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The adventure capital of New Zealand, Queenstown, the South Island’s magnetic mountain resort, thrives on adrenaline. Site of the first commercial bungee-jumping operation — established in 1988 over the Kawarau River — Queenstown is the place to test your courage by jumping off, flying over or skimming above things. During the winter (June through September), […]

Australian universities are offering Chinese students stranded in their homeland travel money and discounted tuition and the largest campus delayed the start of the academic year, trying to keep their lucrative enrollments amid a viral epidemic By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press February 27, 2020, 6:30 AM 3 min read CANBERRA, Australia — Australian universities are

One of the last and largest wild bison populations in North America has begun its migration out of Yellowstone National Park February 26, 2020, 10:41 PM 2 min read BILLINGS, Mont. — One of the last and largest wild bison populations in North America has begun its migration out of Yellowstone National Park into southwestern

With the rapid rise in reported cases of coronavirus around the world, travelers are reconsidering their 2020 vacation plans. For many, that means canceling trips. For others, it means looking into travel insurance. “We’ve seen a huge spike in travel insurance purchases and call volume since the outbreak,” Jason Schreier, CEO of April Travel Protection,

The “Leaning Tower of Dallas” endures. The accidental landmark that has become a social media phenomenon will remain standing for days, and maybe weeks, as crews continue their work to bring it down, the demolition company laboring on the building said. After the former Affiliated Computer Services building was imploded with explosives on Feb. 16,

BRUSSELS — For Europe, the coronavirus could not have arrived at a worse time. This was the year — with Britain out, terrorism waning and the migrant crisis at an ebb — that the European Union had hoped to repair and revive its cherished goal of open internal borders. But cases of the virus have

The new virus is taking a broader toll on airline travel February 26, 2020, 6:23 PM 2 min read Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it will reduce flights to South Korea as concern rises about the spread of the new virus beyond China. Delta said it will suspend flights between Seoul and Minneapolis after Saturday

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places – but don’t look for many mentions of slavery in the government’s official record of places with historic significance. The register’s written entries on the

A Three-Bedroom House Outside Nagano, Japan $2.55 MILLION (280 MILLION JAPANESE YEN) This contemporary three-bedroom villa sits on a wooded lot in the world-renowned ski village of Hakuba, outside the city of Nagano, in central Japan. The 2,817-square-foot wood house, known as Villa El Cielo, was finished in 2018 with a multi-angled roof accommodating a

“It’s important to understand that all of these impacts — climate change, fishing, tourism — are cumulative,” Cassandra Brooks, an assistant professor in environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, wrote in an email. “Given the sheer carbon footprint of Antarctic tourism, and the rapid growth in the industry, these operations will become increasingly