Новости за 24.10.2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday announced charges against two Chinese intelligence officers accused of attempting to interfere with a U.S. investigation into a Chinese global telecommunications company, multiple outlets have reported. Garland then unveiled two other criminal cases and charges pertaining to "efforts by the Chinese government to interfere in U.S. affairs," one in New Jersey and another in the Eastern District of New York, CNBC summarizes.

At least two students were killed and seven others injured following a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday, The New York Times reports. The suspect died at a hospital following an exchange of gunfire with the police.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas approved a temporary block on a subpoena requiring Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to testify before a Georgia grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, CNBC reports. Thomas approved the hold days after Graham's legal team petitioned the Supreme Court to delay his appearance before the grand jury.

A Korean Air plane overran the runway Sunday at an airport in the Philippines, while attempting to land during bad weather. 

Welcome back to The Election Recap, your one-stop shop for the last seven days of midterms news. Let's get into it:

Frequent travelers who, aside from the headache of flight delays, are unsatisfied with the size of their airplane seats: It's time to chime in. The Federal Aviation Administration is now asking for the public's thoughts on potentially creating a "minimum standard size for commercial airline seating," The Hill reports.

Embattled ex-film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein is slated to appear in court Monday to face a new set of charges in Los Angeles, two years after being convicted of similar crimes in New York. 

It's time for Kang to start conquering. 

Marvel has dropped the trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, revealing our first look at Jonathan Majors as the franchise's next Thanos-style big bad: Kang the Conqueror. 

The third Ant-Man film sees Scott Lang's (Paul Rudd) daughter Cassie Lang (now played by Kathryn Newton) send a signal into the microscopic dimension known as the Quantum Realm, leading Scott, Cassie, Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer)... Читать дальше...

Which lunch food might end up on a famous painting next? 

Two climate activists on Sunday threw mashed potatoes on the Claude Monet painting "Grainstacks" at a museum in Germany, per The New York Times. They proceeded to glue themselves to the wall where the painting was hanging, with one of the activists saying, "People are starving, people are freezing, people are dying. We are in a climate catastrophe, and all you are afraid of is tomato soup or mashed potatoes on a painting." 

The... Читать дальше...

Teenager Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty Monday to all 24 charges against him for allegedly perpetrating a massacre at an Oxford, Michigan high school that left four students dead and a tight-knit community reeling. 

Rishi Sunak, 42, was declared the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party on Monday, putting him on course to become the next prime minister of the U.K.

Test scores for students in the U.S. have dropped to alarming levels across the country in both reading and math, according to results released on Monday from a national exam. These results reveal the "pandemic's devastating impact on students,"  The New York Times reports. 

Taylor Swift has masterminded her way to breaking even more records. 

Swift's 10th studio album Midnights, which debuted on Friday, has already broken several records, including becoming the most-streamed album in a single day on Spotify. She also became the most-streamed artist in a single day in the history of Spotify, according to the streamer.

After just one day of release, Midnights was already the best-selling album of 2022, beating Harry Styles' Harry's House, according to Billboard. Читать дальше...

House of the Dragon's shocking season finale culminates in a major character's death, which marks a departure from the source material and sets the stage for a bloody second season. Let's break it down with some book context: 

Liz Truss resigned as Britain's prime minister last Thursday after wreaking havoc on the economy with her failed fiscal plans. Her 45-day term became the record-shortest in Britain's history and has left the U.K. scrambling to appoint a new PM. The Conservative Party has announced that a leadership decision will be made by Oct. 28 between the candidates in the ring — including former disgraced Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Whoever gets appointed will be Britain's fifth Conservative Party prime minister in just over six years... Читать дальше...

Best-selling author Nora McInerny is the host of the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, which tackles stories of grief and loss. Her new book of essays, Bad Vibes Only, offers a humorous look at the pitfalls of relentless positivity.

The latest Star Wars series Andor is currently underway on Disney+, but what's next for the franchise after the show wraps up? And when will Star Wars finally return to movie theaters? Here's everything we know: 

Republicans have gained ground in recent polls with the November midterms less than three weeks away. A New York Times/Siena College survey released this week found that 49 percent of likely voters planned to vote for a Republican in Congress, while 45 percent said they would back a Democrat. Those numbers are rounded, so the GOP's actual edge is just over 3 percentage points — but that's still a big enough shift to give Republicans hope that a so-called red wave will give them a solid majority in the House... Читать дальше...

The Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees 6-5 in the Bronx on Sunday night, finishing a four-game sweep to win the American League Championship Series and punch their fourth ticket to the World Series since 2017. The Astros will play the Philadelphia Phillies, who topped the San Diego Padres 4-3 to win Game 5 of the National League Championship Series earlier Sunday. The Phillies last played in the World Series in 2009. Game 1 is Friday in Houston's Minute Maid Park. 

Britain's former treasury secretary, Rishi Sunak, became the prohibitive favorite to win leadership of the Conservative Party and become Britain's next prime minister — the third in seven weeks — after main rival Boris Johnson dropped his comeback bid Sunday night. 

Hurricane Roslyn made landfall in Mexico on Sunday morning between Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan, with its winds peaking at 130 mph. By Sunday evening, Roslyn was a tropical storm with winds of 35 mph.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on Sunday that it doesn't matter if former President Donald Trump testifies before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack live on television or behind closed doors, "He's not going to turn this into a circus."