Новости за 30.11.2022

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly cleared a bill that would enact a labor agreement between rail companies and their workers in hopes of avoiding an expensive and economically-devastating strike just before the holidays. 

ISIS confirmed the death of its leader on Wednesday and announced his replacement, CNN reported. 

A Dutch court on Wednesday dismissed a plan from local authorities to pelt wolves with paintball guns in order to control their population, The Associated Press reported. 

Breaking news fresh out of the oven: Baguettes, the French food staple, are receiving the international acclaim they deserve.

As protests in China over strict COVID-19 lockdowns rage on, a pair of cities announced on Wednesday that they would be easing up on some of the restrictions, Reuters reported. 

The U.N. has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, however, Australia is pushing back. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a report on Monday saying that without "ambitious, rapid and sustained" climate action, the reef is at risk of falling victim to climate change. 

House Democrats on Wednesday elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) to succeed longtime House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as leader of their caucus, cementing a huge "generational change" ahead of the upcoming congressional term, The Washington Post writes. 

Cecily Aguilar pleaded guilty on Tuesday to four charges related to the death of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen in 2020, CNN reports. Aguilar was accused of conspiring with her boyfriend, Spc. Aaron David Robinson to dispose of Guillen's remains

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) "seems to have a math problem in his quest to become House speaker," Eric Ting writes at SFGate. If Republicans win the last two uncalled House races, McCarthy's Republicans will have a 222-213 majority in the House. "That means McCarthy can suffer only four Republican defections in the speaker vote scheduled for Jan. 3," and five House Republicans have said they are hard no's, Ting adds. "If all five remain steadfast in voting against McCarthy, he's toast."

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A nuclear menace is rearing its head once again on the Korean peninsula. North Korea is making noises about growing its atomic arsenal, and perhaps even using the fearsome weapons against perceived threats from the United States. Leader Kim Jong Un has been repeatedly photographed inspecting long-range missiles with his daughter, and in late November, he vowed to "possess the world's most powerful strategic force." On top of this, a recent "flurry of missile launches" suggests the country is about to test a new nuclear weapon... Читать дальше...

2022 is set to go out with a bang at the movies, as December will see the release of a long-awaited sequel to the biggest film of all time. Plus, we'll finally get a look at some Oscar contenders that critics have been raving about. Here are all the new movies to watch in December: 

Protests against Beijing's "zero COVID" restrictions have spread across China in the biggest outburst of unrest since President Xi Jinping took power more than a decade ago. Government critics blamed lockdown rules for a slow response to an apartment-building fire that killed 10 people in the remote city of Urumqi, fueling public anger. Two groups totaling 1,000 or more protesters gathered in Beijing on Monday. "We don't want masks, we want freedom," one of the groups chanted. "Lift the lockdown,"... Читать дальше...

In the days since Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, brought a Nazi sympathizer to dinner with former President Donald Trump, the GOP has once again been forced to reckon with an ultra-right-wing faction emboldened by the party's ascendant MAGA nationalist movement. At the center of this latest reckoning is Nick Fuentes, a 24-year-old livestreamer, white nationalist, and self-proclaimed admirer of Adolf Hitler, whose mere presence at Mar-a-Lago alongside Ye and Trump has become a litmus test of... Читать дальше...

The Senate voted 61 to 36 on Tuesday to codify same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law, mostly in case the Supreme Court overturns precedents granting both types of marriage equality constitutional protections nationwide. The bipartisan vote puts the Respect for Marriage Act on a relatively smooth path to President Biden for his signature. 

A federal jury in Washington, D.C., found Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and a deputy, Kelly Meggs, guilty of seditious conspiracy and other felonies Tuesday for plotting to use force to stop President Biden from taking office. The convictions were a major victory for the Justice Department in its sprawling investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. 

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 Tuesday to approve a modified request from the San Francisco Police Department to allow the use of remote-controlled robots armed with potentially lethal explosives in certain circumstances. Approval of the controversial proposal followed two hours of emotionally charged debate, The Associated Press reports, with each side accusing the other of excessive fear-mongering. 

It seems the market has been hit with a bit of a cryptocurrency crisis. Crypto exchange FTX recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a towering fall from grace for a company once valued at $32 billion. The assets of thousands of customers were wiped out in an instant, and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is now facing federal charges. Beyond this, the industry was just hit with another major loss, as one of crypto's top lending companies, BlockFi, has similarly filed for bankruptcy. The companies... Читать дальше...

First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled this year's White House holiday decorations and their overarching theme of "We the People."

The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team on Tuesday advanced to the knockout round of the 2022 World Cup after beating Iran 1-0 and successfully securing the second-place slot in Group B.

Twitter is no longer enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy, which was developed and implemented in 2020 to combat harmful misinformation about the coronavirus and its accompanying vaccines.