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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Warsaw on Friday to discuss NATO cooperation and support for Ukraine, among other things.

A few months after I left my husband, I downloaded multiple dating apps. It felt like foreign territory, as I'd met my ex-husband in college before dating apps existed — a time when "swiping right on Tinder" held no meaning.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European People's Party Manfred Weber met with the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, in Berlin for a two day summit on Friday.

It was a hot afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City. I was sitting on the edge of the hotel bed, scrolling through Instagram, about to go ham on a piping hot bowl of phở when I got a buzz. A text from my then-husband flashing six words nobody wants to read: "I think we need to talk."

Several years ago,I dreamed I was walking down the main street of a small town, where I met a nice bookseller and a local witch. In the dream, I kept getting the message to "go to Skibbereen."

Several amber and yellow weather warnings are being forecast for the UK, starting tonight (Monday 30 December) and going well into Thursday 2 January, which is putting a literal dampener on New Year festivities.

Syria's new interim leader Mohammed al-Bashir announced on Tuesday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister until March 1 with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad only days ago. 

On Dec. 8, the doors of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris are scheduled to reopen to the public after a fire engulfed the beloved structure five years ago.

A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December, spewing red lava through a 3-kilometre fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

In America and across the world, people are feeling deeply uncertain right now. The future is always unknowable. But when fear starts to take hold, we believe that travel—done thoughtfully and responsibly—can provide an antidote.

Fall in NYC comes as a relief. The city in summer has its virtues—emptier streets, more easily-acquired reservations at most of the best restaurants—but the heat and the reek of garbage baking in it more than wear out that season’s welcome well before September slouches, sweating, into frame. Flattering it is not that autumn follows on its heels, not only turning off the oven but also invigorating New Yorkers who can now don the jackets they are so proud of and walk at their usual bracing clips without perspiring quite so readily.

Oct 3, 2024 • 7 min read

My quest for a long-term partner while on the road has not yet proved successful, but it has always come with adventure.

“Hop in, mate,” said Vaughan Mabee, the jovial mohawked executive chef of Amisfield, from inside his silver pickup. We are just outside the precincts of Queenstown, the most famous city in the New Zealand region of Otago, the birthplace of bungee jumping and the self-proclaimed “adventure capital of the world.” “I will show you there is a lot more to this area than leaping off a fucking bridge.”

On a road trip from Connecticut to Portland, Maine, I stopped off at Palace Diner.

I was seated across from a tall Spaniard dressed in black jeans and a checkered shirt. We'd "met" a few nights before on a dating app, and I was doing my best to keep the conversation flowing. It wasn't.

An easyJet plane was met by paramedics after a pilot was taken unwell during the flight, an airline spokesperson confirmed.

In the middle of the pandemic, my phone pinged with an email from InterNations, an expat group I had joined after spending time in Switzerland.

Remember all the social media posts from a few months ago showing the northern lights, in all their glory, in unexpectedly southern places? Well, get ready to potentially see them again, or for the first time: The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) predicts light displays will again appear in unusual places this week, starting on Tuesday.

Over 70 maritime leaders convened at a Decarbonization Summit hosted by Royal Caribbean and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center, focusing on technology, fuels, and policies to achieve industry-wide net zero emissions.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has just announced “The World’s Best Restaurant” as part of a prestigious awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. This year’s winner is Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain.