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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:45 AM ET, Fri July 25, 2025 Scenic Group, which operates Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours and Emerald Cruises, has announced a new partnership providing Allianz Partners travel insurance to guests. Guests can now purchase Allianz Partners travel protection during booking, allowing them to be reimbursed for unexpected trip cancellations, interruptions and delays, lost baggage and medical emergencies. Those who book insurance with Allianz also enjoy use of its Allyz mobile app and travel assistance. Customers with an Allianz insurance plan can enjoy in-person or virtual doctor’s visits while traveling, a 24/7 travel assistance team, Global…
Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online.“We have engaged third-party cybersecurity experts and are working around the clock to secure our systems,” San Francisco-based Tea Dating Advice Inc. said in a statement. The app and the breach highlight the fraught nature of seeking romance in the age of social media.Here’s what to know:Tea was meant…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:30 AM ET, Fri July 25, 2025 Collette has launched a new tour exploring Southeast Asia, a 12-day trip called Journey Through Northern Vietnam. Starting at $2,999 per person, the itinerary visits Hanoi, Mai Chau, Ninh Binh and Ha Long Bay. Experiences range from visiting the home of a water puppetry artist to a food tour of Hanoi. Travelers will take a boat tour through the UNESCO-listed Tràng An Grottoes, learn from a local family how to cook a traditional meal, sail overnight along Ha Long Bay, meet with a Vietnam war veteran, practice tai chi…
Facebook Tweet Email Link A 5-month-old Palestinian baby suffering from severe malnutrition died in her mother’s arms in Gaza Friday, one of the latest victims of a starvation crisis that has generated international outrage but continues to deepen. The girl – Zeinab Abu Halib – died Friday as her mother tried to get her to a hospital in southern Gaza. “Zeinab has been in and out of the hospital for the last three months,” her mother, Israa Abu Halib, told CNN on Saturday. “I had to walk for more than 30 minutes as there is no transportation… The dirt road…
BOSTON (AP) — Astronomer — the company whose CEO resigned after being caught on a KissCam at a Coldplay rock concert embracing a woman who was not his wife — is trying to move on from the drama with someone who knows the band pretty well.Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who was married to Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin for 13 years, announced Friday on X that she has been hired by Astronomer as a spokesperson. Astronomer, a tech company based in New York, found itself in an uncomfortable spotlight when two of its executives were caught on camera in an intimate embrace…
A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology.Continuous glucose monitors, small patches that provide 24-hour insight into concentrations of sugar in the blood, could be a tool for Americans to “take control over their own health,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently told federal lawmakers. “They can take responsibility,” Kennedy said. “They can begin to make good judgments about their diet, about their physical activity, about the way they live their lives.”The devices have lifesaving…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Chia seeds, goji berries, strawberries and raspberries: A TikTok user going by the name “impamibaby” is filling her pretty wooden breakfast bowl with fiber-rich foods and filming it, inspiring her audience to eat more of the nutrient she says has made her bloating disappear. She’s “#fibermaxxing” — the practice of eating meals that help people meet or exceed their daily fiber intake recommendations in the name of improving their gut health, losing weight and more. Videos with the tag have garnered tens of millions of views and likes. They generally feature people making and eating meals…
by Ken Shapiro Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Fri July 25, 2025 Hawaii offers a wide range of experiences and activities that cater to every type of traveler. But for many years, the one item missing from the visitor menu was world-class live entertainment, beyond luaus and a few cultural attractions. That has been changing with the increase in music venues, and now there is an original, live Cirque du Soleil show. Called “Auana,” the 80-minute show opened in its own 784-seat theater at Outrigger Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel late last year and was an instant hit with visitors. “Auana” draws on…
U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a mid-July data breach. When reached by TechCrunch, Allianz Life spokesperson Brett Weinberg confirmed the breach. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by Allianz Life,” referring to a customer relationship management (CRM) database containing information on its customers. “The threat actor was able to obtain personally identifiable data related to the majority of Allianz Life’s customers, financial professionals, and select Allianz Life employees,…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Madrid Reuters — At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday. Video footage on Spanish television channel RTVE showed Civil Guard launches making repeated rescue attempts to bring some of the swimmers to safety, while others swam across to the enclave. The children, who were mostly Moroccan, were taken to temporary centers in Ceuta, where authorities called for help from the central government in dealing with the latest arrivals. “Don’t leave us alone. This is a…