Around 8% of the 31.1 million reviews submitted to Tripadvisor in 2024 were fake, according to the company’s “Transparency Report 2025.” That’s more than twice the number detected in 2022, according to company reports. But that doesn’t mean the number of fake reviews on the site doubled, said Becky Foley, vice president and head of…
The EU’s chief has said she is ready to move “swiftly” to agree a trade deal with the United States, and has held a “good call” with US President Donald Trump following his threat of 50% tariffs on the bloc. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she spoke with Trump on…
A dual US and German citizen was arrested on Sunday for allegedly attempting to burn down the US embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, according to the justice department. Officials said they arrested Joseph Neumayer, 28, at John F Kennedy Airport in New York. He was deported by Israeli authorities after he was found with explosive…
Iran summoned France’s envoy in Tehran to protest against “insulting” remarks made by the French foreign minister after an Iranian filmmaker won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d’Or for his film It Was Just an Accident on Saturday, a political drama inspired by his…
June is right around the corner, but there are still some great deals available if you’re looking to book your summer travel. Typically the best summer airfare prices dry up by late May and early June, but 2025 isn’t shaping up to be like most years. “At this point in the year, trying to get…
Reuters Family members of George Floyd gathered this weekend as friends and community members paid their respects at a memorial site for Floyd Americans across the country are remembering George Floyd five years after he was killed by police, with special gatherings in the city where he grew up and the one where he died….
Getty Images Dr Alaa al-Najjar (2nd L) at her husband’s bedside in Nasser hospital The husband of a Palestinian doctor in Gaza whose children were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday remains in critical condition, according to the hospital treating him. Hamdi al-Najjar’s “life remains in danger”, Dr Milena Angelova-Chee, a Bulgarian doctor working…
At least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured across Ukraine in overnight Russian drone and missile attacks, regional officials have said. Four deaths were reported in Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi region. Three more deaths were reported in the Kyiv region, and one in the southern city of Mykolaiv. It comes a day…
BBC Anna Holligan’s bike meant a lot to her and other people I was planning an ordinary afternoon out – bags packed, ready to roll – when I bounded downstairs and was hit by a jolt of disbelief. The space where my cargo bike should have been was empty, and the double lock that had…
North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state media has reported. Parts of the 5,000-ton destroyer’s bottom were crushed during the launch ceremony, tipping the vessel off balance. An investigation into the incident, which North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a…
