The hurricane Balm, one of the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, is still following its path of destruction after crossing JamaicaCuba and, early Thursday morning, the Bahamas as well. Scientists have already concluded—proven with data—that this phenomenon is a direct consequence of the climate crisis created by the burning of fossil fuels. A specific study by Imperial College London concludes that global warming has made this hurricane four times more likely. If there were no climate change, a hurricane of that intensity would have occurred only once every 8,000 years, the study says. But human-created conditions have increased wind speeds by at least 18 km/h and raised them to the 295 km/h recorded on record. Balm when it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, as a Category 5 hurricane.

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The World Athletics Championships in Tokyo continue to inspire excitement in a stadium that four years ago hosted a sad, spectator-less Olympic Games. A stadium where Mondo Duplantis quietly won his first Olympic gold. Now the Swede, a true sports rock star, has managed to break a new world record in front of a devoted crowd. The pole vaulter has won gold for the third time at the World Athletics Championships, surpassing his own world record with 6.30 meters on his third and final attempt. The silver medal went to Greek Emmanouil Karalis—who had a brilliant competition that forced Duplantis to jump more than expected—and the bronze went to Australian Kurtis Marschall (5.95 meters), a personal best.

If I were rich, maybe I'd do that stupid thing. I'll tell myself that it's stupid, no need to tell me that. Anyway, I'll never be rich. The idea would be to spend a few nights in the house where James Bond was born. If you have money to spare, that doesn't seem like a bad idea. Ian Lancaster Fleming, the creator of James Bond, had money to spare. He came from a good family that owned properties all over the United Kingdom, he had studied at Eton, and he had served as an intelligence officer during World War II. At the time, the British trained their elites so well that they could be good spies: they spoke different languages, were extremely knowledgeable, and had surrounded everyone.