National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
A selection of stunning photographs submitted to the 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
A selection of stunning photographs submitted to the 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
European Union leaders will hear on Thursday how the bloc could act to catch up to the United States, China and other rivals in a global race in new green and digital technologies. Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, tasked by leaders with assessing the shortfalls of the EU single market, warned they could not consign a 147-page report he will present to them to a drawer and hope for the best. The EU faces new challenges from massive U.S. subsidies drawing in investment and China's domination of new tech supply chains, on which it is dependent.
Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. “We have four children that are in their 20s,” the 56-year-old truck driver and moderate Democrat said. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of adults in the United States say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year, including roughly 6 in 10 Democrats and one-quarter of Republicans.
STORY: It's being called the biggest gold heist in Canada's history.Authorities in Canada and the U.S. said Wednesday six peoplewere arrested and three more are still being soughtafter $16 million dollars worth of gold and currency from cargo arriving from overseas."Our investigation involves a stolen quantity of gold and foreign currency that were ordered from a refinery in Zurich, Switzerland. The gold and currency were transported in the hole of an Air Canada flight and an approved airline container destined for Toronto. This flight arrived at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on April 17th, 2023, at 3:56 p.m. Shortly after, the gold and currency were offloaded from the aircraft and brought into Air Canada cargo facility. At 6:32 p.m., the suspect arrived at Air Canada cargo driving a five ton truck. The suspect reversed his vehicle to a loading dock and exited the truck. The suspect was carrying a fraudulent airway bill as he approached the warehouse."Regional police in Ontario named nine suspects and say they face nineteen charges.At least two were Air Canada employees.Five suspects were arrested in Canada and released on bail, while one suspect was arrested in Pennsylvania with firearms and remains in U.S. custody. Police have issued Canada-wide warrants for the other three.Air Canada suspended one employee charged in the theft, while another had already left the airline before the charges were announced.The Authorities found 2.2 pounds of gold and approximately $315,000 worth of Canadian currency.They also also found around 65 firearms, believed to have been bought with the stolen money.Following the heist, a Miami-based transport and security services providerBrinks, sued Air Canada in October, alleging 'negligence and carelessness'.Brinks had been hired by Swiss bank Raiffeisen Schweiz and precious metals refining company Valcambi to move the valuables from Zurich to Toronto.
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Stephen Colbert is standing up to Donald Trump and defending Jimmy Kimmel after the former POTUS attacked this year’s Oscars host. Colbert addressed Trump’s latest tirade against Kimmel on The Late Show, calling out his obsession with the Academy Awards. “You keep my friend Jimmy Kimmel’s name out of your weird little wet mouth, OK?” …
Zach Wilkinson-Pool/Getty ImagesBryan Kohberger has an alibi.That’s what lawyers for the accused quadruple murderer said in a court filing Wednesday, claiming he was “out driving” in order to “see the moon and stars” on the night four University of Idaho students were brutally stabbed to death at a house near the school’s Moscow, Idaho campus in 2022.They plan to use cellphone tower data to argue that Kohberger was not at the home in question on the night of the murders, and was instead driving
TAMPA, Fla. — Auston Matthews fired 12 shots on net and chimed another off the crossbar. The Maple Leafs sniper desperately chasing history had another chance at a yawning cage blocked by a defender completely unaware the puck was headed his way. Looking to become the first NHL player to score 70 goals in more than three decades, Matthews came up just short. Toronto's brightest star can now turn the page — and his attention — to the playoffs. Matthews was held in check for the second straight ni
An Assyrian church bishop who was stabbed during a service at his church said on Thursday he was recovering quickly, and that he had forgiven his attacker as police ramped up investigation into the riots triggered after the bishop's stabbing. Two knife attacks within three days - at a busy shopping centre near Bondi beach that killed six people on Saturday and at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's west on Monday - has shocked residents of Australia's most populous city. "I am doing fine, recovering very quickly ... there is no need to be worried or concerned," Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel said in an audio message posted on social media, his first public comments since the attack.
Ian Stringer claims he was sacked by the BBC after blowing the whistle on an alleged flouting of Covid rules.
April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune classic, is bustin’ out all over with no fewer than 14 new plays and musicals set to open before the April 25 Tony Award eligibility cutoff date. So crowded are the final weeks of the 2023-24 theater season that three days each will see the …
Peru's Nyla Capen tallies four touchdowns against Saranac Lake in high school girls' flag football
Remember when American Horror Story: Apocalypse flashed back to Russia in 1918 to reveal that Anastasia Romanov was a literal witch? Well, the FX anthology outdid itself on Wednesday by shoehorning Mia Farrow into the insanity that is AHS: Delicate. The season’s penultimate episode takes us back to Manhattan in 1967, where an overwhelmed Farrow …
"'Know your worth and to never take less than what you feel your worth is.' And that was it," the singer tells PEOPLE ahead of the band's upcoming Las Vegas residency
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe Donald Trump campaign is asking for political candidates who want to use his name, image, and likeness in fundraising pushes to pony up, kicking back at least 5 percent of any money raised as a result, according to a letter sent this week to Republican vendors.“Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee J
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey sat on his locker room chair and yelled loud enough after Philadelphia beat Miami in a play-in tournament game to welcome one of the newest 76ers to the postseason club. “Buddy Hield! Welcome to the playoffs!” Maxey said. Indeed, Hield is set to make his NBA postseason debut — and all it took was 632 regular-season games plus one more bonus game Wednesday night in the 76ers' 105-104 win over the Heat. The 31-year-old Hield held the dubious distinction of most NBA
According to the affidavit, the 34-year-old driver had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system
Police said the suspects took off with an unknown amount of money, and that they were driving a silver Ford Edge with no plates.
Road construction on Donald Ross Road in April is frustrating businesses in Juno Beach, who said they depend on revenue from the population increases seen in South Florida.
Maui Fire Department's post-blaze report admits to several shortcomings in response to Lahaina's deadliest wildfire, the worst in modern U.S. history.