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A Deutsche Bahn ICE train entering Berlin Central Station. 12/15/2024

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The most exciting new trains coming in 2025

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How a Delta crew helped reunite a mother and daughter for a final goodbye

Travelers to the UK from 48 countries must now seek authorization to enter prior to arrival.

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Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and pay a fee before travel

A 276-kilogram bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about about 1.3 million U.S. dollars), which was bought jointly by sushi restaurant operator Onodera Group and wholesaler Yamayuk, is displayed after the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu Market, in Tokyo, Japan January 5, 2025.

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Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction

The localizer antenna facility, essential for guiding aircraft landings near the runway at Muan International Airport in Muan-gun, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, is damaged after a collision with Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 on December 29, 2024. Multiple international aviation experts point out that, unlike the standard design, where such facilities are placed at runway level or elevated on steel towers, the facility at Muan International Airport is secured with thick concrete on a 2-3 meter-high mound of soil. This unconventional design is highlighted as a potential key factor contributing to the tragedy. Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, a Boeing 737-800 carrying 181 people, skids off the runway and collides with a wall, triggering a devastating explosion. Only two crew members seated near the rear emergency exit survive. With 179 confirmed fatalities, this tragedy becomes the deadliest domestic passenger plane crash in South Korean history. Muan International Airport is located approximately 300 km southwest of central Seoul. (Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about airplane safety?

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Where to go in 2025: The best places to visit

This photo taken on October 31, 2022 shows passenger planes for Japan Airlines (JAL) on the tarmac as another (R) lands at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo. - The Japanese airline will release second quarter earnings later in the day on November 1. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

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The world’s most punctual airlines for 2024

a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.

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Savory Homemade Southern Hoppin John with White Rice

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They eat what? New Year’s food traditions around the world

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This photo shows the CR450AF bullet train in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 29, 2024.
A prototype of the CR450 bullet train that will run at 400 kilometers per hour debuted in Beijing on Dec. 29, said the country's railway operator China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
The train is capable of running at 450 kilometers per hour in test.
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China unveils prototype for what could be the world’s fastest high-speed train

The "Partners" statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, photographed Saturday, June 3, 2023.

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You no longer need a PhD in Disney World to make it affordable

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Some cheer and toast to welcome the New Year. In Taiwan, people cry their eyes out

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These undersea tunnels connect remote islands halfway between Iceland and Scotland

Snow covers Ginzan Onsen, a hot spring resort in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on December 23, 2024.

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Japan’s scenic hot springs town restricting tourists amid fights over the best photo spots

Hamburg, Germany, 19 December 2024 – Ireland’s national carrier Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its first of six A321XLR aircraft. The airline becomes the second in the world to operate the A321XLR as well as the second in the International Airlines Group (IAG).

New planes, new schedules, new routes: How air travel will change in 2025

WEST ORANGE, NJ - OCTOBER 22: An airplane approaching Newark Liberty AirportNewark Liberty Airport flies above the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City as the sun rises on October 22, 2023, as seen from West Orange, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

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The Delta stowaway spotlights a lapse in aviation security that still hasn’t been solved

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Newcastle International Airport posted a picture of heavy snow on its runway to X. Heavy snow has prompted multiple airports in the UK to close their runways.

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Heavy snow disrupts flights in the UK and Germany

Cruise ships docked in Nassau, Bahamas, on Monday, April 29, 2024. Cruise lines have spent at least $1.5 billion since 2019 to expand or improve private stops in the Caribbean, according to Bloomberg calculations. Photographer: Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Cruise ships hit by worst year for stomach bugs in over a decade, CDC data reveals

Romanian minister of Internal Affairs Catalin Predoiu amid fireworks as Romania and Bulgaria join the EU's Schengen area.

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Romania and Bulgaria fully join Europe’s borderless travel zone

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUNE 19: Delta Airlines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. The airport covers 2,500 acres and has three parallel runways. It is the primary international airport serving Seattle and its metropolitan area in Washington state. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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Christmas Eve stowaway caught on Delta airplane at Seattle airport

Passengers are seen on a train of the Line 1 of the HCMC Metro in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22, 2024. Thousands of selfie-taking Ho Chi Minh City residents crammed into train carriages on December 22, as the traffic-clogged business hub celebrated the opening of its first-ever metro line after years of delays. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)

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Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens after more than a decade of delays

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The grass runway at the Piney-Pinecreek Border Airport near Roseau, Minnesota, on April 25, 1993.

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Airport with runway straddling the border of the US and Canada will close

Swiss International Air Lines passenger planes stand on the tarmac at Zurich Airport on June 14, 2021.

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Swiss plane makes emergency landing due to smoke on board

The items that were seized from the traveler's carry-on, including pepper spray and knives.

Transportation Security Administration

Passenger detained at LAX for having 82 fireworks in carry-on

Food & drink

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American food: The 20 greatest dishes

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Turkish foods: 23 delicious dishes

Customers inside a Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. store, with views of North Korea's Gaepung County, at the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. The 30-seater cafe opened Friday, offering its customers in the south a peek into the worlds most reclusive country while sipping a favorite brew.

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Starbucks opens a cafe with a view of North Korea

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The woman who invents cheeses in her mountain hideaway

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Orient Express is opening a luxury hotel in Rome. Here’s what it looks like

The bunker building transformed into a park and leisure complex is pictured on July 25, 2024 in Hamburg, northern Germany. A huge former Nazi bunker in Hamburg has been transformed into a leisure complex filled with restaurants, a concert hall and roof terraces where visitors can relax in an apple orchard.
The new venue is a novel answer to the question that has long vexed Germany of what to do with former Nazi sites as many are too complex to demolish. (Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN / AFP) (Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Former Nazi bunker turned into hotel and leisure complex in Germany

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As a child, he was kicked out of one of Macao’s finest hotels. Today, he’s the owner

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

She fell in ‘love at first sight’ with an Italian stranger. Within days they were talking about marriage

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He’d been single all his life. Then he fell in love with a stranger on vacation

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Two hikers encountered a rattlesnake. Then they fell in love

SURVIVAL GUIDES

ZAO, JAPAN - JANUARY 20: Snow trees are seen at Zao Ski Resort on January 20, 2018 in Yamagata, Japan. The natural creation is called Ôsnow monstersÕ, attract visitors. on January 20, 2018 in Zao, Japan. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

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You’re trapped in a blizzard. Do you know what to do next to survive?

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How to survive a cobra bite – or better yet, avoid one entirely

A bison looks back as it crosses the road near Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park.

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You’ve come across a bison in the wild. It’s looking at you. Do you know what to do next?

flying advice

A flight information display system shows departure times at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 27, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia.

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What to do if your flight is canceled or delayed

New World Traveller on board the new Boeing 777-300ER, BAMC, Cardiff, UK, 12 August 2010 (Photo by Nick Morrish/British Airways)

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A flight attendant’s secrets to surviving long-haul flights

Luggages are seen at the Barajas Airport in Madrid on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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What to do if your luggage is delayed, lost, stolen or damaged

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