Before TripAdvisor and Yelp, before cell phones and before 9/11, I had Let's Go Europe, an oversized bright yellow softcover book which served as our travel bible.
In the summer of 1998, my boyfriend at the time and I backpacked through Europe. Completely contradictory to my naturally controlling and over-planning ways, we made a rough plan on which countries we planned on visiting, but no hotel reservations or actual dates. We bought a two month Eurail pass and booked our first hotel so we'd have a place to stay. Читать дальше...
Chris Martin performs "Raspberry Beret" at the Global Citizen Festival in NYC.
Oracle Corp., which has faced shareholder opposition to its compensation practices, cut pay for its top executives in 2016. The three executives were among the 20 highest-paid in the U.S. last year, according to the Bloomberg Pay Index, which values equity awards at the end of the fiscal year, continuing a trend of generous pay for Oracle’s bosses. The executives failed to earn their cash bonuses, which could have been worth as much as $15 million, after missing profit targets. The Redwood City... Читать дальше...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man (all times local):
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man (all times local):
Britain's Prince William and Catherine along with their two children, arrive in Canada for engagements that include meetings with officials and aboriginal communities.
More rain on the way in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Carli Lloyd is a Jersey girl who’d love to come home for dinner — though an invitation is unlikely.
It's 9am on Friday and four-year-old Nicholas has bowled up to class in Leichhardt's Italian Forum, he's sheepishly holding a piece of paper in his hand. It's his homework, he says, as he presents it to his "school readiness" teacher, Violeta Dimeska.
6 year-old Alex wrote to President Obama saying he would happily welcome injured Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh into his home. Watch him take the stage at the Global Citizen Festival.
Xia Lin and I met in 2010. I planned to sue the Public Security Bureau in Sichuan for exercising violence; Xia accepted my offer to hire him as a lawyer and went with me to Sichuan. Despite our efforts, we were unable to file a lawsuit in the Sichuanese courts. The Public Security Bureau, the […]
Congratulations are in order for Cam! The Grammy nominated country artist exchanged vows with fiancé Adam Weaver Saturday afternoon in the small desert town of Joshua Tree,...
A motorcyclist has died in a crash on the Logan Motorway south of Brisbane.
Bradley Wiggins has denied he was trying to gain an unfair advantage when he obtained permission to use a banned drug before some of his biggest races, including his victory in the 2012 Tour de France.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl in Harolla village on Friday night. The accused has been identified as Awdhesh Kumar, a native of Bihar.
About half a million people lined the Brisbane River on Saturday night to hear the roar of a jet engine and witness more than five tonnes of fireworks light up the night sky.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A police standoff with an armed and suicidal man led authorities to evacuate San Francisco's Civic Center and a nearby public square on Saturday as negotiators tried to talk him down.
Following personal testimonies on the refugee crisis, UN Ambassador Samantha Powers talks about the need to help the refugees.
There is now a 3-point difference between the Democratic and GOP nominees in the battleground state.
Why small earthquakes stay small, while others grow into monsters is one of the most enduring mysteries in earthquake science but we now have a partial, but tantalising answer: The moon and big tides.
Red Bulls clinch playoff place, make it a three-way tie atop the East. DCU back in business.
Officially, Falcons receiver Julio Jones is questionable for Monday night’s game at New Orleans with a calf injury. He didn’t practice on Thursday or Friday, and he participated on a limited basis on Saturday. He nevertheless says he’ll play. “Yes, yes I’ll play Monday night,” Jones said. “I wouldn’t chance it if I didn’t [feel…
The police on Saturday night claimed to have rescued a 22-year old B Tech student who had gone missing from his rented accommodation in Salarpur village on Thursday. The student, Madan Lal Yadav, is a fourth-year student at NIT College, Greater Noida.