New area code, same attitude. The Big Apple will start handing out the a area code on June 18, after the city officially ran out of phone numbers for existing area codes. Happening every few years — and bruising your ego along the way — the state board has approved…

Travellers are increasingly looking for more than just a beautiful room and great service. Now, travel magazine Afar has revealed its list of the 40 best new and revamped hotels around the world, highlighting properties that capture the spirit of their destinations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Of the 40 selected, 11 are…

Published on 12/06/2026 – 17:54 GMT+2 A brand new ferry link between France and Ireland set sail on Friday (12 June), marking the return of international passenger services to Boulogne-sur-Mer for the first time in 15 years. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Operated by Hibernia Line, the overnight route to Cork is expected…

A German soccer fan has accidentally become America’s newest tourism ambassador — one Taco Bell run, a Buc-ee’s pilgrimage and a Chili’s dinner at a time. Freddy, who posts on X as @FreddyLA7, has exploded in popularity after documenting his six-week World Cup road trip across the Southern United States…

Test your news knowledge with this week’s Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring dirty sodas’ health concerns, and a Texas mom’s Facebook arrest claim. Looking for another challenge?A Trump-backed challenger who defeated Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky, ending the representative’s tenure after a bruising GOP primary battle is featured in…

Published on 12/06/2026 – 12:36 GMT+2 Brussels is putting the brakes on shared e-scooters. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After years of complaints over dangerous riding, pavement clutter and even links to organised crime, the Belgian capital has announced that rental e-scooters will disappear from its streets from January 2027 – joining a…

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, is facing a fresh headache after competition regulators opened an investigation into the charges families pay to sit together. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The probe will examine whether the airline’s controversial seating fees unfairly penalise parents and children. The UK-based Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says Ryanair’s…

DEAR ABBY: My sister is involved with a wealthy man who is 20 years older. Their affair (they are both married) is now on year six as far as I know. My sister’s husband is in poor health. Abby, she told him about the affair. They decided to sell their…

Skopje, North Macedonia’s capital, is a city in a constant state of reinvention. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Found near a seismic fault between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates, major earthquakes razed the city to the ground in 518, 1555, and most recently in 1963. With more than 80% of the Balkan…

Cameron Issacs, one of the youngest New York Knicks fans, stayed up way past his bedtime Wednesday night, watching his team trample the San Antonio Spurs with a 107-to-106 buzzer-beater victory.  But winning is nothing new to the eight-day-old. He was born mere hours before the Knicks scored their first…