- Wednesday, 3 September 2025
CNN
Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens after more than a decade of delays
A dozen years after it broke ground, Vietnam’s largest city has unveiled its first mass rapid transit line.
China says astronauts completed nine-hour spacewalk, breaking US record
China says two of its astronauts completed a nine-hour spacewalk Tuesday, a figure that beats the US-held record for the world’s longest spacewalk set in 2001, in the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space program.
Assad flees to Moscow as Syrian rebels capture Damascus
Strikes were heard in Damascus early Monday, according to a CNN team in the Syrian capital, after President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia in the face of an astonishingly swift rebel offensive. It was not immediately clear who carried out the strikes.
World’s top 100 cities revealed
It’s been a big old year for Paris: the Olympics this summer, Notre Dame reopening this weekend, and now it’s been named the most attractive city in the world. It’s the fourth time in a row that the French capital has taken the No.1 spot in the Top 100 City Destinations Index by data analytics company Euromonitor International.
South Korean opposition leader thought martial law announcement was ‘a deepfake’
The leader of South Korea’s main opposition party thought the president’s late night martial law announcement was a deepfake when he first saw it, he told CNN on Thursday as his party now seeks to impeach the country’s leader.
Dozens killed in crowd crush at Guinea soccer match
A crowd crush at a soccer match in the West African country of Guinea has left at least 56 people dead and many others injured, authorities said Monday. Information minister Fana Soumah said in a statement that investigations were underway into the cause of the crush at a stadium in the southern city of Nzerekore.
Lockdown, internet shutdowns and protesters clashing with police in Pakistan's capital
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan broke through barricades around the capital Tuesday and marched into Islamabad, clashing with security forces and demanding his release. Authorities have enforced a security lockdown in the country, imposed internet blackouts and barricaded major roads leading into the capital to prevent protesters from entering after Khan called for his supporters to march on parliament.
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Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Manila’s biggest slum area
A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed raging orange flames razing densely packed stilt homes in Isla Puting Bato, a squalid area of Tondo, Manila.
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World reaches climate deal after summit nearly implodes
The world agreed to a new climate deal at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, with wealthy countries pledging to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the increasingly catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis — a figure many developing countries criticized as vastly insufficient.
Son of Norway’s crown princess accused of second rape
The 27-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess has been accused of a second rape just days after he was arrested on suspicion of the same offense.
Solar Orbiter captures the highest-resolution images of the sun’s surface yet
New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas called plasma. The images could provide heliophysicists with new clues to help unlock the secrets of the sun like never before.
Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring over 400 million years ago, scientists say
Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in our solar system that have the distinctive feature. And now, scientists hypothesize that Earth may have sported its own ring some 466 million years ago.
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Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024
Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the annual beauty pageant in Mexico City on Saturday night.
Jake Paul defeats Mike Tyson via unanimous decision of highly anticipated bout
Social media influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul defeated former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson via unanimous decision of their highly anticipated professional bout on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to a war crime
Israel has overseen the forced mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza in a deliberate and systematic campaign that amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.
