Websites and YouTube allow us to vicariously explore distant lands from the comfort of the couch, but how hard is it to make them a reality? The answer depends in large part on how picky you may be about travel. There is absolutely nothing wrong with “canned” vacations during which every step is laid out…
Contractors Find Pioneer-Era 1800s Log Homestead Under Exterior of Modern Utah Home
December 4, 2021
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An original hand-hewn homestead from the pioneer era was uncovered when demolition contractors pealed back the exterior of what was thought to be a modern bungalow in Orem, Utah. The antique log house—featuring updates from the early- to mid-1900s—was last owned by the Shamadas, of Japanese decent, who once ran a fruit stand on the…
IMF Chief Says Omicron Could Dent Global Economic Growth
December 4, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The International Monetary Fund is likely to lower its global economic growth estimates due to the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the global lender’s chief said at the Reuters Next conference on Friday. Omicron has spread to at least 40 countries since it was first reported in South Africa last week, officials say, and…
Confusion at Canadian Airports as Few Details on COVID 19 Testing Rule for Travellers
Confusion has been growing at Canadian airports since the federal government moved to change COVID-19 testing rules for travellers. Ottawa announced earlier this week that all air travellers entering Canada, except those from the United States, need to be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival and isolate until they get their results. The rule even applies…
Total Solar Eclipse to Grace the Skies on December 4—Here’s What You Need to Know:
December 2, 2021
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The extraordinary cosmic event of a total eclipse of the sun will present itself to an exclusive audience on Dec. 4, 2021. Stargazers hoping to witness the moon’s umbra shadow obliterate the solar sphere from view will have to sojourn to the Antarctic—where the eclipse will first appear in the Southern Ocean. It will then…
NTSB Issues Safety Alert to Subways, Rail Over Wheel Defect
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday issued a safety alert to subway systems and commuter railroads over a wheelset problem that led to a derailment in the nation’s capital, saying the defect is difficult to detect and potentially devastating. The investigative agency released a preliminary report of its ongoing probe into the Oct. 12…
The Long Road to Andorra
When I landed in Barcelona, the whole plan was just a vague idea, a notion, something fluttering in the back of my mind, without an actual framework. Rolling my suitcase and reaching the end of the terminal, I was about to make the turn to the taxi line when, out of the corner of my…
Discovering the Apeninnes, the Italian Mountains You’ve Never Heard of
Crowning a jagged rise of ancient sandstone thrust up over the surrounding valley, this has been the site of a castle for many centuries. But its current, fantastical form—its glitter and swirls—has only occupied this prominent space for less than 200 years. Round towers and golden onion domes and a big clock ticking away below…
160-Year-Old ‘Devil’s Bridge’ Creates a Perfect Circle With Its Reflection in the Water
The arched “Devil’s Bridge” is just as magical today as the day it was created back in the late 19th century. In a spectacular optical illusion, the semicircular stone bridge creates the image of a perfect circle when reflected in the lake that runs beneath. Devil’s Bridge, or Rakotzbrücke, is situated in Germany’s Kromlauer Park in the…
Finding Belgrade: Exploring One of Europe’s Most Underrated Capitals
I approached through the Istanbul gate. For hundreds of years, this city was one of the westernmost prizes of the Ottomans, with a road that ran straight from here to the capital of the empire. The doors still bear the signs of conflict, bullet holes in the tough black steel. “This city has seen 115…
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