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The ongoing strike at the Louvre has become a major test of the museum's management. Workers are striking over understaffing and safety concerns, especially after a $102 million jewel heist exposed security failures. Tensions rose in June when a strike shut the museum, and worsened when parts of the building were deemed unsafe. On Monday, the CFDT union said 400 workers voted to strike. The museum has partially reopened, but the situation remains tense. The Culture Ministry has proposed measures to address the issues... Читать дальше...

El thriller vampírico con tintes de blues de Ryan Coogler, "Sinners" ("Pecadores"), el musical de la gran pantalla "Wicked: For Good" ("Wicked: Para siempre") y el fenómeno de Netflix "KPop Demon Hunters" están un paso más cerca de una nominación al Oscar.

CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was off 0.5 cent at $4.36 a bushel. Mar. wheat was up 1.25 cents at $5.11 a bushel. Mar. oats was up 1.5 cents at $2.79 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was up 0.75 cent at $10.63 a bushel.

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith will be deposed by House Republicans behind closed doors on Wednesday after they rebuffed his offer to testify publicly about his investigations into President Donald Trump. The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Smith to provide testimony and documents, and his lawyers indicated he would cooperate despite having volunteered to answer their questions publicly. Venezuela says it will denounce Trump's bellicose statements at the United Nations. Читать дальше...

Chevrolet versus Ford. Regardless of the vehicle type, car shoppers often find themselves comparing choices from these iconic American brands. And if you’re thinking about buying a new three-row crossover SUV, you could very well end up cross-shopping the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse and 2026 Ford Explorer. Both vehicles can work out well as a do-it-all family vehicle. But which one is the better choice for your needs? Edmunds’ auto experts tested them both to find out.

Myanmar's military government has charged over 200 people with violating the country's strict election law ahead of a general election at the end of this month. Critics argue the election, which starts on Dec 28, will not be free or fair and is meant to legitimize military rule established after a 2021 army takeover. The election will occur in three phases due to ongoing civil war. The new election law, enacted in July, imposes severe penalties, including the death penalty, for opposing the polls. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump plans to give a preview of his 2026 agenda in a speech at the White House. Wednesday night's remarks come as Trump's popularity erodes. Polls show most U.S. adults are frustrated with Trump's handling of the economy. The Republican president's mass deportations of immigrants are also unpopular. The president and his party are less than a year away from midterm elections that will decide control of the House and the Senate. Trump has said he thinks more Americans would back... Читать дальше...

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Employees at the Louvre Museum have voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum. The Louvre partially opened before noon to allow visitors to enjoy the Mona Lisa and other highlights. The museum said that visitors have started entering the building, where they had access to a limited “masterpiece route” which includes Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” and the famous Venus de Milo. Union workers are protesting chronic understaffing, building deterioration and recent management decisions. Читать дальше...

A congressional report says China is exploiting partnerships with U.S. researchers to provide the Chinese military with access to sensitive nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications. Wednesday's report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party looked at research collaborations that received Energy Department funding. Investigators found 4,300 academic papers published in the past two years that involved partnerships between Energy... Читать дальше...

Spanish police have evicted orders to clear an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants were living in a squat north of Barcelona. Most of the occupants left before Catalonia’s police entered the school’s premises early in the morning under court orders. The squat was located in Badalona, a city that borders Barcelona. Many sub-Saharan migrants had moved into the empty school building since it was left abandoned in 2023. The Badalona town hall had argued that the squat was a public safety hazard. Читать дальше...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope. Seven years on, the man’s likeness has gone on show a stone’s throw from his grave, a reunion of sorts that came about by improbable chance. The saga brings together religious reconciliation, a dispute over the location of an altar and a tragedy that caught the attention of Pope Francis: homeless German man Burkhard... Читать дальше...

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set for a closed-door interview with House Republicans after lawmakers rebuffed his offer to testify publicly about his investigations into President Donald Trump. The private deposition set for Wednesday is part of an ongoing investigation by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee into the Justice Department’s criminal inquiries of Trump during the Biden administration. Smith was subpoenaed earlier this month to provide both testimony and documents... Читать дальше...

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2025. There are 14 days left in the year.

A suspected gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims. Two shooters slaughtered 15 people on Sunday in an antisemitic mass shooting targeting Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, and more than 20 other people are still being treated in hospitals. All of the victims identified so far were Jewish. A police official said that Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old suspected shooter... Читать дальше...

Asian shares have advanced as strong buying of technology shares helped lift some benchmarks, while oil prices surged more than 1% after President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela. U.S. futures edged higher. On Tuesday, U.S. stocks drifted through a mixed day of trading after reports on the U.S. economy did little to clear up uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% and the Dow fell 0.6%. The Nasdaq composite... Читать дальше...

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing of the "Oregon Cash Pop" game were: 14

Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs. In addition to unwanted marriages, scores of children as young as 10 were forced into backbreaking manual labor, and girls as young as 12 forced into prostitution. In a statement to the AP, the State Department said the U.S. has provided more... Читать дальше...

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When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease. That's according to a preliminary study. Student absences in Seminole Independent School District, a school system that served students at the heart of the outbreak, climbed 41% across all grade levels compared with the same period the two previous years, the Stanford University study found. Читать дальше...

Tennessee Williams' early radio play, “The Strangers,” is featured in The Strand this week. Written in the late 1930s while Williams was a student at the University of Iowa, the play showcases classic radio horror elements like storms and spectral beings. Strand managing editor Andrew Gulli says the play also hints at themes Williams would explore in later works, such as isolation and the blurred lines between imagination and reality. Williams scholar John Bak notes that Williams wrote radio dramas... Читать дальше...

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 20-24-46-59-65, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier:

The winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing of the "North Carolina Cash Pop" game were: 6