Travel: How Amsterdam Is Handling Mass Tourism

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DW Travel (August 11, 2024): Loads of tourists go to Amsterdam. The real residents are frustrated with crowded streets, party noise and folks who come mainly to get drunk and/or stoned. We show you creative concepts the city and its people have come up with to master the situation.

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Sunday Morning: Stories From Paris And Zürich

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Monocle on Sunday (August 11, 2024): Colette Davidson and Francis Collings join Emma Nelson to discuss the latest news from Paris for our last programme at Maison Allianz.

We also discuss the technology of sportswear with the co-founder of Fusalp, Sophie Lacoste, and the former head of programming at La Machine du Moulin Rouge talks music and sports at the Olympic Games. Plus: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, checks in from Zürich, and we hear from our roving Olympics correspondent, Kieran Pender. Allianz is a Worldwide Insurance Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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The New York Times — Sunday, August 11, 2024

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Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find

New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-election bid.

Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign

People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.