting Red Book species.