The Duomo di Milano, the city’s grand cathedral church, is roughly 40 minutes’ walk from my hotel. Not wanting to follow the wide and empty-feeling Via Vittor Pisani, I head down Via Fabio Filzi, passing the first of the many churches I will see – San Gioachimo – and the Diamond Tower, Italy’s tallest steel … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The holidays are a time for family, friends, and of course … politics at the dinner table. Here are the best/weirdest Christmas gifts POLITICO managed to scrounge up for that conservative aunt, the environmentally conscious cousin or that one die-hard Brussels-bubble-fanatic friend. Tis the … 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
An American destroyer intercepted four drones fired by Houthi militants into the busy shipping lanes of the Red Sea, during a chaotic evening of strikes that hit at least one foreign-owned oil tanker. In a statement issued Sunday, U.S. Central Command said its navy had “shot down four unmanned aerial drones originating from Houthi-controlled areas … 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
The Dumpling Report began in 2022 spotlighting a residential neighborhood’s mom-and-pop dim sum takeout spot. It was an intentional choice to begin the column with a non-flashy, everyday eatery that locals frequent at an affordable price, and show how the owners of places like these both maintain and create the culture of the Bay Area. … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And what better way to welcome it than with giant straw goats, deep-fried caterpillars, radish carving and decorated horse skulls. These are just some of the strange Christmas sights that feature in our list of 10 weird and wonderful festive traditions around the world. Scroll down for more … Read more
A court in Italy has given the life sentence to the parents of an 18-year-old Pakistani girl for murdering their daughter after she refused to marry her cousin. The deceased, identified as 18-year-old Saman Abbas, was living in Novellara, near Bologna, when she disappeared in May 2021. Her body was found in 2022 in an … Read more
The California community of Altadena was about to start an annual countdown it has done 101 times. At the heart of this community is Christmas Tree Lane, where a row of 138-year-old deodar cedars was waiting to begin glimmering with strung-up bulbs. Advertisement Article continues below this ad At the Dec. 9 event, the light … Read more
Prepare to free up next year’s calendar, because Time Out has ranked the 24 best things to do in the world in 2024. The list was compiled by Time Out’s global team of editors and contributors and published with a cry of ‘forget saving money… get out more and do more stuff’. The guide added: … Read more
