- Friday, 28 November 2025
CNN
These cities will be too hot for the Olympics by 2050
Some of the cities that have already hosted the Summer Games will be way beyond safe temperatures by 2050. Beijing, which hosted in 2008, would be much too hot and humid, with heat stress forecast to soar past 90 degrees. Athens, Rome, Atlanta, Tokyo and Seoul would also be too hot, as would Barcelona. By 2050 nearly half of previous Summer Olympic hosts could exceed safe temperatures
Europe’s cleanest swimming spots
Good news for wild swimmers: The vast majority of Europe’s bathing sites have “excellent” water quality, according to a new report by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). For sea swimming, Croatia has the brine that’s most divine, followed by Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. Belgium and Bulgaria tied for fifth place. For inland waters, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland and Romania are all tied in first place, with Austria and Finland not far behind.
Stock around the world tumble as fears about a US economic slowdown send shockwaves through global markets.
Fear has set in on Wall Street, and stocks are having another miserable day.
Critical ocean currents could collapse in our lifetime
A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study — a planetary-scale disaster that would transform weather and climate. Several studies in recent years have suggested the crucial system — the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — could be on course for collapse, weakened by warmer ocean temperatures and disrupted saltiness caused by human-induced climate change.
Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to having indecent images of children
Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty to having 41 indecent images of children on the messaging app WhatsApp, according to PA Media.
Trump and Harris enter final 100-day stretch of a rapidly evolving 2024 race
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are entering the last 100 days of one of the fastest-moving and least predictable campaign seasons in memory, after a historic month upended the 2024 presidential race. The ground has shifted under both political parties since June 27, when President Joe Biden’s poor performance in his debate with Trump threw the Democratic Party into chaos and prompted Trump’s team to eye an expanded electoral map.
‘A point of no return:’ Why Europe has become an epicenter for anti-tourism protests this summer
Anti-tourism protests have been sweeping across Europe this summer, with demonstrations taking place in the Netherlands, Greece, and of course, Spain.
A ‘historic’ result: How tiger numbers tripled in Thailand forest complex
As Global Tiger Day rolls around, there’s good news for the big cats in Thailand. The tiger population in the country’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) — an 18,000-square-kilometer (6,950-square-mile) area of forest encompassing 11 national parks and six wildlife sanctuaries — is estimated to have more than tripled between 2007 and 2023, from 41 to 143. The remarkable comeback was observed in a new collaborative study led by Thailand’s Department of National Parks (DNP) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), newly published online in the scientific journal Global Ecology and Conservation.
OpenAI is taking on Google with a new artificial intelligence search engine
OpenAI on Thursday announced its most direct threat yet to its stalwart Big Tech rivals: a search engine that uses artificial intelligence baked in from the beginning.
Olympics kick off with a floating spectacle along the River Seine
Despite dreary weather and travel chaos, boats will carry thousands of athletes along the the iconic Paris waterway as part of the show
World’s most powerful passports for 2024
It’s the Singapore passport, and it’s just been named the world’s most powerful travel document in a quarterly ranking of the passports with the most international clout.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has tendered her resignation amid scrutiny of security lapses related to the recent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, sources tell CNN.
Scientists confirm first lunar cave
Scientists have long theorized the existence of lunar caves — underground passageways formed through volcanic processes that are connected to the pits covering the moon’s surface. Now, a team of international researchers has found the first direct evidence that the moon’s deepest known pit connects to a cave that could provide shelter to astronauts.
Six found dead in luxury Thai hotel, with police exploring possible poisoning
Six people, including two Vietnamese Americans, have been found dead inside a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok, with Thai police exploring the possibility that they were poisoned.
Climate change is messing with time more than previously thought, scientists find
The impacts of human-caused climate change are so overwhelming they’re actually messing with time, according to new research.
