Helicopters, globe-trotting and a mafia run-in: Local mapmaker celebrates 50 years

Stuart Sellars, founder of Travel Graphics International, a map-making company, talks about his career in his Roseville office on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The company is celebrating its 50th year in business. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) Sellars...

7 Lingering Questions After the Trump Ukraine Summit

After a strange, made-for-television summit in Washington on Monday meant to bring Russia’s escalating war on Ukraine closer to the conclusion that U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to achieve even before taking office, nearly all the big...

Activism takes center stage at the Ohana Festival

Eighty-degree weather in September and proximity to the ocean are proof that summer never ends in California, especially when you're at the Ohana Festival. This year, from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28, people gathered at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point...

Fred Olsen launches 2027 programme from Liverpool including Northern Lights cruises

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Set sail for Greenland, Portugal or Morocco in 2027 with Fred. Olsen cruises.(Image: Fred. Olsen) Fred. Olsen cruise lines has...

German Woman Trekking Through Canada on Round-the-World Northern Journey

German long-distance traveler Katharina Kneip, 35, is now well underway with the Canadian leg of her multi-year journey around the Northern Hemisphere by wind, foot, and ski. Since leaving Germany in January 2023, she has covered more than 4,300km...

Mark Carney needs to stop placating the mad king and actually fight Trump

There are some people who are quite displeased with the title of my new book: “The 51st State Votes.”They are even more upset at the art on the cover: A mountie flying an American flag. And to them I say: Good, be mad. I wrote this book to be a...

Commentary | The Graves Registry: An ordinary man’s extraordinary night

Great Britain has always been a seafaring nation and Charles John Joughin was a part of that proud tradition from the age of 11. He was born in Birkenhead, England on August 3,1878 and spent most of his adult life at sea. He was married twice,...

Kolman, Delbert

Delbert Kolman January 4, 1940 - October 9, 2025 Delbert Charles Kolman, Jr., 85, passed away on October 9, 2025, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab shortly after moving to Iowa due to failing health to live with his sister, Alice. He was born...

What Leaders Must Do Now: Sir David King’s Call for Climate Action

Sir David King Founder and Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group Sir David King is one of the world’s foremost climate change leaders, renowned for his tireless work in confronting the global climate crisis. Serving as the UK Government’s...

Poseidon Expeditions Joins CCRA as a Preferred Vendor

Poseidon Expeditions was accepted as a preferred vendor of the CCRA Travel Commerce Network, the company announced. The expedition line is now a supplier partner for TRUE Advisors, offering a series of itineraries in the Arctic, Antarctica,...

Racking up the miles – and the pounds – on 70-day county marathon

AFTER 70 days of planning the logistics of paddling ten nautical miles and climbing to the highest peak in every county of England and Wales, an Islander has returned to Jersey “emotionally drained”, but with an impressive amount of money raised...

Q&A: Video games, artificial intelligence and podcast recommendations with the co-hosts of Hidden Levels

Calling all video game fans, leader board heroes and pop culture lovers. Hidden Levels, a new eight-part series from WBUR's Endless Thread and 99% Invisible, explores how video games left the arcade, the keyboard and the couch, and reshaped the...

‘Meghalayan Age was erroneously chosen’: Top climatologist on Holocene debate

When the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced in 2018 that the youngest subdivision of the Holocene epoch would be called the Meghalayan Age, a ripple of pride passed across the northeastern hill state of Meghalaya. The...

2025 trick-or-treating dates, times for Seacoast towns

Here’s your guide to Halloween trick-or-treat dates and times across Seacoast New Hampshire and southern York County, Maine. Local officials urge families to stay safe: carry flashlights, stick to sidewalks when possible, travel through well-lit...

Lawsuit to derail Colorado’s second Buc-ee’s dismissed

A District Court Judge in El Paso County dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to derail the development of a popular Buc-ee’s travel center in the town of Palmer Lake. A group calling itself Integrity Matters sued the town in January,...

Trump, China, and Declining US Influence in Asia

The clashing interests of the United States and China sustain their continuing rivalry in Asia, the main determinant of regional dynamics. The struggle focuses on the Indo-Pacific countries ranging from India in the west to Japan in the northeast,...

What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Scientists have long warned that if global temperatures warmed more...

A massive weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is growing, scientists discover

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A massive weak spot in Earth's magnetic field has grown and changed shape since 2014. | Credit: ESA (Data source: Finlay, C.C. et al., 2025)A...

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A weak spot in Earth's magnetic field over the South Atlantic Ocean has ballooned in size since 2014, satellite data reveals. The region, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, has grown by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe,...

Hapag-Lloyd Previews Deployment for 2028 With 127 Routes

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has unveiled a preview of 127 routes across its now fully bilingual fleet, inviting travelers to explore extraordinary destinations, culinary moments and expedition experiences in 2028. Guests can place non-binding pre-bookings...