best countries for women? for those who have traveled abroad: which countries do you consider the safest, most interesting & liveable for middle-aged women? the arts, great food, open-mindedness & a strong sense of community (even towards outsiders) is ideal. submitted by /u/sparkle_p0nyy

An Interview With El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator: ‘Developing Countries Can Lead the Financial Revolution’ The National Commission of Digital Assets is the agency in charge of regulating crypto in El Salvador, the first nation to accept Bitcoin as legal tender.

Trump Targets Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants From Troubled Countries Temporary Protected Status, created by a Republican president, has allowed thousands of people from Haiti, Venezuela, Ukraine and other nations to stay in the U.S.

Apple Vision Pro Launches in Two More Countries Apple Vision Pro launched in stores and began arriving to customers today in South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, customers can now schedule a free 30-minute appointment to demo the headset at Apple Store locations in both countries. Apple has localized Vision Pro pages in South Korea and the United Arab Emirates with more det…

What are the most vegetarian friendly countries to visit? I would like to know what are the most vegetarian friendly destinations I’m living in USA and returning from Japan and South Korea and was wondering what destinations are more vegetarian friendly. Japan was good in the big cities (Tokyo, Kyoto) but certainly had to do research on where to go. Busan (SK) in the other hand was very hard and had t…

Countries are ramping up renewable energy plans, but not fast enough UN climate chief Simon Stiell delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11th, 2024. | Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP via Getty ImagesGovernments around the world agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade during pivotal United Nati…

Countries Weigh How to Raise Trillions for Climate Crisis at COP29 Low-income countries need at least $1 trillion a year to manage climate change. Donald Trump’s victory just made that more difficult, but options exist.

Best countries for day hikes My husband and I are fit and love exploring the outdoors. We’ve traveled a ton across 6 continents, and while I’ve done a lot of my own research on this, I’d love to see if there are any key countries we’re missing and should consider for the future. We both love hiking, but I am not a fan of overnight camping, so we are looking for countries wi…

Registering with police in balkan countries? In Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, you need to register your stay with the police within 24-48 hours of arrival. Normally your hotel will do this, but I’m wildcamping every night,, and don’t really want to go to the police myself (opens to door to bribes, other BS). People who cycle toured, vanlifed, hiked or hitchiked and then wildcam…

What is a proper way to construct service policy for it to follow the law of different countries? I’m a small crafter and I send my work all around the world. I want to follow the laws properly and I know that in the EU you are required to accept returns and fully refund within 14 days. US seems to have options that protect sellers more and allow them to have their own return policy. But if I work from outside the US snd EU, how do both of t…

Apple Rolls Out Tap to Pay on iPhone in Five More European Countries Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, and Sweden, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in these countries to use an ‌iPhone‌ as a contactless payment terminal. Tap to Pay first arrived in February 2022 in the US, and allows iPhones to…

Google’s AI search summaries are rolling out to over 100 more countries Illustration: The VergeGoogle’s AI Overviews are expanding across more than 100 countries this week. The AI-generated search summaries will appear for users in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Colombia, Chile, the Phillippines, Nigeria, and many more locations. You can view the full list of countries on Google’s website. In each cou…

Google Expands AI Overviews In Search To Over 100 Countries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google expands AI-powered search summaries globally, now reaching over 100 countries with support for six different languages. The post Google Expands AI Overviews In Search To Over 100 Countries appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

What to Know About the BRICS Summit and the Countries Involved The group, which seeks to rebalance the global order away from the West, will meet on Tuesday. Here’s a primer.

Are some countries dimmer than others? I’m a photographer based in England and every time I take light meter readings, regardless of which camera or dedicated light meter I use, a bright sunny blue sky day reads at EV13-13.5. Every film I’ve shot has come out best exposed for this (typically 1/125 and f/8 for ISO 100), including slide films like Velvia with a margin of error of 1/3EV…

Travel insurance for multiple countries I’m planning on spending 8-9 months in SE Asia before going to Australia on a WHV. Is it worth getting yearly insurance that covers both SE Asia and Aus, or getting separate insurance for each part of the trip. 1) I’m not sure when my SE Asia trip will end so it would be good to be covered for all of it, 2)I plan on travelling the first 6 months…

What are some countries you felt were not nearly as touristed as one would assume given how much they have to offer? In the course of a few weeks, I traveled to both France and Nicaragua. One is obviously extremely visited by tourists, and the other much less due to political issues and other concerns. Over the years, I have found several less-visited countries to be more enjoyable to visit than some really touristed ones. It got me thinking: What are some cou…

Does traveling to visa exempt countries increase your chances of getting other visas? Does it matter if you have an empty passport, or one full of visa exempt countries? submitted by /u/zubeezubeezoo

Serbia budget travel – single or multiple countries For context, I’m a uni student (20) based in London. There is a return flight to Belgrade for

What are some musicians who had more success in other countries instead of their own? I kept thinking of Scatman John, who is American, and Vitas, who is Russian, and both were a lot more succesful in other countries than in their own homecountries. John was a very successful in Japan but not in the US, while Vitas was a very successful in China but not in Russia (coincidentally in these two cases both being East Asian countries …