- Friday, 28 November 2025
CNN
Trump is already poisoning trust in yet another US election
If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how his false election fraud claims have entered the outer realms of absurdity.
This teen became the youngest person to summit the world’s highest peaks. Now he wants others to follow in his footsteps
ma said he dreams of Nepali climbers getting the same attention as professional Western climbers and he already sees the younger generation making it their own.
Diwali, the Festival of Lights
More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. Diwali, also called Deepavali, is one of the biggest festivals in India. It’s also widely celebrated in Nepal, Malaysia, Fiji and other countries with large South Asian diasporas. Homes, businesses and public spaces are lit up with diyas, or oil lamps made from clay, and fireworks displays abound.
A loneliness epidemic is spreading worldwide. Seoul is spending $327 million to stop it
These are the country’s “lonely deaths,” known as godoksa in Korean. It’s part of a larger problem of loneliness and isolation across the country, an issue so pressing the government is pulling out all the stops to fight it.
A million children in Pakistan miss polio vaccine shots as cases spike
Polio is once again spreading in Pakistan, where officials say more than 1 million children missed their vaccination doses last month, underscoring the challenges they face in eradicating one of the world’s most intractable diseases. Pakistani officials reported more than a dozen new polio cases in October, bringing the total number of infections this year to 39, compared to just six last year when the South Asian country appeared to be on the verge of eliminating the virus.
The West wants Putin isolated. A major summit he’s hosting shows he’s far from alone
Nearly three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw Moscow condemned by countries globally, leader Vladimir Putin is staging a summit with more than a dozen world leaders – in a pointed signal from the autocrat that far from being alone, an emerging coalition of countries stands behind him.
Scientists pinpoint the origins of humanity’s love of carbs
The origin of modern humans’ long-standing love affair with carbs may predate our existence as a species, according to a new study. A once prevailing stereotype of ancient humans feasting on mammoth steak and other hunks of meat helped foster the idea of a protein-heavy diet that was necessary to fuel the development of a large brain.
Airport introduces time limit on hugs
Dunedin Airport in New Zealand has sparked debate around the world with its new sign imposing a three-minute limit on hugs in its drop-off zone, adding “for fonder farewells please use the car park.”
Dog spotted hanging out on top of ancient pyramid in Egypt
Soaring high into the sky, paragliders are used to enjoying fascinating aerial views of some of the world’s most famous ancient landmarks. But the landmarks don’t usually have dogs hanging out on top of them. While flying over Egypt’s famous Great Pyramids at sunrise earlier this week, US paraglider Marshall Mosher and fellow paragliders spotted the unexpected sight of a stray hound also taking in views around the summit of one of the ancient wonders.
Scientists make surprise discovery of life in the seafloor’s ‘underworld’
Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers made the astonishing discovery during a 30-day expedition aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel “Falkor (too)” to explore an undersea volcano off Central America that’s part of the East Pacific Rise.
Toll rises to 153 from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion
The death toll rose steadily since news of the deadly explosion broke. “People are feeling very sad,” said Umar Majia, a member of the community whose 12-year-old nephew was killed in the blast.
At least 94 killed in fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
At least 94 people were killed in northern Nigeria when a crashed tanker exploded near locals who had gathered to retrieve fuel, police told CNN. The toll is expected to rise from the blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a village in Jigawa state.
Hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines force emergency landing
Twin bomb threats hit Indian airliners on opposite sides of the globe on Tuesday, forcing an emergency landing in the Arctic and fighter jets to scramble in Asia – the latest in a series of similar hoax scares for the country’s airlines.
Nobel Prize in economics awarded to trio for explaining why some nations are rich and others poor
Three economists were awarded the Nobel Prize Monday for their research into how the nature of institutions helps explain why some countries become rich and others remain poor.
Israel begins ground incursion in southern Lebanon
Israel’s military says it has begun “a limited ground operation” in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah. There will be “no long-term occupation” of Lebanon, Israeli officials said but declined to provide a timeline. Hezbollah said it launched strikes at soldiers in northern Israel following the incursion. The Iran-backed group has said it will choose a new leader as soon as possible following Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and has vowed to continue fighting Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
