By&nbspEuronews Travel&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 18/06/2025 – 11:48 GMT+2•Updated 19/06/2025 – 9:32 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTFlights were cancelled in Indonesia earlier this week after a volcano erupted, releasing a massive cloud of ash. All flights to and from the resort island of Bali have now resumed following the disruption. An eruption from Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Tuesday afternoon sent a thick grey plume up 11km into the sky, creating a mushroom-shaped ash cloud visible as far as 150 kilometres away. Several more eruptions on Tuesday evening sent ash up 5km into the sky. It erupted again on Wednesday morning, belching a 1km high…

Hundreds of dangerous illegal migrant criminals have been shipped out of a New Jersey detention center, leaving the controversial ICE facility at just 20% capacity — after four violent detainees escaped last week during an “uprising.” The 1,000-bed Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark — the largest of its type on the East Coast — is now holding only roughly 200 migrants, a Homeland Security official told The Post. The facility has been a lightning rod of controversy, with Newark Mayor and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka arrested by the feds during a protest at the center last month and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CHARLESTOWN, MA – One of the turning points during the Revolutionary War was the Battle of Bunker Hill 250 years ago. While it was a British victory, the confidence and morale of the colonial militia were greatly boosted.The militia were not trained soldiers, but rather ordinary men who were doctors, tradesmen, even farmers. (See the video at the top of this article.)  TWO REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTERS ARE REUNITED AT FORT TICONDEROGA AFTER 250 YEARS APARTTimothy Riordan, Ph.D., historian and vice president of the Charlestown Historical Society in Massachusetts, said the average age of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel is accused of committing “the crime against humanity of extermination” and impeding religious freedoms in a recent United Nations report.The U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel (COI) issued a scathing 19-page report. In a summary of the report, the COI said it “examines violations of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and possible international crimes relating to attacks against educational facilities and religious and cultural sites.” However, the COI appears to be harsher on Israel than Palestinian authorities.  In its conclusion,…

By&nbspEuronews Travel&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 17/06/2025 – 16:00 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTA group of tourists were sitting at an outdoor table in the Spanish city of Barcelona, trying to enjoy their drinks, when a woman raised a cheap plastic water gun and shot an arc of water at them.Her weapon of choice – the cheap, squirt-squirt variety – is an increasingly common fixture at anti-tourism protests in the southern European country, where many locals fear that an overload of visitors is driving them from their cherished neighbourhoods.How did the humble water gun become a symbol of discontent?From refreshing to revolutionaryThe phenomenon started last July,…

A teen was left in critical condition after subway surfing in the Bronx and young woman was killed after she was fatally struck by a Manhattan train in two grisly incidents inside the city’s subway system Monday, according to police. The teenage boy fell onto the tracks at the Baychester subway station while he was riding on top of a northbound 5 train shortly after 4 p.m., cops said. Paramedics rushed to the victim, who police said is between 14 and 16 years old, to Jacobi Hospital. A teen was left in critical condition after subway surfing in the Bronx,…

Lawmakers are taking aim at China with recently introduced legislation that would bring more oversight on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.  A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Improvements Act (AFIDA) this month. The move was first reported by Fox News Digital. The legislation seeks to implement recommendations published by the Government Accountability Office in January 2024, which found the AFIDA was ill-equipped to combat foreign ownership of American agricultural land.  GEN KEANE SAYS CHINA CONDUCTING ‘MOST COMPREHENSIVE PENETRATION’ OF US SOCIETY IN OUR 250-YEAR HISTORY Some of its other measures propose requiring AFIDA reporting for foreign persons…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The crown jewel of Paris, The Louvre, shut its doors on tourists visiting from all over the world on Monday.Kevin Ward, traveling from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, told The Associated Press (AP), “It’s the ‘Mona Lisa’ moan out here.” “Thousands of people waiting, no communication, no explanation,” said Ward. TOURISTS SPRAYED WITH WATER GUNS BY PROTESTERS AS EUROPEAN ANTI-TOURISM TREND GROWS”I guess even she needs a day off.”The world’s most-visited museum closed in a rare occurrence due to overtourism, prompting an employee strike, AP reported. About 8.7 million travelers visited the Musée du Louvre in 2024,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said there will be some surprises amid the Jewish State’s conflict with Iran that will make Israel’s explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria last year look “simple.””We’ve pulled off a number of surprises,” Leiter said during a Tuesday appearance on the TV network Merit Street.”When the dust settles, you’re going to see some surprises on Thursday night and Friday that will make the beeper operation almost seem simple,” he continued.Leiter was referring to near-simultaneous detonations of pagers used by members…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lisa Brown Langley, a noted Martha’s Vineyard photographer today known as L.A. Brown, said she’ll never forget the day in London with her dad, Phil Brown, in 1992 — and how a single comment gnawed at her heart for years.On that day in London, her 30th birthday was soon approaching.Her father turned to her, smiled and said, “It’s time I bought you something I’ve given every woman in our family.” He added, to her surprise, “A Hermès scarf.” FOR FATHER’S DAY, PENNNIES FROM HEAVEN PLUS ‘GODWINKS’ AND GOOD MEMORIES It was an expensive gift…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A London tribunal has ruled that Metro Bank’s former top two executives were responsible for a £900mn accounting error at the UK high street lender.Craig Donaldson, Metro’s ex-chief executive, and David Arden, former chief financial officer, had challenged fines handed to them by the Financial Conduct Authority in 2022 for allegedly misclassifying a large number of commercial loans.The Upper Tribunal, which deals with appeals against the UK financial regulator’s decisions, found the two men were “knowingly concerned” in Metro’s breach of FCA…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Australia’s largest shipbuilder has said it would be a “strange outcome” if the government allowed it to be taken over by a South Korean company, given Canberra’s focus on rebuilding the country’s defence and manufacturing capabilities.Hanwha, South Korea’s biggest defence group, has purchased a 9.9 per cent stake in Perth-based Austal after making multiple unsuccessful offers for the business in the past two years.It has also acquired options to double its stake and last week received the green light from the…

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Francisco Lindor has a lot to smile about. The dynamo Mets shortstop joins Alexa on Zoom after breakfast on a sunny spring morning. He’s coming off one of countless memorable games this season at Citi Field; last night’s, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, saw him hitting a two-run homer that spawned a clip of Tom Hanks celebrating in the stands.  So how is Lindor, a k a Mr. Smile, this morning? “Fantastic!” he says with that…

A suspect was arrested for threatening Texas lawmakers just hours after a gunman assassinated a Minnesota lawmaker and wounded another over the weekend. The Texas Capitol in Austin was shut down by police Saturday after receiving a credible threat to lawmakers planning on attending a “No Kings” protest later in the day, police said.   “Out of an abundance of caution, the Capitol and the Capitol grounds were evacuated,” the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement. Law enforcement secures an intersection during the “No Kings Day” demonstration on June 14, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Getty Images “DPS will…

A massive outage has been reported in the Los Angeles area on Father’s Day after internet and cable provider Spectrum linked the issue to “criminal acts of vandalism.”  “We are currently working on a Fiber cut affecting the Los Angeles area. We are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. Thank you,” the company shared in an alert on X.A spokesperson for the company told Fox News Digital that they discovered that lines had been cut due to vandalism in Van Nuys on Sunday morning, which also impacted other areas.  “Early this morning our fiber optic lines were intentionally cut…