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2026-05-12 02:00:16 (5 days ago)

Royal Caribbean ‘unfairly’ charged me over booking for disabled son

We had booked a cruise for him and his carers, but we had a string of problems when we tried to change names

In November 2024, I booked a cruise for my wife, myself and our severely disabled son for this July. I’d booked well in advance to ensure an accessible cabin for my son. At home, he needs round-the-clock care from a rota of eight carers, so we made extra bookings for three to accompany him.

Because the care team has other commitments, I couldn’t confirm their names at the time of booking and was told to do so by this April, when the balance had to be paid.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-12 02:00:16 (5 days ago)

The sunny Danish island that’s a poster child for the good life – and perfect for a spring break

The island of Samsø offers tranquil walks, biking, birding, distillery and pottery tours, and locally sourced fare – including citrusy ants

‘We have lammerullepøllse – lamb rolled sausage – today,” says Daniel Hesseldal-Haines, chef at Det Lille Sommerhotel on the Danish island of Samsø. “It tastes better than the translation sounds. And,” he gestures towards a woman sitting by the window, “the lamb is from Camilla’s farm.”

Camilla gives us a friendly wave, and my eyes fix upon her sweater, featuring row upon row of colourful motifs. Think Fair Isle but less orderly: each stripe holds a different design. “Oh, I made this,” she says. “It’s hønsestrik – chicken knitting. You can use it to tell your story – so this one is about hiking,” she adds, pointing to each section: “These are my footprints, this is my tent, my coffee flask …”

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-12 02:00:16 (5 days ago)

The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn review – into the wild

An awe‑inspiring investigation of the untamed places and inhospitable environments in which life – besides humans – finds a way

Off the coast of California, two miles down, there exist geothermal nurseries: gatherings of tens of thousands of small violet octopuses, each the size of a grapefruit. Known as pearl octopuses (Muusoctopus robustus), they congregate around hydrothermal springs which warm their eggs, allowing them to hatch in less than two years (in cold water it can take 10 years). When I want to calm my mind, I think of these gatherings, this factory of octopuses powered by the Earth’s energy that exists quietly away from our gaze, and might easily never have been discovered. How many more such worlds exist?

The seafloor is just one setting in Cal Flyn’s carnival of a book, The Savage Landscape, a wondrous personal journey to locate and understand wilderness. It’s a work of extraordinary physical and narrative movement that takes us from the depths of the ocean to volcanoes and icebergs, but is also a journey into our own psyches, and the stories we tell ourselves about “wild” landscapes. Above all, it is a reminder that the places we might conceive of as empty or barren are no such thing; that within wildernesses there is abundant life, both human and nonhuman.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-12 02:00:16 (5 days ago)

Close encounters: the new wave of women photographers – in pictures

From Black debutantes to Bolivian matriarchs, this year’s Saltzman-Leibovitz prize shows the diverse subjects being tackled by the next generation of female storytellers

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-12 02:00:16 (5 days ago)

Here are three ways to keep Reform out of No 10 – and one of them starts with you | Daniel Trilling

Nigel Farage’s ascent to power is not inevitable, and his party’s success in the May elections will expose its major weaknesses

There is no sugarcoating the fact that on the basis of last week’s elections, Reform UK is now the largest party in British politics, if only by vote share. It is still a long way from ever winning power at Westminster, but we don’t need to look far to see whether a Reform government would try to make good on its various threats – because Reform is our local version of an international wave of populist rightwing nationalism.

This loosely connected movement has declared its hostility to the checks and balances that prevent democracy from becoming a tyranny of the majority, or even of those with only a plurality of support. It can be chaotic and destructive, like Nigel Farage’s beloved Donald Trump, or slow and grinding like the recently departed Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán. But we can make a reasonable guess as to what life under a Reform government might look like – and I suspect it’s something that neither you nor I would welcome.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-12 01:52:46 (5 days ago)

Knesset passes law barring police from spraying ‘skunk’ liquid on protesters

Legislation requires only water be used in water cannon, all deployments of which must be recorded and made available if requested

The post Knesset passes law barring police from spraying ‘skunk’ liquid on protesters appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-12 01:42:15 (5 days ago)

US moves to release more oil stockpiles under IEA agreement

US Department of Energy moves to transfer 53.3 million barrels amid rising oil prices.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-05-12 01:40:16 (5 days ago)

Minnesota Senate votes to ban ICE from wearing masks, allow residents to sue for constitutional violations

The Minnesota Senate passed a bill to bar federal agents from shielding their faces and to allow people to sue over alleged constitutional rights violations.

Fox News - Video

2026-05-12 01:38:12 (5 days ago)

Special Report with Bret Baier - Monday, May 11

Special Report, President Trump, Hantavirus, Iran Ceasefire, OpenAI Trial, Nancy Guthrie,

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-12 01:37:11 (5 days ago)

Sexual violence was ‘systematic, integral’ to Hamas-led October 7 terror assault, study finds

Rape, sexual torture, mutilation and postmortem sexual abuse found to have been used to 'terrorize' Israeli society, with images of the atrocities 'weaponized' through social media

The post Sexual violence was ‘systematic, integral’ to Hamas-led October 7 terror assault, study finds appeared first on The Times of Israel.

New York Times - World News

2026-05-12 01:32:10 (5 days ago)

Shady Shipping

The murkiness in the Strait of Hormuz reveals a darker side of global shipping: Some vessels don’t want to be found.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-12 01:25:29 (5 days ago)

Anti-Zionist protesters march through NYC Jewish neighborhood, chanting for intifada

Demonstration against Israel real estate event in Brooklyn marked by scuffles with residents as police keep two sides separate

The post Anti-Zionist protesters march through NYC Jewish neighborhood, chanting for intifada appeared first on The Times of Israel.