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A Portuguese Villa on the Indian Coast $836,000 (59.5 MILLION INDIAN RUPEES) This three-bedroom, Portuguese-style villa is in Goa, a small, tourist-friendly state in southwestern India known for its colorful architecture, historic houses of worship and white-sand beaches on the Arabian Sea. The Portuguese Empire ruled Goa for more than 400 years before India annexed […]

Three members of a family vacationing in southern Spain drowned after getting trapped in a swimming pool, prompting an investigation into a potential malfunction with a drainage mechanism that may have sucked them underwater, the authorities said on Wednesday. The tragedy unfolded when a 9-year-old girl began having difficulties in the pool. When her father

The whirlwind pace of my yearlong trip around the world means I never leave a place feeling like an authority on it. At best, I hope to catch a glimpse of its soul — a collage of impressions and interactions that fit neatly into a narrative. With just three stops and two weeks remaining on

AL-UYAYNAH, Saudi Arabia — In a makeshift camp under a starry sky, Ghazi Al-Anazi talked about his experience in the fledgling Saudi tourist business. A decade ago, barely in his 20s, he started taking British business associates of his brother to see the wind-carved hills of the Saudi desert. Now 31, he has a small

5. Don’t ride impaired Ride shares are a great way to avoid drinking and driving, but riding impaired whether you are drunk, high or tired, can make you more vulnerable to assault. You are also more likely to get in the wrong car. If you are with friends who are slightly intoxicated, help them check

A new study found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat, a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham Lincoln museum, ever actually belonged to Lincoln December 24, 2019, 10:23 PM 4 min read A new study has found no evidence to corroborate that a beaver-skin stovepipe hat — for years a centerpiece of Illinois’ Abraham

Police say an elderly passenger died aboard a Spirit Airlines flight traveling from Las Vegas to Atlanta on Christmas Eve December 24, 2019, 5:20 PM 1 min read ATLANTA — An elderly passenger died aboard a Spirit Airlines flight traveling from Las Vegas to Atlanta on Tuesday, police said. The man appears to have died

The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International and Midway airports as dense fog shrouds the region on the busy Christmas Eve day of travel December 24, 2019, 1:32 PM 2 min read CHICAGO — The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights at Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway international airports early on

On a recent morning, as Venice awakened to crisp November sunshine, a group of travelers appeared on the steps of Santa Lucia Station. They stood in awe of the Grand Canal just opposite, rummaging for sunglasses in their bags. There were couples, like Natalia Goia, 28, and Maximiliano Amestoy, 33, from Uruguay. On a tour

Like Woody Guthrie, who called his guitar an anti-fascist weapon, the Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam has used his camera for 35 years as a tool to advance social justice. He began by documenting street protests in Dhaka, the capital, in the mid-80s, making pictures in the tradition of the Magnum photographers, especially Henri Cartier-Bresson. But