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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Europe is poised for a significant influx of Chinese and Indian tourists this year, set to offset a projected slowdown in growth from American travellers, according to a new survey from […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Eleven individuals, including an aide to a French far-left lawmaker, have been arrested in France on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a far-right activist. The arrests were […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A celebrated marble elephant sculpture by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome has been damaged, with its left tusk found snapped off at the monument’s base. Authorities reported […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A man has been swept away by the swollen River Loire as much of western France was placed under high alert for floods, with further heavy rain expected. Four […]

JD Vance criticized European nations for “doing a lot of things to sabotage themselves”, in a Fox News interview on Tuesday (17 February). The US vice president specifically targeted their defense spending and economic stagnation. “ We want Europe to thrive, and we want Europe to succeed”, he said. Building on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Pope Leo XIV has turned down Donald Trump’s invitation to join his so-called “Board of Peace”, a senior Vatican official said. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch French authorities have released a tanker, the Grinch, suspected of being part of Russia’s sanctioned “shadow fleet”, after its owners paid a penalty of “several million euros” and endured […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Five people have died, and five others are injured after a fire broke out in an apartment building in northeastern Spain. The fire originated in the storage room of […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Monday against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to carry out an attack on one of superstar singer Taylor Swift‘s concerts in […]

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email A renowned natural rock formation on Italy’s Adriatic coast, affectionately known as the “Lovers’ Arch,” dramatically collapsed on Valentine’s Day following several days of severe weather. The incident has prompted local […]