- Wednesday, 3 September 2025
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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.
Hamas says its leader in Lebanon killed alongside family members in Israeli strike
Hamas on Monday announced that its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, also known as Abu Al-Amin, was killed alongside multiple members of his family in an Israeli strike on the south of the country.
‘World’s coolest’ neighbourhood for 2024
While ticking famous landmarks off your bucket list is always a highlight of a city break, there’s also something special about randomly stumbling upon a local neighbourhood offering cosy coffee shops, dreamy bookstores and chic dining spots aplenty. That’s the premise behind the global listing guide Time Out’s latest roundup of the “world’s coolest” neighbourhoods. While a city’s most famous spots tend to be chockablock with tourists, these lesser-known areas allow visitors to moonlight as locals for an afternoon.
Tourists rush to see glaciers before they disappear
It’s called “last-chance tourism” and it’s a growing market, said Jackie Dawson, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa who has researched the phenomenon. While tourism has so often been about firsts — the first to climb a mountain or sail a stretch of water — now it’s also about lasts, she told CNN. Glaciers are becoming the poster child for last-chance destinations. These rivers of ice have moulded the world’s landscapes but many are now shrinking, trapped in a death spiral as humans continue to burn fossil fuels and heat the planet. Even under best-case scenarios for climate action, up to half the world’s glaciers may be gone by 2100.
Lebanon hospitals race to treat surge of injuries caused by pager attack
Hospitals in Lebanon raced to treat a sudden surge of thousands of patients, including Hezbollah members, who were wounded in a coordinated attack targeting hundreds of pagers used by the militant group. At least nine people were killed and at least 2,800 wounded in Tuesday’s attack.
World’s best hotels for 2024
The Capella Bangkok didn’t have the easiest of beginnings. It opened in 2020, in the first year of a global pandemic that had the hospitality industry on its knees. However, just four years later, this sanctuary overlooking the Chao Phraya River has taken the top spot in the second edition of the World’s 50 Best Hotels list, which was announced at an awards ceremony in London.
Superbug crisis could get worse, killing nearly 40 million people by 2050, study estimates
The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70% by 2050, a new study projects, further showing the burden of the ongoing superbug crisis. Cumulatively, from 2025 to 2050, the world could see more than 39 million deaths that are directly attributable to antimicrobial resistance or AMR, according to the study, which was published in the journal The Lancet.
Ancient DNA adds to evidence debunking theory of Easter Island collapse
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean. The analysis also suggested that inhabitants of the island, which lies about 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) from the South American mainland, reached the Americas in the 1300s — long before Christopher Columbus’ 1492 landing in the New World.
