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Transporting Travelers to a Bygone Heyday Is the New Luxury Experience
WWD - New York
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June 28, 2025
ROME — Inside the new Orient Express La Minerva hotel in Rome, the lobby bar is punctuated with ferns and palms, big band music is playing as waiters in impeccable white uniforms and well-coiffed hair serve gin and tonics to the international jet...
Poland’s Duda arrives in Ukrainian capital Kyiv to meet Zelenskiy
WHTC - Michigan
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June 28, 2025
WARSAW/KYIV (Reuters) -Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Kyiv on Saturday for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Duda’s office said, as Kyiv aims to build support among allies at a critical juncture in its grinding war...
Baltic dry index posts weekly loss as capesize rates fall
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 27, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry bulk commodities, fell on Friday, marking its second consecutive weekly decline, pressured by a drop in capesize vessel rates. The main index, which...
Who earns the most in France? Official stats and job listings reveal best-paying jobs
Euronews
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France is the world’s seventh-largest economy, with a projected GDP of $3.21 trillion (€2.74 trillion) in 2025, ranking third in Europe according to IMF estimates from April 2025. Residents across the country are seeking well-paid, high-quality...
50 years since Darlington won It's A Knockout and represented Britain in Europe
The Northern Echo
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And Darlington came out on top, winning by a throw of a dart, and qualifying for the European version of the show, Jeux Sans Frontieres, in Switzerland, when, watched by 300m people across the continent, they came fifth, having failed to make the...
IMO’s Fossil Fuel Ban: A turning point for sustainable shipping practices
The Antigua Observer
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June 28, 2025
- Advertisement - By Deslyn Joseph Following the decarbonization of the shipping sector two months ago, the use of fossil fuels will be banned for vessels registered with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by the year 2050. However, the...
'We left UK for Spain and were gobsmacked by £2,500 car rule'
Manchester Evening News
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June 28, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: From car washing in the street, to smoking and vaping in public areas in Spain, we take a look at the rules taking expats and travellers by surprise Two British expats, who left Essex for Spain in 2019, have been taken aback by some of...
Keir Starmer's monomania must stop. The Windrush generation did NOT build modern Britain - Colin Brazier
GB News
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June 28, 2025
Keir Starmer has a chronic case of monomania. That’s the word psychologists use to describe an obsessive type of behaviour - a mania which sees sufferers make huge claims for things which are, in reality, either trivial or bogus. Evidence for this...
What row over Edinburgh Tour de France bid shows - and it may not be what you think
The Herald (Scotland)
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June 28, 2025
However, that’s just the start, as it were, and in 2015 then London Mayor Boris Johnson turned down the opportunity because total costs came in at around £30 million. But a local audit in Bilbao calculated their institutions benefitted from a...
“World Wealth Report 2025”: Social divide deepens in Germany
World Socialist Web Site
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June 28, 2025
The World Wealth Report 2025 by Capgemini, published on June 4, confirms that wealth in Germany is increasingly being concentrated ever faster among a tiny layer of the super-rich, while working people confront financial difficulties. Champagne on...
Re: How Festus Keyamo Stumbled at a Critical Aviation Junction
This Day
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June 28, 2025
RIGHT OF REPLY Emameh Gabriel The discourse regarding the call for a Government-funded National Carrier was reignited by Lawnson Omokhodion’s THISDAY column of 25th June 2025, “How Festus Keyamo Stumbled at a Critical Aviation Junction. Whilst...
The rise of GPS jamming - and why you may not be where your smartphone says you are
The National News
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As tension between Iran and Israel reached a crescendo last week, people in countries throughout the Middle East reported their smartphones had changed time zones to that of Iran. Several people also noted that apps such as Snapchat and Instagram...
How European SaaS platforms can unlock €3bn in hardware revenue
Electronic Payments International
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June 28, 2025
Over the past few years, the convergence of software and payments has captured the imagination of the fintech and SaaS (Software as a Service) world. And rightly so—bundling payments with software platforms saves time, streamlines operations, and...
CEVA Joins Windrose To Test Long-Haul EV Trucking in China
European Business Magazine
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June 27, 2025
ANTWERP, BELGIUM / ACCESS Newswire / June 27, 2025 / CEVA Logistics in Greater China is coming together with Windrose, leading heavy-duty electric truck provider, to conduct a feasibility study for the deployment of long-haul electric vehicle (EV)...
Protests Against Overtourism Are Erupting Across Europe—Here’s What Travelers Need to Know
Travel + Leisure
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Overtourism protests are increasing across Europe, as the height of the travel season approaches. Here's what travelers should consider before they book their next flight. Recently, protests and walkouts have defined some of Europe’s most popular...
Francesca Clapcich to co-skipper Team Malizia in inaugural Course des Caps round Britain and Ireland offshore sailing race
Live Sail Die
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June 27, 2025
Italian/American offshore sailor Francesca Clapcich will join Malizia-Seaexplorer as co-skipper for the inaugural edition of the Course des Caps-Boulogne sur Mer – Banque Populaire du Nord. The 2,000 mile race will see 11 state-of-the-art, 60-foot...
GPS jamming - and why you may not be where your smartphone says you are
The National News
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As tension between Iran and Israel reached a crescendo last week, people in countries throughout the Middle East reported their smartphones had changed time zones to that of Iran. Several people also noted that apps such as Snapchat and Instagram...
EU Cracks Down on €700M Customs Fraud Ring Tied to Chinese Imports
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 27, 2025
A coordinated raid by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) across four major cities earlier this week saw the arrest of 10 suspects—including two customs officers—for fraudulently importing goods from China as part of a wider crime ring...
Fincantieri Delivers 12th Ocean Cruise Ship to Viking
The Maritime Executive
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The partnership between Fincantieri and Viking for the construction of ocean cruise ships has passed its 10th anniversary and is scheduled to continue for at least six more years. Viking took delivery on June 26 of the 12th ocean cruise ship built...
A Look Back in Time: Chehalins complain about trains; Green Hill escapees crash into patrol car; Liquor stolen from Mayfield Lake mobile homes; gong stolen from Vader’s bell
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Tuesday, June 28, 1955, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about Chehalis residents complaining to the city commission about excessive noise being caused by...