11 November 2025

The US Senate has approved a cross-party funding bill intended to bring an end to the nation’s record 41-day government shutdown. The measure, which passed in a 60–40 vote, will keep the federal government funded through January 30, 2026, and guarantee back pay for the hundreds of thousands of employees who were furloughed or forced to work without pay. While the bill covers funding for several major government programs, such as food support and military construction projects, it leaves unresolved the dispute over healthcare subsidies that are set to expire, pushing that decision to a separate vote in December. The bill now goes to the Ho⁠use of Representatives, w​here it w⁠ill face a f​inal vote.

Chinese businesswoman Qian Zhimin, known as the “Cryptoqueen,” is waiting to be sentenced in London for running a huge crypto scam that cheated more than 100,000 people in China and built up around £5bn in Bitcoin. She entered the UK on a fake passport and moved into a Hampstead mansion before becoming the target of a major international police investigation, which led to the biggest Bitcoin seizure in UK history. Her conviction is seen as a major step in tackling cybercrime, but there’s still debate over how much of the recovered cryptocurrency will be returned to victims instead of being kept by UK authorities.

A massive explosion rocked the area near Delhi’s historic Red Fort on Monday evening, leaving at least eight people dead and more than twenty injured. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. near the Red Fort Metro Station, triggering chaos and panic among commuters and local residents. The Incident According to preliminary reports, the explosion took…