Two -time Olympic fencing champion Sergey Sharikov died in a car accident, the Russia 24 television channel reports. Where and how the accident has not yet been reported, but the fact of the death of an athlete was confirmed by the first vice-president of the Russian fencing Federation Stanislav Pozdnyakov. Sergey Sharikov was a member of the Russian team from 1994 to 2004. He was the champion of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in the team championship in fencing on sabers.

On the California Peninsula in Mexico, they are preparing for a meeting with a hurricane "Blanca", reports Associated Press . The army and rescue services are put on combat readiness. Real estate owners are chasing the windows of the houses, and residents are lined up in traffic jams at the gas station, storing fuel. The hurricane received the third category on the Suffira-Simpson scale: he can bring down the prefabricated houses, damage the windows, doors and roofs of capital buildings.

The Russian national football team defeated the team of Belarus in a friendly match, held on June 7 in Khimki near Moscow, TASS reports. The meeting ended with a score of 4: 2. As part of the Russian team, Alexander Kokorin (20th minute), Alexander Golovin (76th minute), Alexey Miranchuk (83rd minute), Alexander Kerzhakov (90 minutes) distinguished themselves as part of the Russian team. In the national team of Belarus, the double was made by Sergey Kislyak (51st and 66th minutes of the match).

The Pentagon considers Cambodia as one of the possible options for placing warehouses of military equipment and equipment abroad, writes The Phnom Henh Post.

The number of victims of the crash of the Zvezda cruise vessel on the Yangtzi River in China increased to 431 people, the Sinhua agency reports citing the data of the rescuers. Earlier, 40 dead were reported , 36 people were rescued by the missing people. As the agency notes, as of Sunday morning, there are 11 people missing. Recall that the tragedy occurred in the province of Hubay on June 1. The ship was heading from Nankin to Chunzin in the south-west of China.

The Party of Justice and Development of Turkey Prime Minister Akhmet Davutoglu leads in the elections to the Mejlis-Turkish parliament, the Turkish television channel NTV Türkiye reports with reference to the Central Election Commission of Turkey. Based on the results of processing, 80% of the ballots the ruling batch gains 42.8% of the vote and can count on 265 out of 550 seats in the Majlis.

In South Korea, 14 new cases of the disease were recorded per day with a fatal coronavirus of the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers), one person died. Thus, the total number of infected ones reached 64 people, five died, Reuters reports citing the authorities of the country. The authorities explained that the 75-year-old man was the deceased. Earlier he was in the hospital where another patient with the Mers virus was located.

US President Barack Obama called Russia's aggression against Ukraine one of the main themes of the Big Seven summit, which was opened today in Germany, reports Reuters . On June 7, the leaders of the United States of France, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Canada and Germany gathered at the Bavarian ski resort Garmish-Parthenkirhen for the next G7 summit. This is the second summit, which passes without the participation of Russia excluded from the group after the annexation of Crimea.

Georgian Foreign Minister Tamara Beruchashvili said that Russia must pay for its actions in relation to Georgia and Ukraine, Kommersant reports.

In Turkey, the coalition government will form according to the results of the parliamentary elections, NTV Türkiye reports. After processing 99.2% of the ballots, the ruling party of justice and development (PSR) received 40.9% of the vote, which corresponds to 259 places in the Turkish parliament. However, for the formation of the majority, it is necessary to take at least 276 seats in the Majlis.

On the sandy beach in Mariupol exploded the border boat of the Mariupol detachment of the naval guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to the press service of the department. According to the press service, the UMC-1000 boat exploded when leaving the ship-rinse bay under unidentified circumstances. Seven people were on board the boats, two of them were injured. There is no data on the state of the rest of the State Border Service.

Maxim Russo Paenibacillus Vortex Wikimedia Commons bacteria colony This week the names of the 2015 Shao Prize laureates were named. Enforced by the Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist Shao IFU (1907 - 2014), the award has been awarded since 2004 for achievements in the field of astronomy, life sciences and mathematics. Seven laureates of the Shao Prize subsequently received the Nobel Prize.

Employees of the special monitoring mission (SMM) OSCE in Ukraine recorded 88 explosions near the Donetsk Airport on Friday, the organization reported on Saturday reported . The report states that on the morning of July 5, during the stay in the observation post of the joint center for control and coordination at the Donetsk railway station, observers recorded 88 explosions.

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This week the names of the 2015 Shao Prize laureates were named. Enforced by the Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist Shao IFU (1907 - 2014), the award has been awarded since 2004 for achievements in the field of astronomy, life sciences and mathematics. Seven laureates of the Shao Prize subsequently received the Nobel Prize. The Lauretes determining the Laureates (The Shaw Prize Foundation) forms three committees for choosing candidates in each of the areas.