Blue Origin's New Shepard has completed its third manned suborbital flight. On board were the eldest daughter of the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, Laura, and Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, as well as four businessmen. The flight lasted about ten minutes, during which the ship rose to a height of more than 100 kilometers from the Earth. The New Shepard flew into space for the first time with a full payload. During both previous launches, four people were in the ship.

Ordinary British were then forbidden to visit even dying relatives Justin Tallis / AP / Scanpix / Leta The Government of Great Britain will probably have to announce new restrictions related to the coming of the next wave of Covid in the country. By December 11, reports the BBC, only 633 people infected Omicron with a strain of Omicron-and on December 10, more than 58 thousand were given a positive test for infection.

Dozens of Russian mathematicians wrote an open letter to the executive committee of the International Mathematical Union, in which they asked to postpone the International Congress of Mathematicians in St. Petersburg until the release of MSU postgraduate student Azat Miftakhov . The text of the appeal was published by the specialized publication Troitsky Variant. The forum is scheduled for July 2022.

In St. Petersburg, a six-year-old boy died after being given anesthesia at a private dental clinic. Fontanka writes about it. The incident took place on the afternoon of December 10th. A resident of St. Petersburg came with her son for a scheduled visit to the dentist. After the boy was examined by a pediatrician, a mask was put on his face for anesthesia. After a few breaths, the child's heart stopped. They tried to resuscitate him for 45 minutes, but this was not possible.

CHENEY ORR / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta consequences of tornado in the city of Maifield, Kentukki. December 11, 2021 On December 10, Tornado, which Governor Andy Beshir called the strongest in the history of the state, was over Kentukki. The city of Maifield in the west of the state was most badly affected, where, among other things, a factory for the production of candles was destroyed, in the territory of which workers were at that time.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Who in the Russian leadership wants war with Ukraine? Almost no one, but everyone will pay for it The situation on the border of Russia and Ukraine was one of the main topics of the negotiations of Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden on December 7.

“Bank” is a toilet ruff, “Tontan” is a garbage bucket, and “Mr.” is a bamboo lampshade. This is known to everyone who at least once purchased the products of Ikei, the main Swedish brand. But now the Sweden government decided to remind the world that these are not random sets of sounds, but the names of real places in Sweden. Often very beautiful: for example, painful lake in the province of Smoland in the south of the country, and Mr. - an archipelago in the Baltic Sea.

The Catholic Church's diocese in Sicily has apologized to parishioners after a bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn't exist. The Guardian writes about it. Bishop Antonio Stagliano during one of the church holidays, speaking to children, said that Santa does not exist, and his red suit was invented by the Coca-Cola company to promote their products.

The most beloved Soviet film among Russians is "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears." These are the results of a VTsIOM poll conducted for the thirtieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. Vladimir Menshov's film was named their favorite among all films shot in the USSR by 6% of respondents. The second place went to the film "Girls" (5%).

The Ministry of Transport proposed to oblige train passengers traveling on the lower shelves to give up their seat at the table to fellow travelers from the upper ones so that they can eat. The corresponding draft rules of transportation are published on the official portal of legal information. The document assumes that passengers from the lower shelves will have to give their fellow travelers at least 30 minutes at the table for breakfast and dinner, and no more than one hour for lunch.

The Literary critic of Medusa Galina Yuzefovich tells about the novel “With the Key on the Wid” by Karina Shainyan - in which only at first glance can the Rome “It” Stephen King can be seen in late Soviet scenery. In fact, this is rather a psychological drama about painful nostalgia for time, when everything "was forever until it ends." Any reader can easily identify this feeling whose childhood was at the very sunset of the USSR. Karina Shainyan. With a key on the neck.

Film director Aleksandr Sokurov said he feared criminal prosecution for his statements at a meeting of the Human Rights Council with President Vladimir Putin, after the Chechen authorities promised to appeal to the Investigative Committee to check them for extremism. He told Interfax about this.

It consist of several thousand people. But almost no one knew about its existence Daniel Berehulak / Getty images For about 200 years, a religious community called "Family" has been in Paris. Its members believe in the end of the world, make marriages only among themselves and try to minimize contacts with the outside world.

Singer MakSim (Marina Maksimova) came out to receive the Golden Gramophone award together with the doctors who treated her in the summer, when she spent a month and a half in intensive care, TASS reports. "Today I came with those people who pulled me back from the brink of death with their own hands, the resuscitation doctors," the singer said. After these words, those gathered in the hall stood up and applauded.

Here are their brief retelling. With serious spoilers! HBO Max On December 10, the first two episodes of the series “And just like that ...” (And Just Like that ...) - the continuation of “Sex in the Bolshoi City” were released at the HBO Max service and in the Russian service “Amediatek”. The events of the new season take place 10 years after the last part, all the heroines over 50, they continue to live in New York with their families.