74-year-old American actress and singer Barbra Streisand called the head of Apple to correct the pronunciation of her last name in Siri. She spoke about this in an interview with NPR . Barbra Streisand In a conversation with NPR, Streisand said that the voice assistant Siri incorrectly pronounces her last name - “Strei-sand” instead of “Strei-zand”. According to the singer, to rectify the situation, she used her connections and directly contacted the CEO of Apple.

On August 20 and 21, the UberBOAT campaign took place in Moscow and St. Petersburg, during which a small number of Uber app users managed to get a free half-hour yacht ride. TJ attended the event along with a couple of action participants and prepared a photo report from the scene. Photos: Anastasia Stepanova . This is not the first time that the UberBOAT campaign has taken place in St. Petersburg.

The new head of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Olga Vasilyeva, promised that new textbooks on the history of Russia will go on sale in September, in which “complex issues” will be “taken beyond the scope.” reports this Interfax . Olga Vasilyeva According to Vasilyeva, special explanations will be given to “complex issues” of Russian history in the form of teaching aids outside the framework of the main school curriculum.

In 1990, teacher of school No. 128 Lyudmila Tsalkovskaya was elected one of 195 members of the Sverdlovsk City Council of People's Deputies. In this capacity, she witnessed the events of August 1991. She shared her memories of these days in a conversation with me. Photo: Lyubov Kabalinova, specially for TJ On August 19, we woke up in some completely incomprehensible situation. There was no information at all: neither on TV nor on the radio.

The Russian team earned 19 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze medals at the Rio Games. On the last day of the Olympics, the Russian team won two gold and one silver medal. The highest award was given to wrestler Soslan Ramonov and the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team . The last “silver” in the weight category up to 52 kilograms was won by boxer Misha Aloyan. In the unofficial medal standings, Russia secured fourth position after the USA, Great Britain and China.

The last breakthrough of the Russian team at the Olympics, 50 dead at a wedding in Turkey, a daring bank robbery in Moscow, the death of the creator of the Backstreet Boys and NSync groups, fragments of hands found in the Moscow River, and other morning news in our briefing. Victims of an explosion at a wedding in Turkey. Photo by AFP Tragedy at a wedding During a wedding ceremony in the city of Gaziantep in southern Turkey, an explosion occurred , which killed 50 people.

Soslan Ramonov won an early victory in the up to 65 kg category with a score of 11:0 and won the 19th gold medal for Russia. reports this RIA Novosti . Ramonov defeated the Azerbaijani Togrud Askerov. Almost simultaneously with Ramonov, Mikhail Aloyan won silver for Russia in boxing in the weight category up to 52 kilograms. Russia still ranks fourth in the overall team standings after the USA, Great Britain and China.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the suicide bomber who carried out the wedding bombing , killing more than 50 people, was between 12 and 14 years old. This was reported by Reuters . According to the Turkish President, it is not yet known whether the bomber himself detonated the explosive device or whether it was done by someone from outside. According to Erdogan, the explosion killed 51 people and injured 69 others (including 17 in serious condition).

On August 21, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported that a “famous Russian writer” asked for political asylum on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. Novaya Gazeta claims that a certain “Russian writer” is oppositionist Roman Roslovtsev . Photo by RIA "Novosti" The writer asked for asylum “in connection with political persecution in Russia” while crossing the Ukrainian-Belarusian border at the Novye Yarilovichi checkpoint on August 21.

The Russian rhythmic gymnastics team won the group exercises in Rio, securing the country's 18th gold medal. Photo by Reuters The Russian team scored 36.233 points, ahead of Spain and Bulgaria (35.766 each), who took second and third place. The Russian team has won gold in team competitions in rhythmic gymnastics at all Olympics since 2000. Currently, Russia is in fourth place in the overall medal standings - after the USA, Great Britain and China.