Coolcations are booming as tourists prioritize quieter, off-peak trips

Coolcations are booming as tourists prioritize quieter, off-peak trips

Tourists are booking cooler, quieter and less crowded vacations this year, pivoting away from Europe’s traditional summer hotspots amid growing concerns over blistering heat and raging wildfires. The trend reaffirms the phenomenon of so-called “coolcations” — a portmanteau of “cool” and “vacation,” which refers to tourists seeking cooler climes instead of a hot, peak-summer destination….

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Jules Witcover, reporter best known for ‘Politics Today’ column, dies at 98

Jules Witcover, reporter best known for ‘Politics Today’ column, dies at 98

WASHINGTON — Jules Witcover, who cowrote one of the nation’s leading political columns for nearly three decades, died Saturday at the age of 98, his daughter Amy Witcover-Sandford said. Witcover’s widely syndicated daily column, written jointly for 24 years with the late Jack Germond, gave him an outlet to register strong opinions, leaving little doubt…

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Stoxx 600, FTSE, DAX, Trump talks, Fed

Stoxx 600, FTSE, DAX, Trump talks, Fed

LONDON — European stocks are expected to open broadly higher on Tuesday as global markets reacted positively to the outcome of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.18% higher, Germany’s DAX 0.14% higher, France’s CAC 40 up 0.16% and Italy’s…

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