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Sign up for CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter, Unlocking the World. Get destination news, plus the latest information on aviation, food and drink, and accommodation. In this week’s travel roundup, we explore why Europeans and Americans hold their forks differently, a Spanish island where there are more cats than people, and a harrowing rescue mission atop the highest peak in the Alps. Italy’s Palmarola island is close enough to take a day trip from Rome, but far enough away that the hustle and bustle of the capital makes it seem like another planet. This is a paradise with no roads, no…
Blaise Brown, 18, missed a 6-foot putt on the final hole at the American Express Open for an incredible 59, but still finished tied for the course record with Scotty Scheffler for the lead after two rounds.Brown needed birdies on his final three holes, but he hit a mean second shot on the par-5 seventh and scrambled for par, then had to settle for par again on the par-3 eighth. He was now one hole away from making a birdie that would go down in the history books, but his attempt was pushed to the right and over the hole.…
Oil prices rose on Friday as President Donald Trump’s new threats to Iran raised concerns about supply disruptions.Iran is not a major oil producer. The country pumps about 3.4 million barrels per day, according to Kpler. The numbers pale in comparison to the United States and Saudi Arabia, which pump about 13.5 million barrels per day and 9.5 million barrels per day, respectively, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and OPEC.But the recent wave of protests in Iran, sparked by the sharp fall in the Iranian currency Rial and subsequent hints by President Trump that the United…
Chris Mepham scored a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer as West Brom ended a run of 10 consecutive away defeats with a 1-1 draw at Derby in the Championship.Eric Ramsey may have been under pressure less than two weeks after taking over after the Baggies’ second straight defeat, but he was able to end Albion’s disastrous away run by picking up his first point 114 days since his last one away. Albion goalkeeper Max O’Leary, signed from Bristol City on Thursday, was pushed straight in but dropped the ball for the opener, allowing Patrick Agyeman to make the mistake of slamming in…
Harvey, a fast-growing legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus as it continues to aggressively expand in the fiercely competitive legal tech market. Hexus is a two-year-old startup that develops tools to create product demos, videos, and guides. Hexus founder and CEO Sakshi Pratap, who previously held engineering roles at Walmart, Oracle and Google, told TechCrunch that her San Francisco-based team has already joined Harvey, while the startup’s India-based engineers will join once Harvey opens an office in Bangalore. Pratap added that he will lead an engineering team focused on accelerating Harvey’s services for the in-house legal department. “What we bring…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.Kevin Mohat Kevin Lamarque | |ReutersSen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday accused the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of undermining President Donald Trump’s stated push to make credit cards more affordable, according to a letter obtained exclusively by CNBC.In a letter to CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought, Warren, Massachusetts, noted that the agency last year rolled back rules capping late fees on credit cards, sided with lenders in lawsuits over fraud, and suspended enforcement actions against the industry.Earlier this month, President Trump called on U.S.…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested that President Donald Trump should apologize for claiming that European forces were not on the front lines of the war in Afghanistan.Starmer told Fox News on Friday that Trump’s previous comments that NATO allies had remained “some distance from the front line” in Afghanistan were “derogatory and frankly appalling”, in a rare direct rebuke of a US president.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listAsked if he would demand an apology from President Trump, Starmer said: “If I had made that gaffe, if I had said those words, I certainly would have apologized.”Mr…
“That’s very rude.” Garth Sloth Bertelsen, a Danish military veteran who grew up in Greenland, said that’s how he feels about recent U.S. actions. Mr. Bertelsen served with the U.S. military on peacekeeping missions to North Macedonia in 1996 and 1997. Now, he is one of several veterans who say they are surprised by the hostility from allies of their former comrades. Bertelsen, who is half Greenlander and currently serves in non-combat duty in Denmark’s military, described how fear, anxiety and feelings of betrayal have permeated communities in both countries after the Trump administration repeatedly threatened to “buy” Greenland and…
Lewis Hamilton said after driving Ferrari’s 2026 car for the first time that he is “very excited” about a “new beginning” for F1’s new rules era.Hamilton returned to the track just 47 days after a difficult first season with the Scuderia in December, and together with teammate Charles Leclerc completed a few laps at Ferrari’s test track Fiorano on the launch day of the new SF-26. And despite the expanded pre-season testing program required by the sport’s brand new challengers and the shortening of the length of drivers’ usual winter break, Hamilton said he feels refreshed and eager to get…
A major winter storm threatens to wreak havoc across the United States in the coming days, potentially causing an economic blow to households in its path. The National Weather Service announced Friday that a “severe, prolonged winter storm” is expected to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to a wide swath of the United States, from the southern Rockies to New England, starting Friday and continuing into Monday. More than a foot of snow could fall in some areas, and “localized catastrophic ice accumulation” and frigid temperatures could cause prolonged power outages, widespread tree damage and widespread traffic disruptions,…