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ESSEX, Mont. — The long freight trains climb slowly over Marias Pass, through snow-draped mountains south of Glacier National Park and north of the Great Bear Wilderness, snaking through some of the wildest country in the Lower 48. Some 25 trains a day, each a chain of 90 to 120 cars, make the journey over […]

Singapore is pushing ahead with its air show despite cancellations by dozens of exhibitors and most Chinese participants due to the virus outbreak that has sickened tens of thousands By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer February 11, 2020, 1:02 AM 4 min read SINGAPORE — Singapore is pushing ahead with its air show despite cancellations

President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to speed up the cases of some former interpreters for the U.S. military in Iraq By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press February 10, 2020, 5:45 PM 3 min read SEATTLE — President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to speed up the cases of some former interpreters for the U.S. military

Consequently, a solitary backpacker seemed an usual sight in Spanish Town, the main settlement on Virgin Gorda. I declined taxi offers in favor of a 15-minute walk to Fischer’s Cove Beach Hotel, where blossoms were tucked in conch shells and towels in my tidy and spacious room ($175 a night). Only when I stepped onto

Two Russian children have died in a collision of two speedboats off a Thai resort island February 10, 2020, 7:51 AM 1 min read BANGKOK — Two Russian children died in a collision of two speedboats off a Thai resort island Monday. The victims were a 12-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. Twenty other passengers

No, the Concorde hasn’t made a triumphant return. But a British Airways flight from New York to London this weekend clocked in at less than five hours, the fastest time by a subsonic jetliner for that particular trans-Atlantic route. Flight 112, a Boeing 747, reached a top speed of 825 miles per hour over the

A British Airways plane flew between New York and London in less than five hours this weekend, setting a record for subsonic plane travel February 10, 2020, 12:03 AM 2 min read For the first time in years, a commercial passenger plane has flown across the Atlantic in less than five hours. A British Airways

Two dozen children as young as 2 year old have competed in an annual llama race in the Ecuadoran highlands February 9, 2020, 5:45 PM 1 min read LLANGANATES, Ecuador — The tiny rider sat — well, was tied — atop the towering steed that would carry him to victory in the annual llama races

YAR-SALE, Russia — The tundra at dusk looks like the open ocean, waves of shades of blue, gray and white. Indigenous reindeer herders traverse this terrain, eking a nomadic living out of the barren land. The biting cold this time of year keeps their provisions perpetually frozen, but they sometimes lack the time — or

In separate, yet similar, emailed statements, Marriott and Hilton reiterated that resort fees are charged at an overall small percentage of their properties and that they are, in fact, disclosed during the booking process. A bill pending in Congress (which Ms. Wolfe is advocating for as counsel for Travelers United, an industry nonprofit) could also