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Florence, like many Italian cities, is experiencing a renaissance in terms of hospitality. And it means that some of the most affordable hotels in Florence are also some of the best places to stay. Unlike Milan and Rome, where there has been a five-star luxury boom, this darling Tuscan city has unleashed a wave of smaller, cozy boutique hotels for bedding down that won’t break the bank.Each property has its own personality; whether you’re drawn to contemporary, design-led spaces filled with modern art or prefer a hotel that reflects the city’s rich heritage with antique furnishings, frescoed walls, or vaulted…

Many Ugandans are expressing their pride in the newly elected mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and retains dual nationality.Some have described him as one of “their own”, saying he inspires them.A journalist who mentored him during his teenage internship at one of Uganda’s leading newspapers told the BBC that there was a “lot of excitement” in Uganda about Mamdani’s rise especially because of his young age. Uganda has the second-lowest median age worldwide of just 16.2, according to the CIA World Factbook.Zohran, 34, is the son of Prof Mahmood Mamdani, a prominent Ugandan academic,…

ToplineLatino voters overwhelmingly broke for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Tuesday’s election, indicating President Donald Trump’s gains with the demographic in the 2024 election may be eroding. New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) (C) celebrates with lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Dale Caldwell (R) after their win during an election night watch party at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel on November 4, 2025 in East Brunswick, New Jersey. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKey FactsTrump received more Latino votes in the 2024 election than any other Republican president in history and only trailed Kamala Harris by three points among…

In September, the controversial Neon app soared to the top five of app download charts by promising to pay users for recording and sharing their phone calls. Then it abruptly went offline. It has now quietly returned to the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store with a new version that makes it functional again.Alex Kiam, the founder of Neon, was under scrutiny after the news site TechCrunch discovered a security flaw that allowed people to access calls from other users, including transcripts and metadata about the calls. After the app went dark, Klam said the issue would be addressed…

Dr XandMorning Live doctorBBC and GettyDr Xand and people eating popcornScroll through social media or glance at the supermarket shelves and you’ll see endless products claiming to improve your gut health.It seems everyone’s talking about looking after their microbiome – the trillions of tiny organisms living in our digestive system – which influence everything from digestion and immunity to mood and sleep.Gut health is all about having the right mix of bacteria and enough fibre-rich food to keep everything moving and your body feeling its best.The key to keeping the microbes happy is feeding them the right food and it’s…

Rosalía has responded to a wave of criticism, claiming comments she made about Bad Bunny and singing in multiple languages were taken “out of context.” The dust-up stems back to the Spanish singer’s recent appearance on the New York Times’ Popcast, where she was asked about singing in about 13 different languages one her new album Lux and the challenges of communicating with a global audience. Specifically, the hosts mentioned a previous interview they’d done with Bad Bunny, where they asked him if he ever worried that what he was singing in Spanish was being misunderstood or going over the…

The MLB hot stove season is here!As players become free to sign with any team they choose (free agency officially begins Thursday at 5 p.m. ET), we asked our MLB reporters to open their notebooks with all of the intel they collected from execs, agents and other baseball insiders during the 2025 World Series.What is the early word on top free agents Kyle Tucker and Kyle Schwarber? Will the Detroit Tigers consider moving Tarik Skubal? How will the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays approach the offseason after meeting in the World Series? Which other teams are generating the…

Archaeologists in Peru have found new evidence showing how the oldest known civilization in the Americas adapted and survived a climate catastrophe without resorting to violence.A team led by the renowned Peruvian archaeologist Ruth Shady, 78, concluded that about 4,200 years ago, severe drought forced the population to leave the ancient city of Caral, and resettle nearby.In the new settlements, they left intriguing friezes depicting victims of a famine with messages for future generations, Shady said.“They left behind all this evidence so that people would not forget that the climate change was very severe, causing a crisis in Caral’s society…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

An attack on a funeral gathering in North Kordofan’s capital El-Obeid killed at least 40 civilians and injured dozens more, the UN said Wednesday, as the two-year war pitting Sudan’s army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies.