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Frankfurt to Dubai in 90 minutes? Europe enters the hypersonic plane race
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South Africa Tourism
South Africa’s most epic hikes
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Two strangers met walking the Camino de Santiago. Just weeks later they were engaged
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What it was like to pilot the supersonic Concorde jet
Santorini is known for its picture perfect locations -- but not all tourists know it sits on a live volcano.
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The classic Mediterranean vacation spot that sits over a live volcano
Chinese airlines currently have access to more direct routes between Asia and Europe.
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Russia’s war on Ukraine redrew the map of the sky – but not for Chinese airlines
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Life at Sea Cruises
She signed up to live on a cruise ship for three years. Here’s why
TV tower and Oasis21 with pink sakura or cherry trees at spring of Odori park in Sakae district with blue sky, Nagoya, Japan. Travel and shopping destination for holiday maker in Chubu.
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Nagoya shakes off its rep as Japan’s ‘most boring city’
Chateau de Savigny-Les-Beaune in Burgundy, central France.
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The French château with more than 100 fighter jets
The Prince and Princess of Wales have been spotted shopping, drinking and watching the tennis around the capital.
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Where the royal family goes in London, from Indian restaurants to theme parks
Costa Careyes, Costalegre, Jalisco, Mexico
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These beautiful Mexican beach areas won’t be mobbed
A general view shows the Katara Towers in the Qatari coastal city of Lusail on October 1, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. - Fifty days before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, workers are pouring concrete and hammering through the night to ready luxury hotels and bargain apartments for a million or more football fans. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Inside Qatar’s ‘city of the future’
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What it’s like to be a theme park designer
A group of female fruit vendors at the Ima Keithel.
Peter Yeung
Ima Keithel: The world’s largest women-run market
A bullet train runs through a tea garden on April 12, 2023 in Yan'an, Sichuan Province of China.
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High speed trains are racing across the world. But not in America

NEWS

Sartoria Panatieri, run by Rafa Panatieri and Jorge Sastre, has been judged the best pizzeria in Europe.
Alejandro Moneo
Italians judge Spanish pizzeria as the best in Europe
May 04, 2023
Delta Air Lines airplanes at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Airline passenger numbers in the U.S. totaled 2.12 million on Dec. 19, compared with 1.06 million the same weekday a year earlier, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Swarm of bees delays a Delta flight by three hours
May 04, 2023
Al'Ula is one of the destinations being marketed in Saudi Arabia's new tourism drive.
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Saudi Arabia says it welcomes LGBTQ visitors
May 04, 2023
Passengers queue at an airline counter following the cancellation of flights due to a power outage, at the Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 1, 2023.
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The Philippines to shut airspace to tackle recent airport outages
May 03, 2023
The Chenab bridge is being hailed by Indian officials as an "engineering marvel".
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India constructs world’s highest railway bridge in Kashmir
May 02, 2023
In this photo taken on April 29, 2018, mountaineers walk near camp one of Mount Everest, as they prepare to ascend on the south face from Nepal. (Photo by PHUNJO LAMA / AFP) (Photo credit should read PHUNJO LAMA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nepal issues record number of permits to climb Mount Everest
Apr 26, 2023
This picture shows the first water metro in Kerala's Kochi district, India.
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Kochi: Indian city reveals brand-new water metro
Apr 27, 2023
Italy's tourism ministry has faced ridicule after an official video to attract tourists to Italy used footage of people in neighboring Slovenia drinking Slovenian wine.
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Italian tourism video ridiculed for using footage of Slovenia
Apr 25, 2023
An undeclared 24-carat gold-plated handgun is pictured inside the luggage of a woman in Sydney on April 23, 2023.
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Woman arrested after airport staff find a golden gun in her luggage
Apr 25, 2023
Barlocco Island
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This uninhabited Scottish island could be yours for $190,000
Apr 21, 2023
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First metro train travels under Sydney Harbour
Apr 21, 2023
Panoramic lookout view along coast of Ningaloo Reef, Cape Range National Park, Exmouth, Western Australia.
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How a solar eclipse could change this small Australian town forever
Apr 20, 2023

Food & drink

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See the 100-year-old secret ingredient in these ‘world famous’ burgers
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Best rice dishes: 20 delicious specialties from around the world
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10 best cuisines in the world
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This savory Mexican dish made with vanilla is a first for Eva Longoria

Stay

Sumitomo Realty and Development
Watch planes take off in Japan — from an onsen
Amer Sweidan
Inside one of the world’s most luxurious airport transit hotels
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Luxury hotel opens atop Vietnam’s tallest building
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Couple transforms abandoned Japanese home into guesthouse

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

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They met while hiking and fell in love. Then she was diagnosed with cancer
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They dated as teenagers. 40 years later, she decided to go on vacation with him
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She met her long lost cousin on a cruise ship

SEARCHING FOR MEXICO

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Breakfast tacos from HomeState including (from bottom up) Pecos, Dont Mess with Texas and Blanco taken on the outside patio at HomeState on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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A short history of the long fight over breakfast tacos
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This legendary sandwich was created by accident
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All the restaurants Eva Longoria visits in ‘Searching for Mexico’

SURVIVAL GUIDES

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‘I was up to my waist down a hippo’s throat.’ He survived, and here’s his advice
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, UNITED STATES - 2017/06/02: A Mother Grizzly and her cub walk through a meadow in Yellowstone National Park. (Photo by Will Powers/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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How to survive a bear attack – or better yet, avoid one altogether
Bull Shark off the coast of Jupiter Florida.
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What to do when a shark goes after you
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
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