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MH17 probe: Four charged with murder in downing of plane that killed 298
Five years after a Malaysia Airlines jetliner was shot down over Ukraine, killing 298 people onboard, Dutch prosecutors charged four militants associated with the Russia-backed...
2 hours ago - LA Times - 2 articles
Radisson Hotel Group Set to Make Pakistan Debut
The Radisson Hotel Group just announced its debut in Pakistan. The introduction kicks off a plan to open 10 hotels and operate 2,000 rooms in the country by 2020. The...
2 hours ago - Global Traveler
Tourists blocked by protesters from using Kauai highway
Protesters formed a human chain and blocked tourists from using a Kauai highway to access an area they say cannot support a large influx of people
3 hours ago - Newsday
First Hoshinoya Hotel Set to Open in Guguan
Hoshinoya Resorts' first luxury property in the Taiwanese region of Guguan is a 50-room resort in a region rich with natural hot springs. Guests staying at the resort have the...
3 hours ago - Global Traveler
This poll asked voters to create their perfect candidate. Democrats picked an older white guy
Diversity is taking a back seat to Democrats' desire to dump Trump. The 2020 presidential candidate field is well stocked with women, people of color and millennials, but a...
5 hours ago - LA Times - 2 articles
Susan Orlean on the crazy things people ask a librarian, from ‘The Library Book'
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean. Here's an excerpt. The opposite of a sensory-deprivation tank might be to spend a Monday morning...
7 hours ago - LA Times
Photograph of the week: Brick Lane, London, UK
Brick Lane in London's East End is many things to many people. A shopping mecca for hipsters with money to burn and an insatiable thirst for one-offs. A hotbed of cultural...
12 hours ago - A Luxury Travel
Anthony Davis trade is Lakers succeeding on brand appeal
Magic Johnson didn't make many right calls as the Lakers' president of basketball operations, so it's little wonder he credited the wrong people for the Anthony Davis trade...
14 hours ago - LA Times
Don't go to Saba Island in the Caribbean
Don't go to Saba Island if you are looking for a beach, you won't find one on this Caribbean island. You also won't find a stop light, bugs, fast food, buildings over 4...
15 hours ago - Ottsworld
The California lottery, public schools and the mystery of the ‘missing' money
“Where is the money from the lottery going?” asked a reader named Jean. It never fails. Write about school funding shortages in California, and the emails start pouring in from...
16 hours ago - LA Times
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Qatar Airways named best airline at 2019 Skytrax awards, easyJet second in...
This year the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony was held at the Paris Air Show. Other notable winners included Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, American Airlines and Air France.
Help us choose the cover for Best Wildlife Photography 2020
Help us choose the cover of our upcoming special issue, Best Wildlife Photography 2020. Vote Now! And don't forget to sign up to always be notified by email when covers are...
Building water-stress resilience in Panama
Diana Gutiérrez takes measurements of a river during a community water monitoring day in El Guayabal, Panama. Drought and water shortages have long been a fact of life in...
Oz '78
Nomadic monks, appleheads, blue-collar attitudes, gum trees, opals, Tri-X film, buzzed rants, Durban Poison & Australia. I n 1978, less than a year out of college, I took up an...
Floating around the world? Just do it! Hundreds of Nike trainers are washing...
Hundreds of Nike trainers have been washing up on beaches across the world, prompting a global network of beach combers to investigate the source of the flotilla of footwear.
The Isle of Wight is awarded Unesco Biosphere Reserve status
The island is now one of just seven areas in the UK to be given the prestigious honour by the United Nations body. The Biosphere status covers the whole of the Isle of Wight...
The Summer Solstice Is Coming, and Things Are About to Get Weird
Even though big-box stores all o'er the land are overflowing with cheap beach towels and bikinis that won't fit anyone's natural proportions-it isn't summer yet. But babies, it...
The best things to do and see in Sicily
This zesty Mediterranean island has an unrivalled collection of towering peaks, deep canyons and baroque cities. Unique to their environment and brimming with charisma, here...
6 of the best midsummer travel experiences in Europe
If you don't join the revellers at Stonehenge in the UK this year, head further north for a Nordic or Baltic midsummer travel experience you'll never forget...
From honky-tonk to rodeo: Why you need to visit Fort Worth, Texas
Sometimes overshadowed by its bigger sibling Dallas, Fort Worth deserves a brighter share of the spotlight. Its Western heritage, thriving cultural scene and true grit make it...