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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 12:00 PM ET, Fri September 12, 2025 Quintana Roo officials report that the Mexican Caribbean has already collected over 76,000 tons of sargassum, a widely pervasive algae that grows in large masses on top of warm Caribbean waters and often washes ashore in thick clumps that can cover entire beaches. According to Riviera Maya News, the Secretariat of the Navy’s figure combines the number collected from beaches as well as sargassum diverted from washing ashore by coastal containment units, including sargassum collection vessels and over 9,000 meters of containment barriers. Operations are divided into three zones,…
BERLIN (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister traveled to neighboring Germany for a concert led by an Israeli conductor whose appearance was canceled by a Belgian festival, a gesture that added to strong criticism of the decision.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz thanked Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in a social media post Sunday for “his strong signal of solidarity” after he attended the concert given in Essen Saturday evening by the Munich Philharmonic and conducted by Lahav Shani, who is due to become the orchestra’s chief conductor next year. Shani is also the music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and…
G Adventures has forged a preferred partnership with AAA Travel, whose membership includes more than 65 million throughout North America.“In addition, an ongoing dedicated community tourism fund has been established in partnership with Planeterra, G Adventures’ non-profit partner, that will further bolster the impact that AAA member bookings will have on local communities,” the adventure tour operator said. “We’re thrilled to partner with AAA Travel to introduce their members to G Adventures’ expansive collection of life-changing travel experiences,” said Steven Lima, vice president of growth for USA and Latin America for G Adventures.Further bolstering the partnership is the promotion of…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Studio” looks like a runaway hit, the innies and outies of “Severance” could solidify a spot among the prestige TV elite, and Noah Wyle could finally have his big awards moment as the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive.Comic Nate Bargatze will be a first-time host Sunday night when the ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles airs on CBS Sunday night.Apple TV+ is poised to have a breakout Emmy year with the two most nominated shows, “Severance” and “The Studio,” which are the favorites to win the two biggest awards.How to watch and stream…
With the Taliban barring women from college in her native Afghanistan, Bahara Saghari set her sights on pursuing higher education in the United States.Saghari, 21, practiced English up to eight hours per day for several years, eventually winning an offer to study business administration at a private liberal arts college in Illinois. She was hoping to arrive this fall, but her plans were derailed again, this time by President Donald Trump’s travel ban.“You think that finally you are going to your dream, and then something came up and like, everything’s just gone,” Saghari said.Thousands of students are among the people…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With powerfully haunting eyes and an enigmatic expression, “Portrait of Frederick,” an enslaved man painted circa 1840, stares out at visitors of the Mississippi Museum of Art. A little further into the museum is Delia, a Black woman dressed in red and wearing a headscarf who bears a similarly unknowable expression. The pair of portraits are the only known preemancipation paintings of enslaved people in Mississippi. Now, for the first time, they hang together for the public to see. “I was mesmerized by the painting,” museum visitor Staci Williams said. “The colors, the expression. His humanity…
With Tesla shareholders set to vote on a proposed 10-year, $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk in November, board chair Robyn Denholm spoke to The New York Times to defend what would be the largest pay package in corporate history. Denholm, who was also on the special committee that put the compensation proposal together, argued that Musk needs to be motivated by extraordinary challenges tied to extraordinary compensation. At the same time, she suggested he’s less interested in the additional wealth that the promised Tesla shares would represent, and more in the voting power. “I think it’s a…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra said that Israeli soldiers conducted a raid at his West Bank home on Saturday, searching for him and going through his wife’s phone.Israeli settlers attacked his village, injuring two of his brothers and one cousin, Adra told The Associated Press. He accompanied them to the hospital. While there, he said that he heard from family in the village that nine Israeli soldiers had stormed his home.The soldiers asked his wife, Suha, for his whereabouts and went through her phone, he said, while his 9-month-old daughter was home. They also briefly detained one…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:25 AM ET, Fri September 12, 2025 Leading luxury expedition cruise line Silversea is introducing a new fare structure with three different types to suit guests and their travel desires, called The Luxury of Choice.The three different cruise fares include the new All-Inclusive Plus Fare program, which offers a refundable deposit, a Fare Guarantee and shore excursion credit, along with the inclusions provided in the traditional all-inclusive program. The All-Inclusive Fare will be available exclusively on oceangoing voyages, which includes a non-refundable deposit and gives guests flexibility to purchase shore excursions before the cruise or…
California’s state senate gave final approval early on Saturday morning to a major AI safety bill setting new transparency requirements on large companies. As described by its author, state senator Scott Wiener, SB 53 “requires large AI labs to be transparent about their safety protocols, creates whistleblower protections for [employees] at AI labs & creates a public cloud to expand compute access (CalCompute).” The bill now goes to California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or veto. He has not commented publicly on SB 53, but last year, he vetoed a more expansive safety bill also authored by Wiener, while signing…