A three-month-old red panda cub named Roxy died on November 5 at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. After her body was examined by veterinarians from the Royal Zoological Society (RZSS), they concluded that Roxy had choked on her own vomit due to stress caused by fireworks set off on Guy Fawkes Night, which is also known as Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night. The Guardian reports this. The owner of Edinburgh Zoo has called for stricter bans on fireworks.

In honor of the release of Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2, the Airbnb service offers to rent the Colosseum in Italian Rome for three hours on May 7 and 8, 2025. This was reported by the press service of Airbnb. The message said that guests will be able to enter the historical site after sunset, but it will not be possible to stay there all night. Visitors will spend three hours at the Colosseum, both sessions are designed for 16 people, and the organizers do not plan to charge a rental fee.

American singer Lady Gaga will join the second season of Tim Burton's Wednesday series. What role she will play is still unknown. This was reported by Entertainment Weekly, citing an unnamed source. According to the publication, the second season is currently being filmed in Europe. They also feature Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Luis Guzman, Catherine Zita-Jones and Christina Ricci.

The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion conducted a survey on Russians’ trust in sociologists and their research. According to the survey, 69% of Russians believe that opinion poll data are more likely to reflect the real sentiments of citizens. Some who disagree with this claim that people are afraid to tell the truth. The study was conducted for Sociologist Day in Russia. Do Russians deny democracy?

On November 10, in Kursk, several dozen residents of Russian border areas gathered near the government building, who were forced to leave their homes in early August 2024 due to the fighting going on there. Mostly these were people from the Sudzhansky district, most of which is currently under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In December, Roskomnadzor may conduct exercises to isolate the Runet. Journalist Dmitry Kolezev published a screenshot of a letter on behalf of a representative of the Bank of Russia management. The letter says that during the exercises “a scenario will be worked out” to disable access to the “foreign segment” of the Internet. Kolezev referred to his source, who said that the Central Bank sent this letter to commercial banks.

Scientists from Great Britain and Germany discovered amber in West Antarctica for the first time during their research. According to their report, published in the journal Antarctic Science, this amber is the “petrified blood” (resin) of ancient coniferous trees that grew in the southernmost part of the Earth 83-92 million years ago. This is reported by Science Alert.

The team of US President-elect Donald Trump is growing irritated with the behavior of one of his closest supporters, billionaire Elon Musk. Those around the winning Republican are unhappy that Musk is acting as if he is a “co-president.” This was reported by the American television channel NBC, citing sources familiar with the situation. “Musk acts like he’s co-president and makes sure everyone knows it,” the post said.

Clients accused wedding photographer Alina Teize and her partner, videographer Alexander Teize, of fraud. They could have received an advance payment and not come to the wedding or not sent photos after the celebration, clients told the telegram channel “Caution, News”. One of the victims told “Caution, News” that after the wedding, Teize sent the newlyweds the source files and asked them to select the ones they liked so that she could start processing them.

The Moscow Museum of Gulag History announced on the evening of November 13 that it was suspending work from November 14 due to “fire safety violations.” “As a result of an inspection of the museum by specialists from the Center for Expertise, Research and Testing in Construction, fire safety violations were identified. According to the conclusion, they pose a threat to the safety and comfortable stay of museum visitors and must be eliminated,” a message on the museum’s website says.

In Moscow, almost 100% of hotel rooms are booked for New Year's Eve, despite the increase in the cost of tours and seasonal price increases. This was reported by the Russian Union of Tourism Industry (RST). The Viaduct Tour company said that this year the demand for trips to Moscow for the New Year is as high as the year before. At the same time, both individual and group programs, as well as tours for schoolchildren with a visit to the Kremlin Christmas tree, are in demand among travelers.

Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, who has been in prison for four years for participating in protests, is considering the possibility of asking Alexander Lukashenko for a pardon. The father of the 42-year-old political activist, Alexander Kolesnikov, told the Associated Press. “She’s thinking about it,” the father said, saying that he and his daughter discussed the possibility of formally petitioning Lukashenko.

A videographer discovered the world's largest coral in the southwest Pacific Ocean. A megacoral is made up of many small living creatures interconnected and together they create one large organism. It is specified that it may be more than 300 years old, and it is larger in size than a blue whale - 34 meters wide, 35 meters long and more than five meters high. The BBC reports this.

US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is drawing up a list of senior US Defense Department officers to be fired. Reuters reports this with reference to two anonymous sources. The agency calls the possible reshuffle at the Pentagon unprecedented.

The Federal Security Service is persuading Russians to commit crimes, said the lawyers of the First Department project. Human rights activists have found confirmation that FSB officers are pretending to be Ukrainians on social networks, provoking anti-war Russians. The “First Department” analyzed the verdict of guilty in the case of “confidential cooperation with a foreign state,” which a court in the city of Orel handed down to local resident Ivan Tolpygin in July.