"Can you get brunch Saturday, or will you be out of the country?" —your friend texting you View Entire Post ›

Travel just gets easier and breezier with this portable folding stool and Skims-like base layer you can get for under $10 each. View Entire Post ›

Three customers and two employees were burned on and around their mouths after a granulated substance was mistaken for sugar, a health official said.

Water is the one part of a shower nobody thought to question. You research the shampoo, read the ingredient list on the back of the shower gel, and then you rinse all of it off with whatever comes out of the tap. Except that the water is doing something too – even if just what hasn’t been given a name. There’s a good chance you experienced the effects of hard water before you ever heard the term. You know it as the chalky ring that reappears on your shower screen days after you scrubbed it off,...

"'Growing old together.' It's hard to deteriorate physically while watching your best friend suffer the same fate." View Entire Post ›

When her left shoulder began to ache shortly before she turned 50, my sister Carol Wilson ignored the pain and put it down to a poor-quality mattress. She hoped the situation would resolve when she moved house in the UK – and got a new bed. The pain continued. “I kept hoping it would get better,” she says. “But it didn’t.” Her doctor diagnosed a frozen shoulder and alluded to it being something that occurred in “women of a certain age”. He prescribed physiotherapy, which didn’t help her much,...

Hackers made off with around $6 billion in digital currency in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history. Binance said it will cover the losses.

A war room. A global conference call. A founder who live-posted about the largest crypto heist in history. Inside a frantic 24 hours at the world’s biggest crypto exchange.

As the 2026 US midterm elections draw near, Minnesota Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar has found herself embroiled in renewed controversy over her immigration history and past marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Elmi has long been alleged to be her brother, although the Somali-born legislator has denied such claims, which remain unproven. However, in 2016, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security found some evidence suggesting the marriage may have been fraudulent, The New York Times...

The defamation suit focused on an article about a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. It was the president’s second attempt to claim the publication had acted with actual malice.

Big law firms, legal tech vendors, and in-house legal departments at companies like Microsoft and Nvidia are all hiring legal engineers, a new position for lawyers with A.I. skills.

When the travel agency China Highlights organises bus trips for foreign tourists to iconic sights across China, the company says one last-minute request keeps cropping up again and again. “Can we visit a farm?” The question has become so common that guides now organise farm tours lasting a day or two for groups as they drive back from scenic spots such as Huangshan and Zhangjiajie, according to company CEO Steven Zhao. The tourists often wanted to meet the farmers, have lunch in their...

Sometimes, through no fault of their own, good films slip through the cracks. They fall out of fashion, are misunderstood by critics or are poorly distributed, and it can take the passage of time – or a miracle – to bring them back into the light. So it is with Nancy Kelly’s 1991 period piece Thousand Pieces of Gold, adapted from Ruthanne Lum McCunn’s 1981 novel and starring Rosalind Chao from The Joy Luck Club. The film is a sincere, authentic-feeling drama based on the incredible true story of...

The Anguilla Tourist Board sponsored the opening general session at Virtuoso On Tour Latin America for the first time, presenting the island’s luxury travel experiences to more than 300 travel professionals. The presentation, delivered during the Oct. 27-29 event, supported the tourist board’s push to diversify Anguilla’s source markets and elevate its visibility among luxury travel advisors in Latin America.

Because stiff necks, freezing airplane cabins, and sore feet have no business ruining your vacation. View Entire Post ›

Informa Markets today announced that The Festival of Connoisseurs (TFOC) will make its debut in Hong Kong from 4 to 6 November 2026 at AsiaWorld-Expo, as the first international flagship exhibition supported by Government funding. As announced in this year’s Policy Address and the Budget, the Government has earmarked HK$100 million to attract large-scale international exhibitions with new elements to Hong Kong, with a view to developing Hong Kong into the first-choice platform for showcasing Mainland and international brands.

Virtuoso, the leading global network renowned for luxury and experiential travel, is uniquely positioned to identify the trends influencing how, where and why people will venture in the year ahead. The Virtuoso Luxe Report: United Kingdom & Ireland once again taps the collective knowledge of the network’s esteemed travel agency members and their teams of professional travel advisors to reveal what’s next for the region’s savviest globetrotters. Japan unseats Greece as the most requested international destination, and Thailand makes its top five debut, giving Asia a stronger foothold among established European favourites.

Japan continues to attract British travellers seeking alternatives to Europe’s crowded ski slopes and Hoshino Resorts is spotlighting some of the country’s most rewarding winter destinations for the 2026/27 ski season – from the legendary powder snow of Hokkaido to the lesser-known mountains of Tohoku, where the new KAI Zao has recently opened. Unlike many ski holidays centred solely around the slopes, a winter trip to Japan can combine mountain adventure with hot spring bathing, regional gastronomy, ancient traditions and cultural discovery.

For a limited time only, the escorted touring specialist, Titan Travel (titantravel.co.uk, 0808 239 3496), is offering travellers savings of up to £2,000pp* across six of its favourite escorted tours in its new Adventure Sale. Titan has announced huge savings across six of its tours, spanning Asia, the Americas and Europe, carefully selected by its destination experts. Filled with adventure and authentic experiences, travellers can discover more for less on new bookings made before 13 November 2026.

A travel influencer has revealed five surprisingly simple tricks to squeeze more out of a city break, without spending a penny extra. Nesha Woolery, 32, known online as @travelwithnesha_ from Birmingham, says a handful of clever habits can save travellers precious time, leaving them free to explore more, see more and make the most of every minute away.

After chicken, consumers are buying more beef, while pork, turkey and soy products remain flat.

More horses from overseas are competing in America’s marquee events, as the sport enjoys a renaissance.

Experts point to well-publicized turmoil at the government agency last year as a potential spark.

Work takes Austrian glassmaker Maximilian Riedel all around the globe. His surprising hot take? Don’t drink when flying… The post Glassmaker Maximilian Riedel on His Travel Tips, and Not Drinking When Flying appeared first on Business Traveller.

The ongoing 2026 Shanghai-Xinjiang Cultural Exchange Week showcases the rich cultural traditions, performing arts and culinary specialties of Shanghai and Xinjiang.

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its fifth plenary session in Beijing from October 26 to 29, 2026, where it deliberated and adopted the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance.

The marketing of classical music concerts has increasingly focused on the musician rather than the music, with the often ephemeral cult of personality perceived as more valuable than what is played, at least in drawing an audience. So, it was refreshing to hear the fine young musician John Lee perform. After studying at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he is now a member of the faculty, Lee earned a master’s degree from the Royal College of Music in London with distinction. For...

Africa's top doctor, who has called Canada home since 2013, tells CBC News there could be "massive" cross-border spread of Ebola in the months ahead as he calls for more international support.

70 years on, why global buyers keep coming back to Canton Fair

China's purchasing managers' index for the manufacturing sector came in at 49.3 in October, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous month, while the non-manufacturing PMI stood at 49.7, down 0.5 percentage points.