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Hidden Gem Locations in the US Where You Can Retire for Cheap

After the recent runup in inflation, your nest egg dollars may not stretch as far in retirement as you hoped. This is especially true if you live in an area with a high cost of living, which you...

Discover the most astonishing beaches of Africa

Africa is a fantastically diverse continent, where vast stretches of velvety sand, endless horizons of sparkling waters, and vibrant sea life await. But where to begin? By combining the travel wisdom of over 1,200 journalists, editors, bloggers, and agencies, Flight Network put together an extensive catalog of African beaches ranked by their untouched beauty, remoteness, sand and water quality, annual days of sunshine, and average annual temperature. Click through to see the 30 best of the best.

The best road trip movies of all time

The open road, a sense of adventure, and a cinematic backdrop: the best road trip movies capture them all. Of course, real-life road trips rarely go totally smoothly, and classic road trip movies don't shy away from showing all the dramatic bumps along the way. From drug-fueled misadventures to disastrous family trips and bust-ups behind the wheel, these movies range from cringe-making comedies to tense thrillers and joy-filled adventures. Got your interest? Then buckle up to discover the best road trip movies of all time.

I dined on my first tasting menu on a recent trip to Panama. The splurge is my new favorite way to explore as a solo traveler.

Business Insider's reporter dined on a five-course tasting menu in Panama. As a solo traveler, she tried multiple dishes and learned about the country.

Bus services linking towns and villages extended

The 753 route, between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury, will now run a later, "more accessible" service.

Tributes to pilot who died in Spitfire crash

The pilot died when his Spitfire crashed in a field near an RAF station at Coningsby on Saturday.

Inside California's Gold Rush ghost town eerily untouched for almost 100 years

The mining town of Bodie in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is kept in a state of 'arrested decay' by dedicated park rangers who battle some of the harshest conditions to preserve the historical park

Drivers leaving London hit by bank holiday travel chaos with long queues at Port of Dover

Drivers leaving London hit by bank holiday travel chaos with long queues at Port of Dover - Motorists including actor Hugh Grant have been caught up in long delays on the bank holiday weekend

Some domestic flights canceled due to tropical storm Aghon

MANILA, Philippines — Several flights were canceled early Sunday morning (May 26) due to bad weather brought by tropical storm Aghon, according to the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA). In an advisory, MIAA said that it canceled the following flights as of 2 a.m.: CEBGO DG 6031/6032: Manila –San Jose – Manila DG 6113/6114: Manila – Naga – Manila DG 6117/6118: Manila – Naga – Manila Cebu Pacific (5J) 5J 821/822: Manila – Virac –...

The 5 'rules' for reclining your seat on a plane.

We need to talk about plane seats. Specifically, the reclining kind. If you're a frequent flyer, you've probably noticed that plane seats feel smaller than usual and that's because they are. In the early 2000s, economy airline seats were about 86 centimetres centimetres apart. In 2019, these seats are typically 75 to 78 centimetres apart (if you're lucky! Some airlines have downsized their ... Continued

Pilot killed after two gliders crash while coming in to land at private airfield

A 45-year-old pilot was pronounced dead following a collision at Hinton Airfield near Brackley, Northants, on Saturday as Northamptonshire Police launched an investigation

New Caledonia airport to remain closed until at least June 2

PARIS (Reuters) - New Caledonia's international airport will remain closed until at least next Sunday, its operator said, nearly two weeks after rioting erupted on the French-ruled Pacific island over a contested electoral reform. Seven people have died in the riots, in which cars and businesses have been torched and shops looted. French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited the island on

Searches for missing diver stood down

The diver was reported missing in the Dorset area on Saturday afternoon, says HM Coastguard.

Lunar rainbow: What this fascinating celestial event is all about?

Millennials and Gen Zers want human connection, so they're choosing travel tours with strangers to cure their loneliness

More young people are booking small group vacations to find face-to-face camaraderie.

