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Oku Andalusia The 225-room resort boasts a prime setting on Spain’s Costa del Sol, near the exclusive coastal enclave of Sotogrande and the Los Alcornocales Nature Reserve.Despite its family-friendly ethos, the hotel still has a serene seaside setting, with plenty of sophisticated adults-only spaces.The relaxed wabi-sabi design capitalizes on views of the Strait of Gibraltar, extending all the way to Morocco.Active travelers will have no shortage of excursions and activities to keep them busy, from on-site padel tournaments and nearby nature hikes to cooking classes and horseback riding on the wild beaches of Tarifa. As a childless woman in my…

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. I was taking my 12-year-old daughter on her first-ever trip overseas, to Antigua, Guatemala. International travel always brings a new perspective, and that was especially true as I was seeing a different country through her wide, awe-filled eyes. While visiting a museum of Indigenous textiles in a town a few miles outside the city, I spotted this lovely hanging planter in the shape of a bird. As I got closer, I realized it was made entirely out of an…

A guard walks past the logo of the National Stock Exchange at its headquarters in Mumbai, September 17, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty fell for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) owing to profit-taking in banking, auto, and capital goods shares, as well as foreign fund outflows, amid concerns over H.-1B visa fees that continue to dent investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 386.47 points or 0.47% to end at 81,715.63. During the day, it tanked 494.26 points or 0.60% to 81,607.84. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 112.60 points…

S.L. Bhyrappa with historian Ramachandra Guha at the Mysuru Literary Festival in 2017. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM S.L. Bhyrappa, who had a complex relationship with fellow-writers espousing views antithetical to his opinions, never hesitated to speak out on issues over which he felt strongly. Though he was invited by the BJP government to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara in 2019, he made it a point to criticise the government for its efforts to convert Chamundi Hills to a tourist centre. He wanted it to remain a “spiritual destination” and took part in a campaign to oppose the ropeway project. In Mysuru,…

Oracle APEX platform powers student innovation at Xcelerate 2025 Hackathon | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Students from M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering in Mumbai clinched the top prize at the Xcelerate 2025 hackathon. The award ceremony, held on Saturday at the Holiday Inn on the OMR IT Expressway, celebrated a new generation of developers building impactful solutions on Oracle APEX. Hosted by the India Oracle APEX User Group (INOAUG) in collaboration with Oracle, the event showcased the winning projects built exclusively on Oracle APEX. The hackathon challenged students to leverage the platform to tackle real-world problems, from pressing social issues…

It’s clear from the outset that Kinsley is a beautiful hotel, fit for guests who expect more than unblemished greige carpeting from their stays. Backed by developers CBSK Ironstate, its fresh decor (the hotel is housed in a former State of New York bank building from the 1860s, and needed a high-touch reno) is the masterful work of the New York-based Studio Robert McKinley, a design firm known for its sophisticated, if slightly bubbly, spaces; think: solid-wood midcentury credenzas; ivory-and-maroon checkered hallway carpeting; deep red oriental rugs; white-as-the-driven-snow Frette linens; a bar that just looks like it makes a delicious,…

People in Kolkata are struggling to return to normalcy, a day after the overnight rainfall caused severe waterlogging and electricity disruption. Eleven people were killed in the 24-hour downpour that was the highest since 1986. This came just days ahead of Durga Puja festivities, which concerned pandal organisers whose artworks were damaged due to rainwater. Despite the rain subsiding, several areas of Kolkata are still experiencing severe waterlogging and inundation. (Reuters) Waterlogging continuesDespite the rain subsiding, several areas of Kolkata are still experiencing severe waterlogging and inundation. Water was pumped out of low-lying areas of Kolkata and adjoining areas through…

Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to engage Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces of a protest movement over the rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, at the same medical establishment as a senior resident in the Anaesthesiology Department. Cal HC directs WB govt to engage RG Kar protest face Mahato at same hospital as senior resident Holding that the decision of the state to deploy Mahato at Raiganj Medical College and Hospital in Uttar Dinajpur district violates the principle of reasonableness, Justice Biswajit Basu…

Time running out for international community to act on Israeli expansionism aimed at thwarting two-state solution.Israeli forces have shot dead a 19-year-old youth during a raid near Jenin, marking the second killing in the occupied West Bank in two days as Israel accelerates its annexation plans in the territory.The military confirmed the killing of the young man, identified as Ahmed Jihad Barahmeh, in the town of Anzah on Wednesday, claiming its forces shot him after he “threw an explosive device” at them.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe victim was reportedly picked up by a Palestine Red Crescent Society…

Generic acetaminophen capsules are shown Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Santa Ana, Calif. Chris Carlson/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Carlson/AP President Trump’s suggestion that a link exists between autism and acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — has raised concerns within the scientific community. Trump, along with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, said Monday that autism rates are up because pregnant women are taking the medicine that is often used to treat pain and fever. “Taking Tylenol is not good,” Trump said during an announcement in which…