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…
Canada’s Trudeau revives a Cabinet-level panel to address concerns on Trump presidency
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he is reestablishing a special Cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations to address his administration’s concerns about another…
Chris Hemsworth faces backlash after promoting country with notorious human rights record
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, known for playing Thor, has been criticised by fans after he posted on social media an advertisement promoting tourism to a…
How both Trump and abortion access won the 2024 election
PHOENIX — Abortion access was on the ballot Tuesday and voters supported it in seven of 10 states nationwide, giving an overwhelming win for the abortion…
What Americans chose in Trump — and the hope for those who didn’t
Much will be studied, analyzed and written for years to come about why Americans voted an openly authoritarian leader back into power in apparently greater…
Country music singer BRELAND in Brazil as U.S. global music ambassador
1 of 2 | Over the summer, BRELAND (seen in Las Vegas at 2022 at Country Music Awards) joined other artists like Jelly Roll and…
Trump surmounted multiple obstacles to reclaim the White House
From the moment he rode a golden escalator downward and into the queasy gut of American political life, Donald Trump did it his way —…