Regions - Page 48

July 15, 2025

Summer beach battle between locals and visitors heats up as overtourism soars

Overtourism in Spain has locals fighting for their own beach real estate as foreign visitors increase by 1.94 million while domestic tourism drops by 800,000.

July 15, 2025

Mysterious 1,600-year-old settlement emerges from soil with rare Roman military finds

A recent archaeological dig in western Germany revealed a Roman-era settlement with 750 artifacts, including a unique burial with parts of a military belt dating to the 4th or 5th centuries.

July 13, 2025

Workers discover 18th-century vessel while installing pipeline in medieval 'Game of Thrones' city

An 18th-century wooden boat was recently unearthed beneath the seabed in Dubrovnik's Old Town harbor, adding to Europe's vessel-related discoveries this year.

July 12, 2025

18th-century boat found under Dubrovnik harbor during pipeline work

Workers in Dubrovnik, Croatia, found an 18th-century wooden boat while installing a water pipeline this year. (Source: NOVA TV via The Associated Press)

July 12, 2025

Meet ‘China’s man in Lima’ who jetted over to US to collect trains donated by Biden admin

A key China ally with presidential ambitions in Peru is reportedly traveling this week to participate in a sending-off ceremony for a batch of trains donated by the Biden administration.

July 12, 2025

Ancient Roman 'perfume garden' blooms again nearly 1,900 years after Vesuvius eruption

Archaeologists have revitalized a Roman flower garden in Pompeii that survived an earthquake in 62 A.D. before being buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The garden was hidden for nearly 1,900 years.

July 11, 2025

Once-polluted Paris river reopens for public swimming after Olympics rush to clean it up

Paris has reopened public swimming in the Seine River for the summer, allowing visitors to enjoy the waterway that was cleaned up for the 2024 Olympics.

July 11, 2025

Paris swimmers enjoy dip in Seine River after a century of polluted waters

Paris has re-opened the River Seine for public swimming for the first time since 1923.

July 11, 2025

Statue of Liberty mural intentionally placed in migrant city stirs up controversy

A controversial new mural titled "The Statue of Liberty's Silent Protest" in Roubaix, France, is generating heated responses worldwide and sparking debates about immigration.

July 9, 2025

Deadly shipwreck uncovered by former military pilot who spotted one historic clue

A single broken plate helped a crew identify the SS Nantes shipwreck after 140 years, revealing the remnants of the vessel which sank in the English Channel in 1888.