Photos: Solar eclipse draws crowds of viewers in L.A. area
Brian van der Brug, Kelvin Kuo, Al Seib, Andrew Gombert
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Millions of people across the U.S. looked up at the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse Monday. California won’t experience totality, but there’s still plenty to see.
The falling yen has helped create a tourism boom in Japan. Some 33 million visitors are expected this year, a new record – and up one million on pre-pandemic levels. But not everyone is celebrating.
Scotland and tea have been in a relationship since the 1600s, with the first tea served at Holyrood Palace in 1680. Originally smuggled into the country and affordable only for the very rich, by the mid-1800s tea was regularly taken with bread and butter in the afternoon and the rest is history: a saga of sandwiches, scones, cakes, cream and latterly, champagne. Afternoon tea has never been more popular and (Dundee cake notwithstanding) nowhere in Scotland does it better than enlightened Edinbur
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant to intimidate its smaller Asian neighbour. The China coastguard's 165-meter 'monster ship' entered Manila's 200-nautical mile EEZ on July 2, spokesperson for the PCG Jay Tarriela told a news forum. The PCG warned the Chinese vessel it was in the Philippine's EEZ and asked about their intentions, he said.
On October 8, as the world was beginning to comprehend what had just happened in southern Israel, most decent people – including many who would go on to decry Israel’s retaliatory campaign – expressed genuine horror at what Gaza’s Islamist barbarians had done. But a substantial minority was openly cheering. Not just in Turkey and Iran, but in Toronto and London.
It was supposed to be a moment of triumph for China’s space industry. The 180ft Long March 3B rocket stood on the launch pad, ready to carry an American-made satellite into orbit on its debut mission.
A whole 11 minutes after news broke that Emma Raducanu had pulled out from her mixed doubles appearance with her son, Judy Murray could not hide her feelings any longer.
Surprise increase makes Australian visa application fee among most expensive in the world, as new survey finds rising costs putting prospective students off
The European Union has slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" state subsidies, despite Beijing's warnings the move would unleash a trade war. But company reps in both China and Europe are critical of the steps. Brussels launched an investigation last year into Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers to probe whether state subsidies were unfairly undercutting European automakers.Since announcing the planned tariff hike last month, o
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber entertained some of India's biggest celebrities in the latest instalment of months-long wedding celebrations thrown for the son of Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani.Bieber, who shot to prominence as a teenage heartthrob, is among several global celebrities who have jetted into India for the marriage festivities of Ambani's younger son Anant and fiancee Radhika Merchant.
For months, the West’s most respected military experts have been insisting that Vladimir Putin’s war machine is close to running out of steam in Ukraine. However, it is a prediction that seems completely at odds with the reality of life for millions of Ukrainians living close to the frontline.
They can line up Chequers, or perhaps Windsor Palace. They can ask the King or Prince William to host a glamorous dinner. Perhaps they can even persuade Sir Elton John, given that he is supporting the party, to sing a few songs, or, failing that, at least get Ed Sheeran to strum his guitar.