The fee will be capped at seven consecutive days and is scheduled to come into force in 2026. ADVERTISEMENTEdinburgh is set to become the first city in Scotland to introduce a tourist tax after Scottish government granted powers to local authorities to introduce visitor charges. Edinburgh’s city council has approved a proposal called the ‘Transient Visitor Levy’ to be introduced in 2026. The fee is expected to raise up to £50 million (€59 million) a year to be used to make improvements to the city. However, some tourism operators are concerned it will put travellers off the destination.Authorities in the Scottish Highlands are…

Rates of enterovirus D68, a respiratory virus that can sometimes lead to a polio-like illness and paralysis in children, have risen significantly across the U.S. over the past month, new data show.Nationally, the virus is now being detected at medium levels after having stayed at low levels from September 2023 to August 2024, based on wastewater data from the nonprofit WastewaterSCAN. (Humans infected with viruses may excrete them in waste, so wastewater can detect viral activity in communities.)Enterovirus D68 activity started rising this past spring in the South, a WastewaterSCAN spokesperson tells TODAY.com. Since then, rates have started rising in…

Statins are a type of medication that can help lower a person’s “bad” cholesterol, helping reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease.Statins are generally recommended for adults between the ages of 40 and 75 who have heart disease risk factors. Despite having higher risks for cardiovascular disease, fewer older adults use statins. Researchers from the University of Oxford found statin treatment was both cost-effective and correlated to better health outcomes in older adults with or without previous cardiovascular disease.The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends adults between the ages of 40 to 75 who have one or more cardiovascular risk…

Secret Service agents didn’t sweep the outskirts of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where his alleged would-be assassin was hiding because the former president’s visit was an “off-the-record” plan, the embattled agency’s acting director admitted. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly set up a sniper’s nest on the edge of Trump International West Palm Beach and hid there undetected for nearly 12 hours before Trump, 78, teed off on Sunday afternoon, federal prosecutors said. Acting Secret Service head Ronald Rowe Jr. said Monday that agents didn’t mount an intense search of the perimeter because the 45th president’s round wasn’t on his…

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A televised mayoral debate in Sao Paulo, Brazil got heated Sunday night, after one of the six candidates attacked another candidate with a metal chair.The Associated Press reported that Pablo Marcal, a personal development influencer turned right-wing politician, spoke about allegations against one of his opponents, José Luiz Datena, a former TV presenter turned candidate, during the debate.Marcal said Datena had wanted to slap him, adding, “You’re not even man enough to do this.”Datena was then seen during the live video walking toward Marcal’s podium with a metal chair over his head and slamming into Marcal’s side as he raised…

You can have Scandi wellness experiences and Nordic food during a more planet-friendly staycation. ADVERTISEMENTScandinavia is renowned as a wellness tourism destination where travellers seek health-boosting experiences like steaming in a sauna or jumping into icy water. But if a trip to the northern European region is out of budget or you prefer a staycation to be more sustainable, the UK and Ireland are not short of Nordic-style breaks.In Scotland, you can start your mornings with wild swimming in a loch while on the coast of Northern Ireland, you can warm up after a dip in the icy sea with a…

Australian shares rose on Tuesday as many key Asia-Pacific markets were closed for the mid-autumn festival.The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.3 per cent in early trading. Aluminium refiner Alcoa and digital payments processor Zip led gains in Sydney, rising 5.8 per cent and 4.3 per cent, respectively.Japan’s Topix fell 0.1 per cent. Markets in mainland China and South Korea were shut. The Straits Times index, Singapore’s benchmark, rose 0.2 per cent, a day after a government minister outlined reforms to revive the city-state’s bourse.“It is not an easy task to revitalise our equities market,” second finance minister Chee Hong Tat…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.South Korean exporters of products ranging from steel and petrochemicals to textiles and cosmetics are struggling to compete with a glut of goods from Chinese rivals, as the effects of overcapacity and sluggish domestic demand spill over into global markets.Even Korean makers of kimchi, the fermented vegetable product widely seen as a symbol of national identity, are feeling the heat. South Korea imported more kimchi in the first half of 2024 — almost all of it from China — than it exported,…

Intel’s struggling chip-making business got a boost Monday from a high-profile client: Amazon. The announcement came after Intel said earlier in the day it would receive up to $3 billion in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to manufacture chips for the military. Intel Foundry and Amazon Web Services will coinvest in a custom chip design for the latter and “announced a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar framework,” according to a release. “Specifically, Intel Foundry will produce an AI fabric chip for AWS on Intel 18A,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said in the statement Monday. Intel, once the world’s most dominant chipmaker,…

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges moved out of state court.In a decision Monday, U.S. District Judge John Tuchi said Meadows missed a deadline for asking for his charges to be moved to federal court and failed to show that the allegations against him related to his official duties as chief of staff to the president.Meadows, who faces charges in Arizona and Georgia in…

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.A 10-episode miniseries entitled “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” debuts on Sept. 17 on FX. It explores the rise and fall of NFL player Aaron Hernandez — the New England Patriots tight end who was convicted of murder in 2015 and died by suicide in his prison cell two years later.Hernandez was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, after his death. The disease can cause impulsive and aggressive behavior, emotional instability and suicidal thoughts, according to…

Previous studies have reported that about 3 million people in the United States have atrial fibrillation (AFib). Researchers from the University of California – San Francisco discovered that AFib is three times more common in the U.S. than previously thought.Over the course of the study, scientists found that people with AFib tended to be younger, less likely to be female, and more likely to have high blood pressure and diabetes.However, that number may be a lot more than we have thought, says researchers from University of California – San Francisco.Over the last few years, previous research has reported a rise…

Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday.The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon’s earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Now, the company is giving employees until Jan. 2 to start adhering to the new policy.Corporate employees will be expected to be in the office five days a week “outside of extenuating circumstances” or unless they have been granted an exception by their organization’s S-team leader, Jassy said, referring to the close-knit…

Sergio Mendoza Hochmann | Moment | Getty ImagesMany investors unknowingly make a costly mistake when rolling their money from a 401(k) plan to an individual retirement account: leaving their money in cash.Rollovers from a workplace retirement plan to an IRA are common after reaching certain milestones like changing jobs or retiring. About 5.7 million people rolled a total $618 billion to IRAs in 2020, according to most recent IRS data.However, many investors who move their money to an IRA park those funds in cash for months or years instead of investing it — a move that causes their savings to…