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Financial Times 

Europe’s real tourist trap

The continent gets too much attention from the world to recognise its irrelevance

Financial Times 

The cougar bites back

How movies and books are flipping the script on the older woman/younger man relationship

Financial Times 

A summer in Rome special

The best gelato, outdoor cinemas, scenic walks at night — and much more

The Punch 

‘Event planning sector controls $2bn annually’

The W Initiative of Access Bank Plc has revealed that the event planning sector controls over $2 billion annually. W Initiative is an arm of Access Bank Plc that empowers women in business. A statement made available to PUNCH Online on Saturday indicated that the bank, through its Women Banking Department, held the W Initiative

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Las Vegas Review-Journal 

LETTER: Red Rock development ‘compromise’ is depressing

Red Rock Canyon is a fragile natural wonder. To claim that 3,500 homes and the traffic that goes with them, and changing the nature of the watershed, will not negatively impact the area is absurd.

Business Standard 

Which way the Sangh blows

Occasional lovers' tiffs have marked the history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Today In History: June 15, More than 1,000 killed in New York steamboat disaster

Today in History

Today is Saturday, June 15, the 167th day of 2024. There are 199 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River.

On this date:

In 1215, England’s King John put his seal to Magna Carta (“the Great Charter”) at Runnymede.

In 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army. Читать дальше...