Новости за 11.12.2025

The U.S. Senate is set to vote on two partisan health bills addressing expiring COVID-era subsidies. These subsidies help millions of Americans with insurance costs. Without an extension, premiums could more than double for some Affordable Care Act enrollees. Democrats propose a three-year extension, while Republicans suggest replacing subsidies with health savings accounts. Neither bill is expected to pass. The issue is crucial as affordability concerns grow ahead of the midterms. The political stakes are high... Читать дальше...

Bulgaria’s government has resigned as mass protests gripped the country just weeks before it’s due to join the eurozone. The resignation of the minority coalition led by the center-right GERB party was announced on Thursday. The move came minutes before parliament was scheduled to vote on a no-confidence motion tabled by the opposition over economic mismanagement and supported by growing public anger with widespread corruption. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov told reporters in parliament that the government was resigning. Читать дальше...

The U.S. military has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as President Donald Trump raises pressure on the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela called it blatant piracy, exposing how U.S. pressure has always been about controlling the country’s vast oil reserves. Congress is now scrutinizing Trump’s military campaign against Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States. Trump has said the deadly strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats will expand to attacks on land. Читать дальше...

Police have reported that more than 600 artifacts relating to the British Empire and Commonwealth have been stolen from Bristol Museum's collection. The Avon and Somerset Police force released images of four suspects on Thursday. The items, described as having “significant cultural value,” were taken from a storage facility in the early hours of September 25. The police are seeking public assistance to identify the four men involved. Detective Constable Dan Burgan emphasized the cultural loss for the city. Читать дальше...

The International Tennis Integrity Agency has suspended French tennis player Quentin Folliot for 20 years and fined him $70,000 for match-fixing. Folliot must also repay over $44,000 in corrupt payments. His suspension ends in May 2044. It includes playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis events authorized by the ITIA or national associations. The ITIA says Folliot was a central figure in a match-fixing syndicate and is the sixth player sanctioned in this investigation. He denied 30 charges related to 11 matches between 2022 and 2024. Читать дальше...

ROANOKE, Ind. (AP) — ROANOKE, Ind. (AP) — Vera Bradley Inc. (VRA) on Thursday reported a loss of $12.4 million in its fiscal third quarter.

Many have offered him money — even a lavish vacation — for his recipe. 

The CSU system is seeing increasing enrollment after its pandemic struggles.

"The Frosty is known for its big cone."

Refrigeration and morgues are common on board cruise ships. 

U.S. strategic bombers joined Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise around Japan's airspace. It followed a joint flight by Chinese and Russian bombers near western Japan, which prompted Tokyo to scramble its jets. The Japanese air force and U.S. military conducted the exercise Wednesday, emphasizing their resolve to prevent unilateral changes by force. The drills involved U.S. B-52 bombers and Japanese F-35 and F-15 jets. The Joint Staff noted the worsening security environment but denied... Читать дальше...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Hooker Furniture Corp. (HOFT) on Thursday reported a loss of $21.2 million in its fiscal third quarter.

Denmark is planning to follow Australia in introducing stricter restrictions for younger teens to access social media. The Danish government announced last month that it had secured an agreement by three governing coalition and two opposition parties in parliament to ban access to social media for anyone younger than 15. The proposed law could take effect by mid-2026. It's not yet clear how the restrictions would be enforced. Many social media platforms already ban children younger than 13 from signing up... Читать дальше...

Opposition leader María Corina Machado says she doesn’t believe the Venezuelan government knew where she was hiding for most of this year. Machado met Norway’s leader Thursday, a day after her daughter received the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Machado arrived in Oslo after Wednesday’s prize ceremony and made her first public appearance in 11 months in the early hours of the morning, emerging from a hotel balcony and waving to an emotional crowd of supporters. She had been in hiding since Jan. Читать дальше...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — While living in a mountain town is a ‘bucket list’ goal for many, it does come with some major differences compared to typical city life. A recent article from Business Insider does a good job of highlighting the contrast between life in Denver and small town Colorado — in this case, the 6,000-resident town of Salida — through the eyes of a couple headed into retirement.

DENVER — At 12:13 p.m. on Dec. 21 last year — a Saturday during peak holiday season — a part called an evener beam failed on a gondola tower near the loading zone at Winter Park. Lift operators reported hearing a loud bang as the beam bent and cracked, then a squeal as the gondola ground to a halt.

MINNEAPOLIS — Gen Z and millennials make up 61% of all new campers, according to Kampgrounds of America’s 2025 report, and they are more likely to book a cabin than pitch a tent.

South Korea's former acting leader Choi Sang-mok has been indicted on charges related to the brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. Choi is one of three top officials who served as caretaker presidents after then-President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and removed from office. Yoon is now in jail awaiting trial on rebellion charges. On Thursday, an investigation team charged Choi with dereliction of duty for not fully restoring the Constitutional Court, which was deliberating whether to unseat Yoon. Читать дальше...

South Korean officials say a library under construction in the southern city of Gwanju has collapsed, leaving one worker dead and three others trapped under the rubble. Four workers were initially buried in the collapse, which occurred on Thursday. One of them was pulled out but later declared dead at a nearby hospital, a local emergency officer told a televised briefing. The officer added that rescuers had found the location of a second worker and were trying to retrieve that person.

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Using Treasury Department numbers on revenue from tariffs and Goldman Sachs estimates of who ends up paying for them, the Democrats’ report Thursday found that American consumers’ share of the bill came to nearly $159 billion — or $1,198 per household — from February through November.

More than 400 civilians have been killed as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in Kivu province in eastern Congo, regional officials said late Wednesday. They added that Rwandan special forces were present in the strategic city of Uvira. M23’s latest offensive comes despite a U.S.-mediated peace agreement signed last week by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in Washington. The accord didn’t include the rebel group, which is negotiating separately with Congo and agreed earlier... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- She’s only in fifth grade but has big plans for the state of Connecticut.

Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2025. There are 20 days left in the year.

Croatian authorities say at least three migrants died and eight were injured when their boat capsized on the Sava river early on Thursday. The accident happened in eastern Croatia as migrants were apparently trying to cross from Bosnia. Croatian rescuers said they received a call around 5:30 a.m.. that a boat had overturned and people were in the river seeking help. Police say a Bosnian man is suspected of smuggling migrants. People fleeing violence or poverty in the Middle East, Asia or Africa often... Читать дальше...

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death. They claim the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, a former tech industry worker, fatally beat and strangled his mother, Suzanne Adams, and killed himself in early August. The lawsuit claims OpenAI designed a defective product that validated a user's paranoid delusions... Читать дальше...