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Shoppers enter and exit a Dior luxury boutique in Venice, Italy, on Nov. 16, 2025.Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTravelers to Europe may be leaving money on the table when they buy goods there. I learned this during a recent trip to Italy. My girlfriend, who bought a pair of shoes in Venice, was able to claim a refund on the value-added tax she paid on the purchase. She ultimately got back 17 euros (US$20) on a total purchase of 155 euros (US$181). Refunds of value-added tax, known as VAT, can be worth a “chunk of money” for U.S. travelers to…

The pro-business Free Democratic Party in Germany has picked a new leader tasked with boosting its support beyond five per cent to return to the Bundestag.

Five of seven men who entered cave seeking gold are now out after being trapped for 10 days.Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026Rescuers have pulled four more men from a flooded cave in central Laos, bringing to five the number freed from a group of villagers who became trapped while searching for gold. Two others remain missing.The four were brought out on Saturday, a day after the first man was rescued, ending a period of about 10 days during which the group was cut off underground.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemsend of listThe Thailand Rescue Diver Facebook page said…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitator was hit with federal charges after gnarly photos showed bloody bite marks he allegedly made into federal agents’ arms during violent clashes outside Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey.Brendan John Geier, a 26-year-old man from Madison, New Jersey, was part of a group of agitators blocking the road near Delaney Hall on Thursday night when ICE deportation officers instructed the group to move away, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The group allegedly ignored the commands and instead violently engaged with the officers,…

By Wolfgang Depner The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2026 11:52 am Updated May 30, 2026 11:56 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s a pivotal day for the British Columbia Conservative Party as the Opposition in the provincial legislature will announce its new leader. The candidates, who had to pay more than $100,000 to join the race, were whittled down to five: former MLA Iain Black, commentator Caroline Elliott, former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, current MLA Peter Milobar and entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox…

Danish authorities say an autopsy of a dead humpback whale known as “Timmy,” which is expected to take about six hours, is scheduled to take place next week.

Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022.Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy has suspended a prominent senior monk accused of sexually abusing a child, in the religiously conservative nation’s highest-profile case involving a local clergyman.In rare disciplinary action, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities on Saturday as the chief custodian of a highly venerated Ficus plant grown from a sapling of a tree believed to have sheltered the Buddha.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The Council of Monks of the Malwatte Chapter decided today to…

Jill Biden said she supported Joe Biden’s decision to pardon their son, Hunter, because they couldn’t let him go to jail under President Trump. Joe Biden had repeatedly pledged not to pardon his son, but reversed course at the end of his presidency. “And then the Justice Department changed. And I think that the process was not fair to Hunter,” Jill Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing Sunday on CBS. “When Trump was elected, things changed, and we knew that he would target Hunter. And we just could not let our son go to jail on…

The federal government is facing increased pressure to state whether it knows how some of its recent policy changes will affect Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin was peppered with questions on the issue at a parliamentary committee hearing on Thursday.Bloc Québécois MP Patrick Bonin pressed Dabrusin on whether the government had modelling to show how it plans to lower emissions, considering the amount of climate policy rollbacks over the past year.“Do you have an expert, or anyone who can show us that you’re advancing on climate change and not backtracking like (other experts) say. Do you have…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pittsburgh Steelers brought back Aaron Rodgers for one final season, but Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann cited Mike McCarthy as the chief reason for Rodgers’ return.Thiesmann, 76, said he didn’t think Rodgers would have to returned if he had to learn an entirely new system and playbook.”I think Aaron coming back was a was a no-brainer for me because Mike McCarthy’s there,” Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers stands during the national anthem before an NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens at…