BBC presenter kicked off flight to Turkey after showdown over daughter's peanut allergy

BBC weather presenter, Georgie Palmer, says she and her family were told to leave a flight from London to Turkey by an 'angry little captain' after informing the crew her daughter had an anaphylactic allergy to peanuts

Time is running out to get nine days off work this summer using just four days of annual leave

Booking annual leave around the bank holidays can reward you with longer periods of time away from the office - and allows you to make the most of your summer this year

The (nauseating) confessions of flight attendants - including 'crop dusting' problem passengers

A number of cabin crew members have confessed to exacting revenge on passengers who have slighted them or simply annoying those who haven't...

Trains serving BRI marks 90,000th trip

XI'AN, China — A train fully loaded with various products departed from Xi'an, the capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Saturday morning, bound for Malaszewicze, Poland, marking a significant milestone as the total number of China-Europe freight train trips has surpassed 90,000. To date, China-Europe freight trains have transported more than 8.7 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods, valued at $380...

What airlines can do about dangerous invisible turbulence

The death of a passenger on board a Singapore Airlines flight caught in extreme turbulence last week is a stark illustration of why the industry is racing to find new ways to counter the rising threat as the climate changes. Geoff Kitchen, a 73-year old British man, died after flight SQ321 hit turbulence at 37,000 feet over the Myanmar-Thai border, 10 hours into its flight between London Heathrow Airport and Singapore. Twenty people remained in...

Luton Carnival pushes to 'go green' for 2024 event

Organisers say the carnival on 27 May will involve more recycling as well as reusable "mini floats".

Four Seasons Orlando Baby Enjoys ‘Utterly Fabulous’ Stay at Hotel After Viral Fame

A clip posted by the resort shows baby Kate Wise enjoying a glamorous stay at the luxury resort

The Sycamore Gap Tree: Why Britain's most famous tree got cut down

'Top Glastonbury areas' away from the Pyramid stage

Across the 1,000-acre site, there are dozens of stages and arenas to explore.

Museum marks a year since community reopening

Friends of Heptonstall Museum took over the running of the site last May.

Majorca is fed up with mass tourism

Thousands of people took to the streets on the Spanish island of Majorca on Saturday to protest against increasing mass tourism on their island. On Thursday, four people died in Majorca when a terrace of a new rooftop bar of a restaurant in Playa de Palma collapsed. For residents of the island, this was a signal to take to the streets in protest. According to island residents, mass tourism is leading to a housing shortage for its own residents...

Man narrowly avoids train after climbing level crossing barrier

Network Rail Released a video of a man narrowly avoiding being hit by a train after climbing over a level crossing barrier. The man wearing a dark hoodie and with a drawstring bag on his back, climbed the safety barriers in Oldbury, West Midlands.

Thai hospital says 43 people from Singapore Airlines flight still under treatment

BANGKOK — Forty three people who were on board a Singapore Airlines SIAL.SI flight that hit severe turbulence remain hospitalized in Bangkok four days after the emergency, a hospital in the Thai capital said on Saturday. The 43 patients are in three different hospitals in Bangkok, Samitivej Srinakarin hospital said in a statement. At Samitivej Srinakarin hospital, where 34 of the […]

Ancient sea monsters to light up city cathedral

Monsters of the Sea is the latest large-scale visitor experience at Peterborough Cathedral.

Hiker's casual description of daring cliff-side rescue

A bushwalker who was 'too stubborn' to turn back after a wrong turning was battered by waves and then forced to cling to a remote rock edge for almost 24 hours before being winched to safety.

Bette Nash, who held the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88

Nash got her first job as a flight attendant with Eastern Airlines in 1957, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House.

I'm selling my $32m private island - pesky birds are ruining the deal

Miami resident Finlay Matheson bought Bird Key island in1985 for just $36,000 and has now listed the bird sanctuary for $31.5 million.

