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d3sign | Moment | Getty ImagesIf you want — or need — to travel this holiday season, start planning now because the ideal time to book Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s travel is fast approaching. “The most important thing is for travelers to continue to think about planning now and booking in October,” said Hayley Berg, lead economist at travel site Hopper. “That window of low prices is brief, but it can really pay off.”More from Personal Finance:American demand for international trips drives ‘travel momentum’Relocating retirees want lower costs of livingHomeowners may be ‘overconfident in their retirement readiness’But travelers who miss that…

Two years after launching the war on drugs, President Richard Nixon made a startling admission during a meeting in the Oval Office. He said that marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” The remarks, captured by the former president’s secret recording system, bolster the notion that the criminalization of marijuana was driven by politics. Ernesto Londoño, a New York Times reporter who covers drug use and counternarcotics policy, explains.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Failure to reach a first contract has resulted in an Armstrong Regional Co-op liquor store location in Kelowna, B.C., going on strike. “We’ve formed a union to get collective bargaining going and the co-op has stopped bargaining with us, they left the table, so we want to get them back to the table to talk with us,” ARC Liquor employee Julia Scott said.At the start of negotiations, workers were pushing for wage increases to match inflation, increased benefits and bereavement pay.However, according to Service Employees International Union Local 2, the union representing…

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A major Chinese airline is launching direct flights linking Adelaide to a star destination in China in a major lift for Australian tourists and businesses.China Southern Airlines, one of the country’s three largest airlines, will link the South Australian capital with Guangzhou province on China’s southern coast from December 12, with three flights a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.Guangzhou serves as a major connector to the shopping mecca of Shenzhen and the gambling hub of Macao.The flights will run on Boeing Dreamliner 787-8s and together provide an extra 798 seats to the Middle Kingdom each week.China Southern ran the…

SHANGHAI: Chinese authorities prepared for heavy rain on Sunday (Sep 15) as a strong typhoon approached the country’s heavily populated eastern seaboard. Typhoon Bebinca was expected to make landfall along a swath of coastline including the megacity of Shanghai sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to Beijing’s emergency management ministry. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the storm would cause “heavy to torrential” downpours with “local heavy or extremely heavy rainstorms” between Sunday and Tuesday. Officials held a meeting Saturday to “research and deploy flood and typhoon control work in key areas”, according to the statement.…

SummaryComoros President Azoli Assoumani survived a knife attack during a funeral, thanks to his security team, and the attacker was arrested.Several African presidents have faced assassination attempts in the last decade, including Somalia’s Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed, Guinea’s Moussa Dadis Camara and Alpha Conde, Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mali’s Assimi Goita, and Sudan’s Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.Despite these attacks, all of the leaders survived and reassured their citizens, showing resilience in leadership during times of crisis.The peace and stability brought by these leaders following such incidents reflect the strength of African leadership in the face of adversity.September 14, 2024 Moroni, Comoros -The president…

Warning comes as Israeli politicians urge action against Hezbollah amid continuing tit-for-tat attacks across the Israel-Lebanon border.Hezbollah’s deputy leader has warned Israel that a full-scale war on Lebanon would cause “large losses on both sides” and displace hundreds of thousands of more Israelis in the country’s north. Naim Qassem’s comments on Saturday came as Israel’s Channel 13 reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on the verge” of launching a “broad and strong operation” on the country’s northern border with Lebanon. Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been trading near-daily fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since Israel launched its…

The backlash continued to mount following Vice President Kamala Harris’ televised interview Friday, with critics calling out her unwillingness to give clear and specific answers.In her first solo sit-down TV interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris seemed to filibuster to avoid direct answers. One example came when the interviewer, Brian Taff of the Philadelphia ABC affiliate, asked for her “specific” plans to bring down prices for Americans.”Well, I’ll start with this. I grew up a middle-class kid,” Harris responded. “My mother raised my sister and me. She worked very hard. She was able to finally save up enough…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A group of investors has launched a new European venture capital firm seeking to raise at least €600mn to back local start-ups, as a recovery in funding for technology companies picks up after a two-year drought. The new fund, Noteus, is led by a team that split off from French investment firm Eurazeo, and has already invested more than €300mn into tech groups since its founding earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the group. Noteus eventually plans to raise…