Daria Klishina dropped out of the fight for Olympic medals, Russia holds fourth place in the medal standings - and other discussed news of these hours. Usain Bolt in the semi-finals of the 200 meters at the Rio Olympics. Photo by Getty Images Russia is still in fourth place The Russian team holds fourth place in the overall medal standings at Rio 2016 based on the results of the competition on August 17.

The President of the Russian Wrestling Federation, Mikhail Mamiashvili, in an interview with the 360 ​​TV channel, criticized Russian athletes Valeria Koblova and Natalya Vorobyova, who lost in the finals of the Olympic wrestling competitions and received silver medals as a result. Both could have won gold medals. 10 seconds is the price of a gold medal. I don’t want to congratulate and I won’t - they had to win. They had to die, but nothing could be given away in 10 seconds.

American CNN anchor Kate Baldwin nearly cried during a live news broadcast while talking about a 5-year-old Syrian boy, Omran Dakneesh, who was wounded in an air raid. . reports Raw Story The boy survived the bombing and was transferred to an ambulance. Baldwin noted that in many places around the world, 5-year-olds will soon be starting school for the first time, while this boy is just trying to stay alive.

On August 18, Japanese athlete Risako Kawai won the Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling in the up to 63 kg category, being stronger than Belarusian athlete Maria Mamashuk (6:0). She celebrated her victory by giving her coach Kazuhito Sakai a ride on her shoulders. Photo by Reuters She also jokingly performed a move against the coach, placing him on the carpet.

The candidate for deputy from the United Civil Party of Belarus, Vladimir Nepomnyashchikh, accused television workers of deliberately hiding the second half of the inscription “For Belarus without Lukashenko” on his T-shirt during a television appearance. reports this The publication naviny.by . On the evening of August 16, the Belarus 3 TV channel hosted speeches by candidates for deputy in Yubileiny No. 31 and Selmashevsky No. 32 constituencies.

A fire started on the upper floors of a high-rise residential building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment. reports this TASS . According to preliminary data, five workers were evacuated from the fire scene. Fire and rescue units arrived at Kotelnicheskaya embankment. According to preliminary information, the fire occurred in one of the technical rooms where smoke was coming from. Now firefighters are opening the door to get inside and begin extinguishing the fire.

Vegan Jessica Carter posted a video on her Facebook that she filmed outside a KFC restaurant near Melbourne. Four boxes of chicken fell out of the back of the truck. this . reports The Age Carter said many chickens were killed and injured. At the same time, passers-by joked that the surviving birds would somehow end up at KFC. “Nobody showed any respect for their lives,” Carter said sadly.

Bulgarian actor Stanislav Yanevski became famous for his role as the wizard and famous Quidditch player Viktor Krum in the Harry Potter saga. Later he played, for example, in the horror film “Hostel 2” and in the drama “Resistance,” but the story about a boy wizard remains the pinnacle of his career.

On August 17, at the Rio Olympics, the final tennis match in men's singles took place, in which Briton Andy Murray defeated Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro, winning the gold medal. Netizens noticed that the court on which the game was played was actually a giant chromakey (a green screen that is used in movies and television to make it easier to apply special effects).

A Reddit user with the nickname S1icedBread noticed since 2014 , but almost no one watches his videos. that actor Matthew McConaughey has had a verified YouTube channel According to Medialeaks , the first video was uploaded to the channel in September 2014. In it, the actor encourages people to buy a brand of water, a percentage of the sales of which goes to help homeless children. In two years, the video was watched by less than 6 thousand people.

Nike dedicated its new video to the conventions of limitations and the triumph of human will. The video stars American athlete Kyle Maynard. Maynard was born without arms or legs, but since childhood he has been involved in sports, including martial arts. In 2007, he was named one of the "Top 10 Most Outstanding Young Americans" and two years later officially joined the ranks of mixed martial arts MMA athletes.

A travel company in the Chinese province of Shandong fined workers who did not comment on the manager’s posts on a social network. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to the Beijing Qingnian Bao newspaper . As the travel agency employees told the newspaper, they were required to take turns every morning to read the director’s latest posts on Weibo, the most popular Chinese social network, and leave comments on them. Those who ignored the boss's posts were punished with yuan.

tass.ru Gleb Samoilov asks the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against his brother Vadim The musician is trying to get a ban on the performance of 172 Agatha Christie songs for Vadim Samoilov, and also asks to initiate a criminal case against his brother for copyright infringement Former lead singer of the Agatha Christie group Gleb Samoilov appealed to the Investigative Committee with a statement to initiate a criminal case against his brother Vadim Samoilov under Article

The world's largest brands and even some cities have temporarily removed the letters A, B and O from their names, joining a worldwide campaign dedicated to drawing attention to the problems of blood donation and blood shortages. reports Mashable . Photo by Nick Procter The campaign, taking place under the hashtag #MissingType, was invented by the British PR agency Engine Group in collaboration with the London blood transfusion center (NHS Blood and Transplant and London).

Permanent host for 15 years of the popular Channel One show “What? Where? When?" (ChGK) Boris Kryuk said that Ales Mukhin’s team player - lawyer Ilya Novikov - should leave the show because of his political views. He spoke about this in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets, dedicated to his 50th anniversary.