21 of the best affordable holiday destinations for 2025

Since time immemorial, travellers have asked: where is great to visit, yet pleasingly cheap? Having consulted surveys, long-term exchange rates and cost-of-living charts, we’ve come up with an array of destinations that should fit the bill for...

How CITEM Founder Mina T. Gabor Made Me Internationally Known

Share Post Viber icon Viber Email My former boss, Dr. Mina T. Gabor, once asked me to produce CITEM Trade Update—a monthly, later weekly, newsletter that caught the attention of local and foreign buyers, product specialists, academic institutions,...

Africa’s best holiday resort with 25C temperatures and costing £144 a night

Africa’s best holiday resort has been revealed with 24C temperatures and costing £144 a night Tripadvisor’s number one resort in Africa has been named as the beachfront hotel of Lux Belle Mare in Mauritius, an island just east of Madagascar. It...

Outrage as Macron's minister wants to make tourists pay £83m a year to visit Notre-Dame

Emmanuel Macron's culture minister insists she is still pushing for tourists to be charged to visit the newly reopened Notre Dame, despite pushback from Paris' archdiocese. Speaking during a trip to Dijon in eastern France on Thursday, Minister of...

Her vacation romance told her they’d ‘stay in touch.’ She assumed she’d never hear from him again

CNN — When Shylo Malcolm’s week in Cuba came to an end, she assumed her vacation romance was ending, too. Not that she wanted the romance to be over — far from it. Shylo just assumed all vacation flirtations have an obvious end date. “I didn’t...

Army Colonel Randrianirina sworn in as Madagascar president after military takeover

Army Colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new President of Madagascar, just days after a military power takeover that forced former President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country. The inauguration, held on Friday in the capital...

Burgundy UK passport 2025 warning as expert says 'don’t get caught out' and ruin holiday

Airlines have issued advice to anyone with a passport - especially those with the old burgundy or red EU versions they may need to take urgent action. Operators like easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz are telling customers to make sure they are all set up...

Angela Cullen at centre of Lewis Hamilton reunion rumours after social media post

Rumours that Lewis Hamilton could reunite with former trainer Angela Cullen at Ferrari have gone into overdrive after an eye-catching social media post. Hamilton is preparing for his first season as a Ferrari driver, having announced almost a year...

‘Eat the Night’ Review: Moody French Crime Thriller Evokes ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ for Queer Gamers

Last year, Jane Schoenbrun publicly contemplated the mediated self with their astounding genre effort “I Saw the TV Glow.” The buzzy Sundance entry imagined a monster-of-the-week TV show literally connecting two realities: a fantastical narrative...

Concerning news in US as virus spreads

The United States has recorded its first locally acquired case of chikungunya in six years, as the mosquito-borne virus rapidly spreads in China and around the world. Health officials in New York confirmed on Tuesday (local time) that a resident...

Emmanuel Macron To Travel to Mayotte to Inspect the Damage Caused by Cyclone Chido

Destruction caused by Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, Dec. 2024. X/ @TURKIANTAR1984 December 17, 2024 Hour: 1:15 pm On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would travel to the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and praised “the...

Heavy death toll feared in Mayotte after Cyclone Chido devastates French archipelago

This undated photo provided by NGO Medecins du Monde on Sunday, December 15, 2024, shows a devastated hill on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities. AP...

3 Years, 200 Kms! Tiger Travels Across Russia To Meet Former Mate; Story Of Their Heartfelt Reunion Goes Viral

You might have come across stories of people going miles long to meet their love. Recently, a whale too travelled a record distance likely to find a mate. After being spotted in 2013 in Pacific Ocean, a male humpback whale was sighted swimming in...

Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte

At least several hundred people are feared to have been killed after the worst cyclone in almost a century ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, uprooting trees, tearing houses apart and pounding the impoverished...

Not a Trap – Date Night Like a Tourist With a Local Perspective

Date night doesn’t have to be boring – and you certainly don’t have to go to the same places all the time. With a multitude of new options popping up across the Downtown and metro area, Denver is home to more choices than ever before to branch out...

‘Thousands dead’ after Cyclone Chido hits French island of Mayotte

Thousands of people are feared dead in Mayotte, the French Indian Ocean island, after it was hit by Cyclone Chido on Saturday. François-Xavier Bieuville, the French interior ministry representative, or prefect, of Mayotte, described “apocalyptic...

African Union Suspends Madagascar Amid Military Coup: Gen Z Protests Topple President Andry Rajoelina

In a dramatic turn of events that has reverberated across the African continent, the African Union (AU) has officially suspended Madagascar's membership following a swift military coup that ousted long-serving President Andry Rajoelina from power....

Top Australian swimming coach Dean Boxall set to unite with French champion Leon Marchand

Champion French swimmer Leon Marchand is heading to Australia to learn trade secrets from the best in business — legendary Aussie coach Dean Boxall. Marchand, who emerged as Australia’s biggest threat in the pool with a whopping four golds at the...

Christmas travelers provide tips and reflect on spirit of holiday

On Christmas Eve, many people are in the midst of journeys spanning across states to reach families and festivities. While stopping for gas and other needs, holiday travelers discussed what motivates them to invest their time and energy on the...

Local Christmas travelers provide tips and reflect on spirit of holiday

PADUCAH — On Christmas Eve, many people are in the midst of journeys spanning across states to reach families and festivities. While stopping for gas and other needs, holiday travelers discussed, along with driving safety tips, what motivates them...