Top 10 “ugly” buildings to visit
A recent opinion piece in the New York Times resurrected the age-old debate about whether ugly buildings deserved preservation if deemed historically important. While the staff and travelers at online travel advisers Trippy.com (www.trippy.com) may be undecided on that issue, they can certainly tell you which buildings they’d put on the list More...
Titanic memorial cruise arrives in Halifax
The Azamara Journey docked in Halifax on April 12 as part of its nine-day cruise commemorating the 100th anniversary of Titanic’s fateful voyage. Click through the photo gallery below to see the stops the More...
Costa Concordia salvage to begin in May
The salvage operation to move the capsized Costa Concordia away from the island of Giglio, where it ran aground three months ago, will begin next month, an official said on Thursday. Civil Protection official Fabrizio More...
Delta Air passengers unexposed to rabies from bat on board: CDC
A bat swooping around the passenger cabin during a U.S. commercial airline flight last August may have been unnerving for passengers, but there is no evidence anyone was exposed to rabies, a federal health agency More...
Titanic cruise ship forced to turn back briefly
A cruise ship retracing the Titanic’s fateful voyage 100 years ago was forced to turn back towards Ireland on Tuesday after a passenger developed heart problems. The Balmoral is carrying 1,309 passengers, More...
China stakes claim to islands with “Princess Coconut” voyage
A Chinese cruise ship called the “Scent of Princess Coconut” has completed a trial voyage to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media said on Tuesday, as China eyes tourist trips More...
Airport strikers in Kenya fired
Striking Kenyan airport workers who failed to return to work on Monday have been dismissed, the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has said. Some 1,300 airport staff went on strike on Friday demanding a pay increase. According More...
UK cruise retraces Titanic’s ill-fated voyage
Descendants of some of the 1,500 people killed when the Titanic sank a century ago were among the passengers on a cruise ship that set off from Britain on Sunday to retrace the route of the liner’s ill-fated More...