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Seven Urban Wonders of the World REVEALED – add these locations to your travel bucket list

10/10/2018, 6:46:26 PM
WE'VE all heard of the Seven Wonders of the World. This new list reveals which urban locations you should add to your travel bucket list. ✔ Get your pen and paper ready – we’ve got seven more landmarks to add to your travel bucket list ✔ The cost of the building totals £450 million, making it a spectacle in itself ✔ GETTY LONDON CALLING: Pop down to Camden for a spot of culture (Pic: GETTY) 4



'Trump Slump' doesn’t exist, says head of US tourism

10/10/2018, 4:08:53 PM
undefined ✔ In a Telegraph Travel poll conducted at the start of the year, 56 per cent of respondents said Donald Trump puts them off visiting the US ✔ Garzilli said that one tourist board’s attempts to showcase the value of a trip across the Pond is to highlight destinations where visitors can see a number of different places within easy reach



Meghan Markle always packs this item when travelling abroad for a very sad reason

10/10/2018, 4:27:05 PM
MEGHAN MARKLE has travelled the world during her time as an actress and activist. Since joining the Royal Family, she will now have to make sure to pack one item in particular for a rather sad reason. ✔ Meghan Markle: The royal has already worn a number of black outfits (Image: Getty) Meghan, however, has displayed a number of black outfits already as a member of the Royal Family ✔ Meghan and Harry plan to travel to many of the Commonwealth countries with Tonga and Fiji on the tour itinerary



Greece bans 'heavy' tourists using donkeys

10/10/2018, 6:05:32 PM
Authorities in Greece say people wanting to ride donkeys up the steep slopes of Santorini must weigh under 100 kilograms. ✔ A burden has been lifted from the shoulders of Greece's working donkey population ✔ The animals should not be loaded with a weight excessive in size, age or physical condition, the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food instructed ✔ Activists have also complained about their treatment by their owners



Travelers brace for cancellations, delays as Hurricane Michael bears down on Florida

10/10/2018, 5:33:45 PM
Flights at several Florida airports have been grounded as the state braces for Hurricane Michael ✔ You must have purchased your ticket by Oct. 8 for travel between Oct. 9 and 11 ✔ Please continue to check our important notices page for operations & travel waiver updates: https://t.co/IF60HgPIKr pic.twitter.com/6MjhPWA2rE United Airlines (@united) October 9, 2018



A Woman Who Brought An Emotional Support Squirrel On A Plane Was Removed By Police In Florida

10/10/2018, 6:22:11 PM
"Everyone was just cheering and filming her with their phones. A lot of people were laughing," one passenger told BuzzFeed News. ✔ I thought it was a mechanical issue but when we were in the airport, I kept hearing people mention a squirrel, she said ✔ Everyone was just cheering and filming her with their phones ✔ However, rodents are not permitted on Frontier flights under both the original and new policy



The Chase viewers obsessed with 'amazing' contestant Emily's hilarious facial expressions

10/10/2018, 6:06:17 PM
THE CHASE fans were in fits of giggles over a contestant named Emily during this afternoon’s show as she continuously pulled hilarious faces. She and her fellow contenders were asked a variety of g… ✔ I want an advent calendar with a different expression behind every door ✔ And on her lack of being able to cover the travel costs once the competition had ended, another viewer wrote: It takes 15 days to walk from Norwich to the Moomin Museum in Finland according to Google Maps…



The Latest: Trump briefed on hurricane by FEMA director

10/10/2018, 4:40:26 PM
PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Michael (all times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is being briefed on Hurricane Michae ✔ PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) The Latest on Hurricane Michael (all times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is being briefed on Hurricane Michael as it closes in on the Florida Panhandle with potentially catastrophic 150 mph winds ✔ (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) An unidentified person takes pictures of the surf and fishing pier on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, as Hurricane Michael approaches the Florida Gulf Coast



The Latest: Thousands crowd shelters as Michael nears land

10/10/2018, 4:29:22 PM
PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Michael (all times Eastern): 12:15 p.m. Thousands of people along Florida's northern Gulf Coast hav ✔ PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) The Latest on Hurricane Michael (all times Eastern): 12:15 p.m. Thousands of people along Florida's northern Gulf Coast have heeded warnings to evacuate, and many are cramming into high schools put to use as shelters ✔ [Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP) Heavy surf from the approaching Hurricane Michael pounds the fishing pier on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018



The Latest: Hurricane Michael to push Carolinas storm surge

10/10/2018, 4:14:14 PM
PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Michael (all times Eastern): Noon: Hurricane Michael will weaken once its core hits land and stops ✔ The National Hurricane Center expects Michael to hold tropical storm strength through Thursday as it crosses the Carolinas ✔ (Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP) Surfers paddle past the St.Andrews State Park Pier Tuesday, Oct.9, 2018, at Panama City Beach, Fla ✔ Hurricane Michael is expected to reach the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday



