Can you stay politically engaged without sacrificing mental health?
It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, but Stacey Lamirand’s brain hasn’t stopped churning.“I still think about the election all the…
Africa's coldest country filled with glaciers, snow and ice and -29C temperatures
Lesotho is entirely landlocked by South Africa and is the only country in the world where every inch of territory is more than 1,000m above…
If Democrats want to win again, does California need to stand down?
After voters across the nation chose President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom cautioned against buying into the first wave…
Trump nominates Mehmet Oz of TV fame to head Medicare-Medicaid agency
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he plans to nominate Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon and former daytime television host, as administrator for the Centers…
Trump's billionaire budget-cutters are dangerously out of touch
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy might know how to get rich, but do they know how government props up the poor? Especially in red states?…
Spanish island that loves tourists despite unrest elsewhere in the country
A Spanish island which a movement that expresses the region's love for tourism, is making steps to become an official organisation amongst ongoing unrest against…
EU country becomes first to trademark its name in major bid to protect tourists
Visit Sweden is applying to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to trademark the country’s name, in a move which would mean other countries…
Biden to meet South Korean, Japanese leaders amid worries on North Korea
LIMA, Peru — President Biden is gathering with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks Friday amid heightened concerns about…
Brit tourists ditch Spain in droves as surprise country is 'number one holiday hotspot'
Turkey has become the preferred holiday destination for British tourists for the first time ever after it soared to the top of the charts for…
Dutch leader blames ‘Moroccans’ for attack on Israeli soccer fans
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Hard-right Dutch political leader Geert Wilders on Wednesday blamed “Moroccans” for attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week, saying during…
Inside Andy Murray's luxury Cromlix hotel voted best in the country with amazing afternoon tea
The Wimbledon champion Andy Murray's hotel, Cromlix in Dunblane, Scotland, has been awarded the 2024 AA Award for Scottish Hotel of the Year and is…
Trump taps South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to helm Homeland Security
In a move that further signals Donald Trump’s commitment to enforce stringent controls on illegal immigration, the president-elect confirmed Tuesday he planned to appoint South…
We now live in a Prop. 187 America. What’s next?
We tell ourselves stories in order to live, Joan Didion famously wrote, and the one Democrats in California repeated for decades was Proposition 187.Californians of…
Netflix ad plan has 70 million monthly active users
Netflix said Tuesday that it had reached 70 million monthly active users on its ad-supported plan, two years after launching its cheaper subscription tier that…
California immigrants prepare for a second Trump administration
WASHINGTON — The morning after former President Trump won a second term on a promise to deport millions of immigrants, a line formed outside a Riverside…
Trump announces Tom Homan will serve as ‘border czar’
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his…
U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan puts petrostate in the spotlight
The spotlight is on Azerbaijan as the small petrostate in the South Caucasus prepares to host the U.N.’s biggest climate conference, which opens Monday. Diplomats…
Wartime Ukraine awaits the ‘surprise box’ of a Trump presidency
KYIV, Ukraine — The war is never distant. In the skies above the Ukrainian capital, the buzz of drones is the stuff of urban nightmares. Glide…
Column: America’s last presidential bellwether ends its winning streak
The bellwether rings true no more.For nearly half a century, voters in Clallam County, Wash. — a lush green dot in a far-off corner of…
Why it’s wrong to blame Trump’s victory on Latino men
Six years ago in this newspaper, I coined the term “rancho libertarian” to describe a political ideology I was observing in many of the Latino…