Main News of July 21

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Belgian Prince Philippe preparing to take the oath as the nation's new ruler, the Kremlin press office reported on Sunday.

*Three people, including two British nationals, were killed in a helicopter crash in Russia’s northwestern Murmansk Region, officials said on Sunday.

WORLD

* A court in the United States charged a woman from New York with fraudulently collecting nearly half a million dollars after she claimed to be a victim of the Boston marathon bombing, Boston.com reported.

* At least 46 people were killed and over 150 wounded after a series of blasts that ripped through commercial streets of Baghdad on Saturday late night, Al Jazeera reported.

* Two American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef after a training exercise went wrong, the UK-based Sky News TV channel reported on Sunday.

SPORTS

*Italian superbikes rider Andrea Antonelli died Sunday after a crash in torrential rain at the Moscow Raceway, police told RIA Novosti.

*Three candidates have been put forward to replace the head coach of Russia's men's basketball team after Fotis Katsikaris resigned claiming excessive interference.