New York man charged with strangling girlfriend on cruise ship

10/10/2018, 7:16:15 PM
A New York man has been charged with strangling and suffocating his girlfriend on a cruise ship, according to federal prosecutors. ✔ Simon Brooke-Webb / sbw-photo, sbw-photo Fullscreen Notably, while Allure of the Seas is slightly smaller than Symphony of the Seas and Harmony of the Seas, it can hold more passengers ✔ If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years ✔ USA TODAY has not been able to reach Batista for comment



WATCH: Woman left terrified by whales - only to then do THIS

10/10/2018, 5:02:48 PM
A WOMAN was caught on camera as she was terrified while a group of whales swam under her boat while sailing with her family. What she did next has shocked many online. ✔ Viral video: A terrified woman was shocked to see a group of whales underneath her boat (Image: Facebook/Darrren Lucianna) The man who posted it wrote: How do you go to the ocean and call the cops on whales when you're going to their home ✔ His video captured the moment the whale swam past him while hunting for krill



Hunger And Poverty Experts Face A Trump Administration Eviction

10/10/2018, 7:48:24 PM
“There is not anyone else who does the kind of work done by these experts,” said a former USDA statistics chief. ✔ Lawmakers from states such as North Dakota and Kansas have offered to host the offices ✔ Former ERS administrator Susan Offut told BuzzFeed News the idea that agricultural economics experts are hard to recruit to Washington D.C ✔ He hopes to complete the relocation by the end of 2019



Now Brexit really is threatening to tear the UK apart | Martin Kettle

10/10/2018, 6:40:12 PM
Theresa May has maintained her dangerously obtuse attitude towards the union, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle ✔ Brexit poses a mounting threat to the unity of the UK ✔ During the referendum campaign in 2016, John Major counselled that a British exit could tear apart the UK ✔ To make a Brexit deal with a party trying to use Brexit to advance the separatist cause would test even a skilful negotiator, which May is not



7 best moisturisers for eczema

10/10/2018, 4:21:35 PM
Dealing with eczema can be a real headache, we've rounded up the best products that really work ✔ But it did leave the skin feeling soft and quickly absorbed for immediate hydration ✔ Our tester tried this on a patch of eczema, and claimed it did not burn nor did it increase any itching ✔ The reviews are compiled through a mix of expert opinion and real-world testing



The Secret to Happiness, From a French Kitchen

10/10/2018, 5:49:54 PM
In her Normandy home, cookware doyenne Valérie Gilbert shares entertaining tips, her source for the very best butter and other life lessons (also involving butter). ✔ UPENDING EXPECTATIONS appears to come naturally to Valérie Gilbert, president of Mauviel, the cookware company her family founded in Normandy in 1830 ✔ I like bringing the copper casserole to the table and serving from it, too ✔ Serve pork with vegetables and juices from pan, plus rice, noodles or mashed potatoes



If Donald Trump doesn't confront Saudi Arabia, the world order could be upended

10/10/2018, 4:19:16 PM
Donald Trump's worldview and its roots in "America First" may be selling well with his base at home. But overseas, it is buckling America's carefully crafted world order, CNN's Nic Robertson says. ✔ MUST WATCH Questions linger after journalist disappears 03:36 Nic Robertson is CNN's international diplomatic editor ✔ He likes to remind us they have committed to billions of dollars in arms deals over the coming years ✔ In the movies, it would be part of a daring escape



Elisabeth Röhm's Blog: Navigating the Crazy World of Co-Parenting After a Split

10/10/2018, 4:45:47 PM
In The Oath star Elisabeth Röhm's newest blog for PEOPLE, she encourages her readers to "keep talking about" their co-parenting realities with their exes ✔ Elisabeth Röhm is a busy mama! Best known for her roles as Serena Southerlyn on  Law & Order  and in films like American Hustle and Joy , the actress is currently starring as Aria Price on her Sony Crackle show The Oath ✔ What do they call it these days conscious uncoupling



I Don’t Have a Hometown. It’s Taught Me a Lot.

10/10/2018, 7:11:06 PM
Growing up in 10 different countries wasn’t easy. Here’s what I learned. ✔ Let’s Figure It Out Parvathy Bhushan, a recent graduate from Mount Holyoke College, sent us a problem to figure out: In college and immediately after, I started to build a professional network that would help me kick-start my career and that definitely helped me land my first job



Biting boobs and celeb feuds... is Azealia Banks the angriest woman in music?

10/10/2018, 5:00:14 PM
SHE shot to fame after releasing hit rap track 212 in 2011, but today Azealia Banks is best known for her frequent and foul-mouthed rages against fellow celebrities. Just months after Banks’ … ✔ 23 Banks slammed Pharrell as part of a particularly unpleasant public spat over a track they had worked together on Twitter 23 A furious Banks launched into a foul attack on Pharrell after their track together flopped Racist scrap with Zayn Malik This is far from the only racially-charged feud which Banks has become embroiled in



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