4 h. ago US falls out of world’s 10 most powerful passports list for first time in 20 years

Declining strength of US passport, tied with Malaysia’s at 12th, signals ‘shift in global mobility’, says index creatorFor the first time in two decades, the US has dropped out of the world’s top 10 most powerful passports, marking a significant dethroning for the global superpower.According to the latest Henley Passport Index, a ranking that measures how many countries a traveler can visit without needing a visa, the US passport now ranks 12th globally, sharing the position with Malaysia. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago US no longer ranked among world’s top 10 ‘most powerful passports’ for first time in 20 years

Back in 2014, the American passport was unrivalled at No. 1

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7 h. ago US not ranked among world’s top 10 ‘most powerful passports’ for first time in 20 years

Back in 2014, the American passport was unrivalled at No. 1

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20 h. ago ‘Hot mic’ hot mess: gaffes made by global leaders when they think no one is listening

Indonesia’s Prabowo is the latest world leader to fall foul of the ‘hot mic’ – diplomatic snafus that have caused embarrassment to leaders around the globeIndonesian president Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private word with US president Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt this week.Instead what unfolded was a hot-mic slip up, with Prabowo heard asking Trump to line up a call with his son Eric, or his son Don Jr, who both serve as executives at the Trump organisation. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Which London Bus Routes Are ‘Infested’ With Cockroaches? List of Services With Reported Insect Sightings

Which London Bus Routes Are ‘Infested’ With Cockroaches? List of Services With Reported Insect Sightings  Time Out Worldwide

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3 d. ago High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study on the causes of death and disability worldwide.The reasons vary from drug and alcohol use, and suicide in North America, to infectious diseases and injuries in sub-Saharan Africa, the researchers said, but warned that their data should serve as “a wake-up call”.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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7 d. ago I was born in Wales’ ‘coolest’ neighbourhood and I’ve seen it transform completely

It came as no surprise that my former stomping ground, Canton, made Time Out’s list of the UK’s coolest neighbourhoods

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9 d. ago Newspaper chief falls to death from window in 'strange' Russian incident

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged 70ft from his home in western Moscow.

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1 week ago Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects Continue reading...

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1 week ago TikTok climbing star dies after falling from Yosemite’s famed El Capitan while livestreaming

Balin Miller was just 23 when he died in a climbing accident Wednesday - his mom has paid tribute

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1 week ago TikTok climbing star dies after falling from Yosemite’s famed El Capitan

The death occurred on the first day of the federal government shutdown

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2 w. ago ‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China

Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the whales have enduredCanada’s government has refused a request by the beleaguered Marineland theme park to export its remaining 30 beluga whales to China due to concerns that the whales will face further mistreatment.Marineland, an amusement park, zoo and aquarium in Niagara Falls, has one of the largest captive whale populations in the world, and has long been mired in controversy amid reports of poor conditions for the animals on display. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK's 'coolest' neighbourhood is named and it's not in Manchester or Bristol

Time Out has released its list of the 39 coolest neighbourhoods in the world for 2025, and one unexpected UK area has made the cut for its community spirit and multiculturalism

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2 w. ago ‘I am quite tough’: Schindler’s List star Embeth Davidtz on her explosive film about Rhodesia’s final days

After starring in Mad Men, Californication, Spider-Man and Junebug, Davidtz soured on acting. Now she’s directed – and starred in – a powerful debut filmBorn in the US, raised in apartheid-era South Africa, a reluctant star in her 20s following her big break in Schindler’s List, and now a first-time director at the age of 60, Embeth Davidtz knows what it means to be an outsider. “I’ve always had the feeling,” she says, “that I don’t quite belong.”Normally found in Los Angeles – where she lives in a house once owned by Julie Andrews, with her husband, the entertainment lawyer Jason Sloane – Davidtz is today in Cape Town for work and family commitments. Speaking by video call from a cream-and-beige bedroom, wearing a white top and glasses with peach-coloured frames, her brunette hair tied back, she looks the picture of serenity. The effect is completed by her voice, which soothed millions of children when she starred as the perfect teacher, Miss Honey, in the 1996 film of Roald Dahl’s...

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2 w. ago Woman dies after 'falling from window' at care home as investigation launched

Emergency services were called to the care home on Monday morning.

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2 w. ago Lady Gaga at the O2: What time will she be on stage and what is the set list?

Here’s everything Gaga fans need to know about her upcoming London shows:

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2 w. ago Circus performer falls to death during daring stunt in front of horrified crowd

Over 80 people in the crowd watched on in dismay as the woman plummeted to the ground.

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2 w. ago Baby suddenly dies after 'falling unwell' as police probe 'unexplained' death

Police say they are treating the death as unexplained, but not suspicious.

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2 w. ago Brit mum falls from second floor Airbnb balcony and isn't found until next morning

Raina Heverin, 42, suffered multiple injuries and was left in a coma after plummeting to the ground at a short-term rental in the French capital

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2 w. ago Boston Mafia godfather's empire falls silent as family left picking up pieces

Carmen DiNunzio, 68, died on September 1 and was buried in Massachusetts on Friday. He was an underboss with the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra, also known as the Mafia

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