Cobbled street in UK city that's one of the 'most beautiful in the country'

The cobbled street of Steep Hill in Lincoln is lined with independent shops, restaurants and tea rooms and was crowned one of the best in the UK by the Academy of Urbanism

American Airlines fires attorneys who said 9-year-old girl 'should have known' she was being recorded in the bathroom

American Airlines has new representation after its legal team argued that a 9-year-old should have seen a camera in a plane bathroom.

NYC hotel rooms are averaging over $300 a night as many hotels exclusively house migrants, reducing supply during a tourism boom

About 135 of the nearly 700 hotels in New York City are now sheltering asylum seekers, According to The New York Times.

Tourist hot spots from Venice to a town near Mount Fuji are taking drastic measures to cope with overtourism

This week, a barrier was erected in front of a popular Instagram spot: Lawson convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko, which has a view of Mount Fuji.

Changing status from tourist to working

Fifth of a series ARE temporary foreign workers part of America's problem — or solution? "Immigrants are invading America, poisoning the blood of the county, taking away jobs from Americans." MAGA-infected Republican politicians parrot this mantra from former president Donald Trump. Seen only from the number's perspective, Trump Republicans can justify the "invasion." In 2019, the Congressional Budget Office projected that net immigration —...

The 50 best places to live in the US, mapped

The top cities to live in, determined by US News & World Report, are clustered in certain parts of the country. They're noticeably absent from others.

A minor archeological find two decades ago turned out to have amazing historical value

First French tourists evacuated from New Caledonia

NOUMEA, France — The first evacuation flights for tourists stranded in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia took off Saturday, the high commission in the archipelago said, as President Emmanuel Macron’s government sought to defuse the crisis. The international airport in the capital Noumea has remained closed for more than a week and all commercial flights have been cancelled due to the unrest until at least Tuesday. “Measures to send...

I paid $300 to upgrade to premium economy on my long-haul United flight, and it's worth it for trips over 10 hours

I decided to upgrade to premium economy on my 13-hour flight from Japan to the US. The legroom, snacks, and little freebies were worth the extra $300.

10 of the UK’s best new and revamped seaside hotels

The Albion, Isle of Wight The Albion hotel, which can lay claim to some of the best sea views on the island, has been welcoming guests to Freshwater Bay since Victorian times. It is about to reopen under new ownership after a multimillion-pound refurbishment. The new-look Albion will have 40 rooms, 36 of them sea-facing, including two suites, seven dog-friendly rooms and two accessible rooms. Some have roll-top baths and balconies or terraces....

10 Travel Adapters for Your Next International Trip

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Emergency crews rush to Dublin airport after 12 people on flight hurt

It comes after British pensioner, Geoffrey Kitchen, died on a Singapore Airlines flight after extreme turbulence on a Heathrow-Singapore journey.

Thousands attend music festival in Bristol

Thousands attend Bristol music festival on the bank holiday weekend.

What can and can't be learnt from Singapore

When I was two or three, I went walkabout and wasn't found until some time later at a local mall. What a close brush with disaster, readers will think. What a potential loss to English letters and the Clerkenwell restaurant trade. Relax. This happened in one of the safest countries on Earth. I got my infant meanderings out of the way in Singapore. A point gets lost in all the coverage of the island state as it changes leadership this month....

Plans for inflatable water park at Bluewater

The aqua park and cold water swimming platform would be constructed on one of Bluewater's lakes.

Construction crew ordered to stop flying American flag in Alaska park

An anonymous contractor accused Superintendent Brooke Merrell of ordering the removal of the flag, drawing outrage and the attention of Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan.

Bristol in pictures: All you need is love

A selection of photos from they city including festivals, gigs, cocktail nights and bike trails.

The 10 Texas cities you might be pronouncing all wrong

As the second biggest state in the US, Texas is home to scores of cities you may never have heard of - or, as it appears, even know how to pronounce.