‘It’s like dating… but with your house, not your heart,’ is how one fan of home-swapping holidays summed them up to me. Since houses (sadly not hearts) come with insurance, I decided to test this travel trend just as the soaring energy prices and food inflation were pinching hard. The cut-price family break has been elusive … Read more
Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg work on a production line of a Model Y electric vehicle on March 20, 2023. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla failed to secure a vote among locals in favor of authorizing a major factory expansion for the company’s battery and car assembly … Read more
BERLIN — This week’s Berlin international film festival is wrestling on- and off-screen with the weight of the Nazi past and the menace of a resurgent far right. The 74th Berlinale, as the event is known, has a reputation for confronting political realities head-on with high-profile movies and hot-tempered debates. German director Julia von Heinz … Read more
BERLIN — Four packed days of shows and events later and it was clear that Berlin Fashion Week has finally found its feet. In the past, the event has dabbled with a focus on sustainability and technology, it has teamed with various apparel trade fairs and changed dates several times in the hopes of fitting … Read more
HUNDREDS more flights have been cancelled due to further strike action plaguing European airports. Earlier this week, Finnair confirmed that hundreds of flights were being cancelled due to strikes across Finland. 3 Hundreds more flights have been cancelled across Europe todayCredit: Reuters 3 A number of airports have been forced to close, with no access … Read more
RANGERS LINE UP Here’s how the Light Blues line up in La Manga! Rangers XI: McCrorie; Tavernier (c), Souttar, Balogun, Ridvan, Lundstram, Raskin, Sterling, Cantwell, Matondo, Silva Subs: Butland, K Wright, Goldson, Dessers, Cifeuntes, S Wright, King, McCausland, Yfeko, Fraser, Lyall, Rice, McKinnon Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic … Read more
Greece’s fury over Rishi Sunak’s snub of its prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has upset tour companies and one or two locals who escort millions of British visitors to the bleached Acropolis. ‘The Acropolis is our most important monument; just imagine if someone removed the clock from Big Ben, or sold the Eiffel Tower?’ says the founder … Read more
FILE: An Alaska Airlines plane takeoff from SFO in June 2023. Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In the latest airline news, new construction at San Francisco International could delay flights for months, the airport warns; Alaska Airlines is boosting checked bag fees; regional carrier JSX orders hundreds of hybrid-electric planes to expand service to smaller … Read more
FILE: An Alaska Airlines plane takeoff from SFO in June 2023. Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In the latest airline news, new construction at San Francisco International could delay flights for months, the airport warns; Alaska Airlines is boosting checked bag fees; regional carrier JSX orders hundreds of hybrid-electric planes to expand service to smaller … Read more
