US is the only country facing tourism decline as Trump policies to cost $29 billion in visitor revenue: study
Study from World Travel & Tourism Council looked at the economic impact of tourism in 184 countries
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Almost half of Americans disapprove of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, new poll shows
Just a third of respondents to survey approved of new Everglades detention center
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Ships forced to leave cargo behind as heatwave hits one of Europe’s longest rivers
Temperatures peaked at 35 degrees in Budapest this week as much of Europe baked in an early summer heatwave
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Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat flesh-eating maggots
The U.S. government wiped out the Screwworm flies in the southwest in the 1960’s, but they’re back again
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One dead and woman left in critical condition after fireworks explode and light a whole city block on fire
Over 100 firefighters battled the blazes Thursday night after a fireworks explosion set multiple homes on fire in Pacoima, around 20 miles north of Los Angeles
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Fears over rising tick numbers and Lyme disease spread across Northeast
A beach in Connecticut is closed for the next year as officials work to fight the pests
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What does Shylock mean? Trump’s antisemitic slur explained after president condemned
Here’s what Donald Trump said, what it means, and how people have reacted
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Motorcyclist mauled to death by bear while on holiday posted selfie with one before the fatal attack
Italian Omar Farang Zin had posted photos and video of bear encounters while riding along Romania’s famous Transfagarasan road the day before his death
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China imposes anti-dumping duties on European brandy as trade tensions rise
China has imposed anti-dumping duties on European brandy, most notably cognac produced in France
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Nearly 40 percent of Americans say they would back Musk’s third party if he creates one, poll finds
It comes after the world’s richest man claimed he would launch ‘the America Party’ in response to Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ which he has described as ‘insane’
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Pope Leo’s trip to picturesque lake town revives centuries-old papal tradition
Residents hope the Pope’s holiday will provide a significant tourism boost
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Oklahoma pediatrician accused of killing daughter and staging drowning was fired weeks earlier
Dr Neha Gupta has been charged with first‑degree murder after her 4-year-old died in a residential pool at a South Florida short‑term rental home on June 27
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Body found in search for woman who got off cruise ship and never came back
Dr Marites Buenafe went missing near a popular hiking trail in Juneau, Alaska, earlier this week
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Trump set to impose tariffs up to 70 percent on dozens of nations
The president didn’t specify which countries would be affected but acknowledged the complications of negotiating with over 170 countries
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Inside Budapest Pride: How organisers defied Orban’s ban with 100,000-strong march
When Viktor Orban’s right-wing government passed a bill to ban Pride events – the organisers of Budapest’s annual march decided to rebel
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Prague at standstill after huge power outage hits the Czech Republic
It was not immediately clear what caused the issue but officials ruled out a cyber attack
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Putin may be mocking Trump over Ukraine – but the US president won’t do anything about it
The Europeans are stepping up pleas to Trump over Ukraine while he’s ‘mocked’ by Putin. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains how the US is no longer seen as a European ally
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Football super-agent Jonathan Barnett accused of keeping woman as ‘sex slave’
Barnett managed ex-Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale and orchestrated his world record transfer
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California’s Madre Fire surges across 52,000 acres to become state’s biggest blaze this year
The Madre Fire has more than doubled the size of California’s second-largest wildfire this year, as it races through the Los Padres National Forest
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Trump reveals his secret pet name for Melania: ‘Isn’t it terrible?’
President lets slip intimate detail of married life during address in Iowa on eve of Indepence Day as he celebrates passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ by Congress
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