The 10 under-the-radar places a luxury travel planner is recommending to her clients this year
Sardinia is one of my top picks this year. RomanBabakin/Getty Images
I’m a luxury travel planner, and these are destinations I think will be popular this year.For a beach getaway in… [+5962 chars]read more
Aegon’s fate on ‘House of the Dragon’ is left unclear — here’s how he dies in the books
Tom Glynn-Carney as Aegon Targaryen in season two, episode four of “House of the Dragon.”Ollie Upton/HBO
Aegon suffers a pretty bad fall in the latest episode of “House of the Dragon.”read more
Seaside city’s secrets hidden in underground tunnels
By Zac Sherratt, BBC News, South East Simon Furber, BBC Sussex
There have long been rumours about why a king had tunnels built under his place of residence in Brighton
Millions of people pass thro… [read more]
Hurricane Beryl strengthens back into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico
TULUM, Mexico After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl strengthened back into a Category 3 storm late Thursday as it chugged ov… [read more]
Hurricane Beryl barrels toward Jamaica after battering southeast Caribbean islands
Hurricane Beryl is hurtling toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm after weaving a path of destruction across several southeast Caribbean islands.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Wednesday mo… [read more]
Taiwan says it backed down from retrieving one of its fishing vessels seized by China to avoid escalation
A file photo of a fishing boat arriving at a port in Kinmen, Taiwan in February 2024ANN WANG
China seized a Taiwanese fishing boat it says was trespassing in its waters. Taiwan’s Co… [+2992 chars]read more
‘Potentially catastrophic’ Hurricane Beryl moves towards Jamaica
By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News
Fishing boats were damaged in Barbados even though it escaped the worst of the hurricane
A deadly hurricane which has been tearing through the Caribbean is inten… [read more]
Houthi bomb boats including some not seen before are threatening Red Sea ships while the US Navy’s aircraft carriers are away
Footage purporting to show a Houthi drone boat.Houthi Media Center/Screengrab via X
The Houthis have stepped up their attacks and intimidation efforts with their drone boats.In thei… [+4698 chars]read more
‘Who do you trust?’ Election struggles to offer hope for food bank Britain
Pam is used to poverty and desperation, but shes never known it this bad. She runs the Rock Foundation Food Bank in Grimsby. We are feeding 800 people a week, it was 300 five years ago, she says.
Th… [read more]
Baby boomers living on $1000 a month in Social Security share their retirement experience: ‘I never imagined being in this position.’
For many boomers without retirement savings, Social Security isn’t enough to cover daily expenses. Cavan Images / Getty Images
More than half of baby boomers have less than $250,000 in asset… [+6954 chread more