The most luxurious thing in the sky is to stretch out on a fully flat bed and sleep your way through a night flight, arriving refreshed the next morning.It can certainly be pricey, though, with many business class seats running…
If you're planning a trip to Australia, here's what you'll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic.The basicsAs one of the countries to have performed better in the pandemic, Australia's borders are…
The first virtual Non-Fungible Token (NFT) artwork to be sold at a major auction house closed at $69,346,250 during an online auction by Christie's on Thursday.The record-breaking sale of "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" catapults the creator, Mike Winkelmann, who…
At a cafe in downtown Jerusalem, a group of women chat while eating inside, masks pulled to the side.The hair salon a few shops over has two clients, foil adorning their heads like crowns.Outside, Orthodox women pushing their children in…
We've had pre-travel testing, quarantine on arrival and "covid-free" flights. Now comes something new in the travel industry's battle against the pandemic: "covid-free" trains.The concept is being launched in Italy, the first European country to be hit hard by Covid-19,…
Archaeologists working at an ancient complex in southeastern Spain say women probably held political power in the Bronze Age society that ruled the area 4,000 years ago -- a sharp contrast with earlier views of the civilization.Researchers said women of…
All visitors to Thailand must currently spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival, but now they can choose a more luxurious way to wait it out -- by staying onboard a yacht.The only snag -- they'll have to bring their…
With more and more Italian towns offering up dilapidated homes for next to nothing, potential buyers have been somewhat spoiled for choice.The Sicilian town of Troina recently put a number of abandoned houses on the market, while Mussomeli and Zungoli…
Dubai is a desert phenomenon. In the space of 50 years, it has grown from a small trading outpost into one of the planet's most iconic cities.Epic skyscrapers like the Burj Khalifa and wildly ambitious developments such as The Palm…
Birds are often synonymous with grace, elegance and agility.But one clumsy albatross might have just ruined this illusion.In a live stream shared online, a northern royal albatross in New Zealand managed to face-plant spectacularly upon landing -- and the animal's…
The condors gave it away.Instead of soaring in circles on thermals high overhead, a group of Andean condors was traveling low to the ground. Some even landed tentatively before lumbering back up into the air only to touch down again…
The Star Ferry is one of Hong Kong's most affordable attractions. But the Star Ferry yacht is another story.The iconic boats, which transport locals and tourists alike between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, have long been one of the city's…
The airline industry is pushing back against new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that fully vaccinated people should still avoid travel.In a new statement, industry group Airlines For America insists being on board a plane poses a low…
If you're planning to travel to Costa Rica, here's what you'll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic.The basicsCosta Rica opened back up for tourism in November 2020. The country has eased…
Darrell Myers remembers the surreal feeling last March when nearly all passenger travel shut down, leaving cargo pilots like him flying all alone."We saw the devastation hit the airline industry," said Myers, the president of the Luxembourg Airline Pilots Association,…
For many people who work as tour guides, showing people around a new city involves a little bit of getting off the beaten track. But when there is no track at all, you just have to blaze one yourself.That has…
Back in June 2020, as the the UK's first Covid-19 lockdown started to ease, a bout of beautiful weather culminating in the hottest day of the year saw people flocking to the country's beaches.Within hours, the southern coastal town of…
Disneyland fans are one step closer to returning to their beloved theme park.Closed since March of last year because of the pandemic, Disneyland Resort is expected to open by late April 2021, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday.The reopening announcement…
It was the movie that added sex appeal to the gritty neorealist film period and made a star out of actress Silvana Mangano."Riso Amaro" ("Bitter Rice"), featured women wearing daring shorts with ripped stockings tramping through water, girl-on-girl mud-wrestling, and…
Photographed from above, acres of snow engulf buildings as far as the eye can see.Up close, the surreal details shine through; light fixtures adorned with intricate icicles, couches enveloped in snowdrift and sheets of ice spilling in from open doors,…
