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European cities often have narrow streets, cobblestones, limited elevators, and small doorways that make large suitcases difficult to manage.Some people recommend traveling light to avoid judgment and logistical headaches.Others, however, recommend embracing the discomfort. In December, I visited Vienna. It’s a beautiful city, especially around the holidays. The imperial architecture, cobblestoned streets, and twinkling Christmas lights made me feel like I was in a fairy tale. But the fairytale sensation was disrupted by the rattle of my oversized carry-on clacking against the paving stones. Not just for me, as I half-dragged, half-rolled the luggage … it was an earache for…

Film Director Satyajit Ray. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives Bangladesh on Thursday (July 17, 2025) said that a house in Mymensingh district that is being demolished due to “dilapidated, risky and unusable” structure has “no association” with eminent filmmaker and author Satyajit Ray.India on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) called on Bangladesh to reconsider its decision to demolish the ancestral property of Satyajit Ray and offered help to preserve the iconic building as it symbolises Bangla cultural “renaissance”.In a statement issued on Thursday, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry said a “detailed inquiry into the archival records re-confirmed that the house in question…

Rescuers carry a boat into the subway in Zhengzhou, China, in July after flash floods trapped passengers underground. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP via Getty Images Rescuers carry a boat into the subway in Zhengzhou, China, in July after flash floods trapped passengers underground. STR/AFP via Getty Images Global warming is driving dangerous and disruptive flooding in underground rail systems around the world. Flooded tunnels and stations have disrupted service and stranded passengers in Boston, London, San Francisco, Taipei, Bangkok, Washington, D.C., and a host of other cities in recent years. But the problem has taken…

NPR’s Steve Inskeep and Michel Martin speak with David Isay, founder and president of StoryCorps, about the Senate vote to cut funding for public broadcasting.

The move comes after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI for a 49% company stake [File] | Photo Credit: AP Artificial intelligence data labelling firm Scale AI is laying off around 200 employees, or about 14% of its workforce, with CEO Jason Droege citing the fast rise in its Generative AI capacity in the past year as the reason for the decision, per tech outlet The Verge.The move comes after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI for a 49% company stake. In addition to this, Scale AI’s former CEO Alexandr Wang left the company in order to join and…

Welcome to Where the Chefs Eat a column in which chefs share their go-to restaurants in their favorite cities.The Lisbon that Nuno Mendes grew up in during the 1980s was nothing like the city we know and love today. The City of Light was “a very tough city,” Mendes says. “Back then, there was no sense of national pride.”Mendes then traveled the world, exploring different ingredients and innovative global cooking techniques under the likes of Wolfgang Puck and Rocco di Spirito, before settling in East London where he has now lived for 20 years. While Hackney is home, the Lisbon…

About 350 French soldiers are leaving Senegal, marking the end of a departure process that began in March.France has officially handed over its two remaining military bases in Senegal, leaving the onetime colonial power with no permanent presence in either West or Central Africa. France returned Camp Geille, its largest base in Senegal, and its airfield at Dakar’s airport in a ceremony on Thursday attended by top French and Senegalese officials, including Senegalese Chief of the General Staff Mbaye Cisse and General Pascal Ianni, the head of the French forces in Africa. The pullout ends the French army’s 65-year presence…

Analysts say Israel's main goal is to ‘divide and weaken’ Syria while expanding its hegemony in the Middle East.

Heavy police presence at Faridpur rally after violence erupts between security forces and supporters of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina.Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed heavy security measures to prevent a repeat of further political violence, after clashes between security forces and supporters of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left four people dead and more than 50 injured. Hundreds of police were deployed Thursday to the site of a planned rally in Faridpur by the National Citizen Party (NCP), a new political party formed by students who spearheaded the unrest that ousted longtime leader Hasina last year, local media reported. Their presence…

The process of bio-mining garbage to resolve dumping yard issues in the city will commence on Friday (July 18).Anantapur Urban MLA Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad will launch the process at the dump yard in Gooty road. People of Rajiv Colony panchayat and other nearby localities and also those who were commuting on the national highway have been facing severe problems due to the dump yard. Before the elections, Mr. Prasad had promised to bring a permanent solution to the problem and accordingly, the State government had decided to convert the garbage into fertiliser. A private firm has been given the contract…