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For those ready to escape the clichéd summer holidays and immerse themselves in the hidden gems of sun-drenched Spain, Paradores Hotels & Restaurants offers stays in unforgettable accommodations in lesser-known places. From staying in a king’s summer residence to exploring nature on a mountaintop to soaking up the vibe of a modern maritime city, travelers can head here for a Spanish holiday like no other. La Gomera in the Canary Islands: enjoy nature and discover diverse wildlife Where: La Gomera is a relatively unexplored island in the Canary Islands and Columbus’ last port of call before departing for the New…

Gina Raimondo, the Commerce Secretary, who arrived in Beijing on Sunday, is the latest emissary from the Biden administration seeking to stabilize ties between the world’s two largest economies.Ms. Raimondo, the fourth senior US official to travel to China in less than three months, is making her trip at a critical time. Relations between the countries are tense, in part because the United States has curtailed China’s access to technology that could power its military. China’s economy also appears to be slowing, and Beijing is trying to attract more foreign investment while tightening controls on foreign companies.Ms. Raimondo’s agenda is…

The wildfire cleared a clear path to a Canadian lakeside tourist spot in British Columbia, with a population of 222,000.The fire raged across the city of Kelowna for 19 days and consumed 976 acres of forest. But on the outskirts of the suburbs, it encountered a fire prevention zone and spluttered, leaving only one house on fire.The fire prevention zone – an area carefully cleared to remove fuel and minimize the spread of flames – was created by a logging company owned by a local indigenous community. And as another wildfire has ravaged the suburb of West Kelowna this month,…

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed victory on Saturday in an election marred by widespread allegations that the governing party, ZANU-PF, had committed fraud.Mr Mnangagwa’s victory over his nearest competitor, Nelson Chamisa, after his first full term in office has strengthened the ZANU-PF’s grip on power in a country it has led since independence from Britain in 1980. For the past 20 years, Zimbabwe has suffered catastrophic consequences. economic policies that have led to rising prices, high unemployment, and a medical system that lacks basic medicines and equipment.Mr Mnangagwa won 52.6 percent of the vote, compared to 44 percent for Mr…

Even after a major correction, which followed weeks of near-total inactivity, and a new focus on real interest rates, bitcoin’s most patient investors are still holding on to their coins. The cryptocurrency closed at $25,972.52 on Friday and has lost 0.25% this week — its eight negative week in the past nine, according to Coin Metrics. Last week there was a drop of 11%. Coin Metrics measures a week in crypto, which is traded 24 hours a day, from the close of the stock market at 4pm ET on one Friday to the next. Bitcoin had been almost completely inactive…

Prasit Photo | Moment | Getty ImagesWhen Hannah Cohen invests in a stock or fund, she pays attention to whether the mission aligns with her personal values.For example, the 25-year-old data consultant has invested in funds such as the ALPS Clean Energy ETF and the Global X Autonomous and Electric Vehicles ETF as someone who cares about climate change. In the same vein, major oil stocks are largely ruled out.”It sends the message that people are interested and that people do care,” Cohen said. “I don’t know how much of a difference I make as an individual, but I do…

Former Republican aides and House of Representatives investigators are urging Speaker Kevin McCarthy to forget about impeaching President Biden and instead focus on getting things done. The Messenger reported: Veteran senior aides from the Republican Party in Congress who have worked across the aisle in recent years have some advice for current Republican leaders: Drop the Biden family’s politically tinged investigations and try legislation instead to issue. The former research assistants told The Messenger that instead of giving in to mounting pressure from conservative hardliners demanding to impeach President Joe Biden, Speaker of the…

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) explained why Trump is absolutely disqualified from holding any state or federal office, including the presidency. Raskin said of CNN’s State Of The Union when asked if Trump will be disqualified as president: Well, absolutely, and we’ve said all along that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment contains a clear and unequivocal statement that anyone who has taken an oath of office, and not just a president, but members of Congress and others holding federal office , engaged in insurrection or rebellion, after swearing an oath to uphold the Constitution…

3M Co. has tentatively agreed to pay more than $5.5 billion to resolve more than 300,000 lawsuits alleging it sold faulty combat earplugs to the US military, people familiar with the deal said. The settlement could stave off a potentially much larger liability that 3M tried to curb through a controversial bankruptcy case that eventually collapsed. The amount is about half of the roughly $10 billion that some financial analysts predicted 3M would eventually have to pay due to allegations that the earplugs would not adequately protect service personnel’s hearing. Bloomberg Intelligence had estimated the company’s potential liability to be…

A powerful Russian businessman who has been under financial sanctions for nearly a decade has nevertheless used US and European banks to raise money for orphanages in a region central to the Kremlin’s program to deport Ukrainian children to Russia, it appears from the data.Businessman Konstantin Malofeyev is one of Russia’s most prominent conservative voices and has championed the resettlement efforts, which prosecutors in The Hague have labeled a war crime. He calls for a return of the Russian Empire and has repeatedly denied the existence of a Ukrainian identity.Mr Malofeev has been cut off from most Western financial systems…