Comedians in Portugal are boycotting a major festival headlined by Jerry Seinfeld over his pro-Israel stance, the latest chapter in a campaign of confrontation and protest that has followed the comedian since 2024. Multiple Portuguese performers pulled out of the Commedia a la Carte Fest in Lisbon, where Seinfeld is scheduled to headline on November […] The post Jerry Seinfeld faces growing international backlash over his unapologetic support for Israel appeared first on American Almanac .
Comedians in Portugal are boycotting a major festival headlined by Jerry Seinfeld over his pro-Israel stance, the latest chapter in a campaign of confrontation and protest that has followed the comedian since 2024. Multiple Portuguese performers pulled out of the Commedia a la Carte Fest in Lisbon, where Seinfeld is scheduled to headline on November 1, citing his vocal defense of Israel. Comedy duo Cebola Mol were among the first to withdraw, posting an Instagram image featuring a watermelon, a symbol widely used by pro-Palestinian activists, to announce their decision. Actress and comedian Inês Aires Pereira followed, telling Breitbart : "We cannot relativise or normalise a genocide." The boycott marks an escalation from heckling and…Open
New York City's first lady is set to spend nearly two weeks at a posh Islamic calligraphy retreat in the Portuguese countryside this September, her third European getaway with the same organization this year, while critics say she has shown more interest in overseas travel than in the city her husband governs. Rama Duwaji, the […] The post NYC first lady Rama Duwaji heads to Portugal for third luxury Islamic retreat of 2026 appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City's first lady is set to spend nearly two weeks at a posh Islamic calligraphy retreat in the Portuguese countryside this September, her third European getaway with the same organization this year, while critics say she has shown more interest in overseas travel than in the city her husband governs. Rama Duwaji, the 29-year-old wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will serve as "artist-in-residence" at a "Journey through Islamic Calligraphy" retreat hosted by The Women Sanctuary at a manor house in Arcos de Valdevez, near Porto, Portugal. The retreat runs two sessions, September 16, 21 and September 25, 30, and costs attendees between $4,300 for a shared room and $5,260 for a private room with a private bathroom, the New York Post…Open
Portugal’s Executive Director of Amnesty International, João Godinho Martins, criticized the face-covering ban as “a direct threat to [women’s] freedom of expression and freedom of religion.” (narvikk – stock photo / Getty Images) Reported by: [...]
The remigration movement, advocating for the removal of migrants to restore cultural and social cohesion, is gaining traction in Europe, with significant backing from the MAGA movement in America.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Financial Times is panicking over the growing popularity of the remigration movement, which seeks to send migrants back to their homelands to repair the fraying cultural and social fabric in Western nations, in Europe, bolstered by support from U.S. political figures and activists associated with the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. This follows a recent gathering of remigration advocates in Portugal to strategize on implementing remigration policies, including former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino. DETAIL: Remigration (return migration), once dismissed as fringe, has been propelled into mainstream discourse by figures like Austria’s Martin Sellner, boosted by President…Open
Princess Eugenie has revealed her newborn daughter's name, Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank, a choice that honors the late Queen Elizabeth II and ties together English and Portuguese royal history. Eugenie, 36, shared the announcement on Instagram roughly two weeks after the baby's August 3 birth in Lisbon, Portugal, where she and husband Jack Brooksbank own […] The post Princess Eugenie names newborn daughter Adelaide, honoring the late Queen Elizabeth II appeared first on American Almanac .
Princess Eugenie has revealed her newborn daughter's name, Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank, a choice that honors the late Queen Elizabeth II and ties together English and Portuguese royal history. Eugenie, 36, shared the announcement on Instagram roughly two weeks after the baby's August 3 birth in Lisbon, Portugal, where she and husband Jack Brooksbank own property south of the capital. The couple posted photographs of Adelaide alongside her two older brothers, August, 5, and Ernest, 3, calling them "the best big brothers." The baby is the couple's third child and the late Queen's 15th great-grandchild, the third born since Elizabeth II's death in 2022. Adelaide's arrival also nudges Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, from 15th…Open
Hundreds of fans packed the streets of a small Welsh seaside village Saturday to welcome home the coffin of Bonnie Tyler, the coal miner's daughter whose voice carried "Total Eclipse of the Heart" past a billion streams and into permanence. Tyler's hearse rolled through Mumbles, near the city of Swansea, with her coffin draped in […] The post Hundreds line Welsh streets as Bonnie Tyler's coffin comes home to Mumbles appeared first on American Almanac .
Hundreds of fans packed the streets of a small Welsh seaside village Saturday to welcome home the coffin of Bonnie Tyler, the coal miner's daughter whose voice carried "Total Eclipse of the Heart" past a billion streams and into permanence. Tyler's hearse rolled through Mumbles, near the city of Swansea, with her coffin draped in a Welsh flag. Dozens of mourners gathered outside her former home on Mumbles Road, leaving floral tributes along the curb. The singer died last month in a hospital in Faro, Portugal, at 75, months after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery there in May. NBC News reported that fans traveled from across the United Kingdom and beyond to pay their respects. The procession brought Tyler back to the village she…Open
AI:Hundreds of fans gathered in the Welsh seaside village of Mumbles to honor the life and legacy of legendary singer Bonnie Tyler as her coffin returned home. The "Total Eclipse of the Heart" star, who passed away at age 75 in a Portuguese hospital following health complications, was met by massive crowds lining the streets near Swansea. Once a coal miner's daughter from Skewen, Tyler achieved global stardom with hits like "Holding Out for a Hero" and earned an MBE for her contributions to music. Following a procession through Mumbles draped in the Welsh flag, a formal celebration of her life is scheduled at a church in Swansea before a final journey through her birthplace.Open
Data: International Trade Administration ; Chart: Sara Wise/Axios Even as U.S. policy has walled off Washington, D.C., from friends across the pond, Americans' travel overseas is reaching new heights. Why it matters: Much like the resilient consumer , the American tourist keeps riding the post-COVID travel wave , even as debt delays life milestones and global perceptions of the U.S. slip. Driving the news: More than 56 million U.S. residents traveled overseas last year, according to the International Trade Administration's estimate, up from roughly 53.7 million in 2024 and around 32.7 million a decade prior. - Of that, a record high of nearly 24 million traveled to Europe in 2025, according to Survey of International Air Travelers…
Nineteen years after his sister's disappearance shattered his family, 21-year-old Sean McCann will represent Scotland in distance freestyle at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with his sights already set on the 2028 Olympics. Sean McCann was two years old when Madeleine McCann vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. […] The post Sean McCann, Madeleine McCann's younger brother, earns spot on Scotland's Commonwealth Games swim team appeared first on American Almanac .
Nineteen years after his sister's disappearance shattered his family, 21-year-old Sean McCann will represent Scotland in distance freestyle at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with his sights already set on the 2028 Olympics. Sean McCann was two years old when Madeleine McCann vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. She was three. The case became one of the most widely covered missing-persons investigations in modern history, and Madeleine has never been found. Now, nearly two decades later, her younger brother is stepping onto an international stage of his own, not as a figure defined by tragedy, but as a competitive swimmer who earned his place through years of early-morning discipline. …Open