Germany has retained its position as Europe’s largest Travel & Tourism economy, according to new research released by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today. The research shows that Germany’s Travel & Tourism sector contributed €348.1 billion to the country’s economy in 2017. This was ahead of the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. […]

While we like to think we’re tight with the royals (like, we’re not technically invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on May 19th, but that is surely an oversight), there are protocols in place that even we don’t know about. And a lot of them involve when the royal family can touch both other people and […]

As SpaceX ramps up rocket production and rehabilitation, it’s going to need new facilities. That can be tricky for any company, but it’s a particularly difficult problem when you need to build enormous rockets suitable for interplanetary missions with large payload fairings like SpaceX’s upcoming BFR (Big Falcon Rocket). SpaceX appears to have chosen Los […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that paves the way for imposing tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese imports to punish Beijing for what he said is the theft of American technology and Chinese pressure on U.S. companies to hand it over. “It is the largest deficit […]

After years of trying to engineer a more environmentally friendly coffee cup, Starbucks is turning to you for ideas. And it’s willing to pay. The company announced Tuesday that it’s launching a $10 million grant challenge to solicit designs for a cup that’s easier to recycle. Starbucks (SBUX) partnered with a recycling-focused investor group called Closed Loop Partners […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea after the United States passed a law to boost ties with Taiwan, a widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday. Beijing was infuriated when U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation last week that encourages […]

  Google is working on blockchain-related technology to support its cloud business and head off competition from emerging startups that use the heavily-hyped technology to operate online in new ways, according to people familiar with the situation. Companies use blockchain and other so-called digital ledgers to securely record transactions and process other data over the […]

Technology has a habit of forcing change in a swift fashion nowadays. It’s strange to think that just two decades ago cars needed outstretched antennas to receive a weak FM radio signal (as long as you weren’t anywhere near a tunnel). Today, not only are we in the midst of a race for tech companies […]

  BETHLEHEM—Students in the Stage 700 theatre club at Bethlehem Central High School are busy preparing for the opening night of their spring production, “Beauty and the Beast,” which will take place this Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m. More than 120 students in the cast, orchestra and production and technical crews have been working […]

  Bella Thorne is opening up about her struggles with being judged and shamed, and how she’s managed to emotionally move past the hate and negativity. The 20-year-old actress recently sat down with ET’s Katie Krause at a press junket promoting her new film Midnight Sun, alongside co-star Patrick Schwarzenegger,  and she got candid about the misconceptions people have about […]