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Repeated heatwaves and growing fears about the climate crisis may spell the beginning of the end for the Mediterranean as a holiday destination, according to a report published by the European Travel Commission. “Mediterranean destinations have seen a 10% drop in visitors aiming to travel there from last year,” the …

Manila, Philippines – Emelie Ann Ducabo, 57, a married mother and sales worker in Metro Manila, has been forced to become an expert in pinching pennies to feed the seven members of her household. At the market, Ducabo buys pork, fruit and vegetables in the smallest possible quantities, but pricier …

The Russian military has been following the Wagner playbook and deliberately using the poorly trained troops to draw, and deplete, Ukrainian fire, senior American military and defense officials said. Kusti Salm, Estonia’s deputy defense minister, in a briefing with reporters in Washington last week, said that Russia’s casualties were high …

In September, the chip giant Intel gathered officials at a patch of land near Columbus, Ohio, where it pledged to invest at least $20 billion in two new factories to make semiconductors. A month later, Micron Technology celebrated a new manufacturing site near Syracuse, N.Y., where the chip company expected …

Abuja, Nigeria – Adeola Ehi had been looking forward to taking her two-year-old daughter home to meet her grandparents for the first time this Christmas. But increased household spending which included an unexpected rent increase made the 43-year-old communications consultant shelve the planned journey. In Nigeria, where more than half …

ATLANTA — Senator Raphael Warnock, basking in cheers of “six more years” and the glory of a hard-fought re-election victory, evoked the martyrs and heroes of the civil rights movement late Tuesday night as he praised Georgians, whether they voted for him or not, for rising above the “folks trying …

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has berated Nigerians who have decided to relocate from Nigeria aka ”Japa”.   Posting a video of residents in Paris staging a massive protest over soaring prices and cost of living, Keyamo argued that while other parts of the world are also …

Bulgarians are voting in their fourth general election in less than two years, amid soaring consumer prices and energy costs. Bulgarians are voting in their fourth general election in less than two years, amid anxiety over soaring consumer prices and energy costs ahead of a winter overshadowed by Russia’s invasion …