- Friday, 28 November 2025
CNN
World’s best restaurant for 2025
It looks like Lima is going to be welcoming a lot of fine-dining fans in the coming months. Two restaurants in the Peruvian capital landed in the top 10 on the 2025 list of the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants,” including the coveted number one spot. The awards — considered the Oscars of innovative fine dining — were handed out at a ceremony in Turin, Italy, with Lima’s Maido walking away with the top prize.
Indonesia volcano spews ash more than 6 miles into sky, dozens of Bali flights cancelled
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia sent an enormous ash cloud more than six miles into the sky, disrupting or cancelling dozens of flights to and from the tourist island of Bali. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted at 5:35 pm local time on Tuesday, unleashing a 6.8-mile (11-kilometre) hot ash column over the tourist island of Flores in south-central Indonesia, the country’s Geology Agency said. Images showed an orange mushroom-shaped cloud engulfing the nearby village of Talibura, with sightings reported up to 93 miles (150km) away.
World’s most liveable city for 2025
After a three-year run at the top of the annual list from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Austrian capital has been beaten out by “Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen.” Denmark’s capital has taken the number one spot on the ranking of the world’s most liveable cities for 2025, which was released on Tuesday. The EIU, a sister organisation to The Economist magazine, ranked 173 cities around the world on a number of factors, including healthcare, education, stability, infrastructure and environment.
Israel issues evacuation warning to Iranians living near weapons production sites in Iran
The Israeli military has issued an “urgent” evacuation warning to Iranians living near weapons production facilities, a possible sign that further strikes could be coming. “For your safety, we ask you to please immediately evacuate the areas of these facilities and not to return until further notice,” Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote in Farsi in a statement on X on Sunday. “Being in the vicinity of these areas endangers your life.”
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'Trump’s mass firings at several agencies will remain on hold'
President Donald Trump’s directives for mass firings at multiple agencies will remain on hold, a federal appeals court ruled Friday evening. The Trump administration had asked the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to freeze a lower court’s order that halted the terminations at more than a dozen agencies.
Trump threatens Apple with a 25% tariff if it doesn’t build iPhones in America
President Donald Trump on Friday demanded Apple make its iPhones in the United States or face a 25% tariff. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump posted Friday morning on Truth Social. “If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.”
Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visa applications to Europe in 2024
Applicants worldwide pay a non-refundable visa fee of 90 euros (about $100), so Nigerians alone lost over 4.5 million euros (about $5 million) seeking permission to travel to the 29 European countries that make up the Schengen Area. In total, African countries lost 60 million euros ($67.5 million) in rejected Schengen visa fees in 2024, analysis from the LAGO Collective shows. The London-based research and arts organization has been monitoring data on European short-term visas since 2022 and says Africa is the continent worst affected by the cost of visa rejections.
Mexican mayoral candidate gunned down during live broadcast of campaign rally
What began as a festive campaign march quickly turned into a scene of terror in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Sunday night when a mayoral candidate was gunned down alongside three other people.
China says it’s evaluating possible trade talks with the US
A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry said in a Friday statement that “the US has recently sent multiple messages to China through relevant parties, hoping to start talks with China. China is currently evaluating this.”
World’s military spending rises at highest rate in nearly four decades, report says
The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia.
Canada’s Liberals win as voters rally against Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country would “never” yield to the United States as he declared victory in federal elections early Tuesday, following a campaign overshadowed by relentless provocations and steep trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The Liberal Party leader issued a stunning rebuke to Trump as he sent a message of unity to a divided nation, promising to “represent everyone who calls Canada home.”
China quietly rolls back retaliatory tariffs on some US-made semiconductors, import agencies say
China appears to have quietly rolled back retaliatory tariffs of 125% on some semiconductors made in the US, according to details provided to CNN on Friday by three import agencies in the southern technology hub of Shenzhen.
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Rare set of first editions of Shakespeare’s plays could fetch $6 million at auction
A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to £4.5 million ($6 million) at auction next month. Sotheby’s auction house announced the sale on Wednesday, Shakespeare’s 461st birthday. It said the May 23 sale will be the first time since 1989 that a set of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios has been offered at auction as a single lot.
DHS threatens to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host international students unless it turns over disciplinary records
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is threatening to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students if it doesn’t turn over records on international students’ “illegal and violent activities,” the agency said Wednesday.
Australian woman gives birth to another couple’s child after IVF mix-up
A major Australian IVF clinic has apologized for giving the wrong embryo to a woman who then gave birth to another couple’s baby, blaming the mix-up on “human error.” Monash IVF, which operates more than 100 clinics across Australia, said in a statement staff were “devastated” by the mistake, believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.
