- Friday, 28 November 2025
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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.
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Scientists solve mystery of 650-foot mega-tsunami that made Earth vibrate for 9 days
It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. Then came something inexplicable: a mysterious vibration that shook the planet for nine days. Over the past year, dozens of scientists across the world have been trying to figure out what this signal was.
33,000 Boeing union members set to strike early Friday
Union members at Boeing overwhelmingly rejected a proposed four-year contract with the troubled aircraft manufacturer, authorizing the first strike at the company in 16 years, said the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union. About 33,000 workers are prepared to walk off the job, and the strike is set to begin early Friday morning.
Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president
Taylor Swift said Tuesday she is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for president, ending speculation about whether the superstar singer would share her political views ahead of November’s election.
SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn crew on daring excursion into Earth’s radiation belts
SpaceX’s latest mission — a bold and risky trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts by a four-person crew of civilians who will also aim to conduct the first commercial spacewalk — just took flight. The mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, lifted off at 5:23 a.m. ET. SpaceX live-streamed the event on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk purchased in 2022.
The iPhone is getting a ‘glow’ up. What to expect from Apple’s Monday event
Apple excited fans with its vision for its “Apple Intelligence” artificial intelligence system earlier this year. Now, it’s time for the company to prove it really works.
17 students killed in Kenya school fire with bodies ‘burnt beyond recognition’
At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya. The inferno occurred late Thursday at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Kieni, in the country’s Nyeri county, Resila Onyango, a spokesperson for the Kenya National Police Service said. She added their bodies had been “burnt beyond recognition.”
Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan marathon runner who competed in the Paris Olympics last month, has died days after she was burned by her boyfriend, the country’s athletics federation confirmed on X Thursday.
Best places to visit in autumn around globe
It may not feel like it yet, but things are about to cool off. That goes for travel prices as well as sky-high temperatures. “This time of year is really the best time of year to go pretty much anywhere,” says Hayley Berg, lead economist at travel platform Hopper.
