- Friday, 28 November 2025
CNN
A 5,000-pound satellite expected to fall to Earth this week
A European Space Agency satellite is expected to reenter and largely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday morning.
Water molecules detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time
Water molecules have been detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time, proving that these remnants from the formation of our solar system aren’t just dried-up space rocks.
Smoking’s effects on the immune system can last years, study finds
Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person’s immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they’ve quit, a new study found.
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Greenland loses ice 36 times the size of New York
The area of Greenland’s ice loss in the past three decades is roughly 36 times the size of New York City — land that is rapidly giving way to wetlands and shrubs, a study published Tuesday shows.
Centuries-old sea creatures suggest world is warming faster than scientists thought
Using sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean, scientists have calculated 300 years of ocean temperatures and concluded the world has already overshot one crucial global warming limit and is speeding toward another.
Global cancer cases will jump 77% by 2050, WHO report
Global cancer diagnoses will reach 35 million in 2050, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization – an increase of 77% from the 20 million cases diagnosed in 2022.
Russian military plane carrying 74 people crashes in Belgorod region - state media
Russian news agencies citing the Defense Ministry said 65 of those on board were Ukrainian servicemen who were being flown to Belgorod ahead of a prisoner swap. CNN cannot independently verify this claim.
Passengers wake up in the ‘wrong’ country as Storm Isha plays havoc with flight plans
Thousands of airline passengers across Europe woke up in Tuesday morning at the wrong destination – and even in the wrong country – after Storm Isha caused havoc with flights, with dozens of cancellations, diversions and go-arounds in western Europe.
World’s best cities for 2024
ew York City’s myriad of museums and its thriving theatre scene were namechecked by Time Out as reasons why the US city clinched the top spot. NYC’s global reputation also played a role – the city was ranked as the place other global city-dwellers would most like to relocate to.
World dangerously close to a global warming limit: new data
Global warming in 2023 hit 1.48 degrees Celsius, data shows, as the hottest year on record propelled the world just hundredths of a degree away from a critical climate threshold.
Polls open in Bangladesh election boycotted by opposition
Polls in Bangladesh opened on Sunday for a general election that is being boycotted by the main opposition party, with the country’s leader Sheikh Hasina – the world’s longest-serving female prime minister – set to win her fourth consecutive term.
Twin blasts kill dozens near slain Iran commander’s grave
At least 84 people were killed and 284 others injured, according to state-run news agency IRNA, citing Jafar Miadfar, head’s of Iran’s national emergency agency. The toll was revised down due to the miscounting of body parts.
Passengers hoped ‘time travelling’ flight would give two New Year Eves – but they arrived in wrong year
Flight UA200 was originally scheduled to depart Guam at 7:35 a.m. on January 1, 2024, and land in Honolulu, Hawaii at 6:50 p.m. on December 31, 2023 – travelling across time zones to take passengers back a year.
Japan quake death toll rises to at least 30
The death toll from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s west coast on Monday has risen to at least 30, according to Ishikawa prefecture authorities on Tuesday.
Dozens of journalists killed since October 7, advocacy group says
At least 68 journalists have been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since the outbreak of war on October 7, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Wednesday.
