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(CNN) — More than 50 cruise lines are suspending operations to and from US ports for 30 days due to the “unprecedented situation” of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a cruise line trade association. The suspension begins at midnight, according to a statement from the Cruise Lines International Association. CLIA represents most of the major

(CNN) — With a ban on travel from much of Europe to the United States going into effect Friday, airlines are outlining waivers and policies for affected travelers. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 30-day suspension of travel from 26 European countries to the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The

(CNN) — For decades, humans have ripped up the natural landscape in Asia, chopping down trees to build luxury resorts in the most beautiful locations and caging wild animals to attract tourists. Bangkok-based hotel architect Bill Bensley is saying “no more.” When a client approached him about designing a resort that included a zoo in

Chiang Rai, Thailand (CNN) — Elephants don’t sleep much. They eat loudly. They pass gas loudly, too. Guests can sit back and watch as these female elephants play with the strategically placed “toys” that hang from large trees, their powerful trunks occasionally ripping off huge chunks of bark and branches, sending loud cracks through the

(CNN) — The shock announcement that the United States is suspending travel into the US from 26 European countries in a bid to halt the spread of novel coronavirus increases the global restrictions on worldwide travelers. With the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, countries around the world have been

Trump said Wednesday he was sharply restricting travel to the United States from more than two dozen European countries in light of the coronavirus outbreak that is now labeled a pandemic. Soon after, his administration clarified that the ban only applied to foreign nationals and not to American citizens who had been screened before entering

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) — On the surface, Kuala Lumpur, city of 1.8 million people, is a modern metropolis filled with shopping malls and skyscrapers. But beneath that urban buzz lies a city of cultural and historical diversity, fueled by a mix of Malay, Chinese and Indian influences. For instance, just nine miles (14.5 kilometers)

(CNN) — While there’s no doubt that having your vacation interrupted by a fast-spreading virus that’s infected more than 108,000 globally and killed more than 3,800 is a major inconvenience, there are surely worse places to be confined than a luxury Maldives resort. Over the weekend, the Indian Ocean island nation was added to the

(CNN) — To help visitors log out from the digital world and into the Isle of Man’s natural beauty, the island is testing out an initiative called Phoneboxes, in which visitors lock their phones away for the duration of their trip in return for old-school, analog alternatives. The items travelers receive recall a time before

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Christie Elan-Cane was urging the Home Office to allow an “X” gender option, alongside male and female. They had argued the UK’s current passport process is “unacceptable,” and breaches international human rights law. Elan-Cane’s original legal challenge was rejected last year by London’s High Court, and on Tuesday senior judges dismissed the appeal. “I regret

(CNN) — Explosions of pink and purple powder. Rainbow dust tumbling through the air. Faces, hair, hands and clothes rendered in a kaleidoscope of colors. Not even fears about the coronavirus could stop many people from taking to the streets in India to celebrate Holi, one of the world’s most photogenic religious festivals, although some

A number of Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day parades are being canceled over fears the mass gatherings would contribute to the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said in a news conference today. The St. Patrick’s Day festival in Ireland takes place annually from March 13 to 17. Varadkar, the head of the Irish

(CNN) — Paris perhaps? Or maybe New York, Rome or Tokyo? Naming the world’s greatest gourmet city is the kind of confoundingly simple challenge that foodies could spend all night fighting over. Yet now there is a new candidate for the title, one that until recently few associated with haute cuisine but which has been

(CNN) — The tiny Pacific island of Niue may just be the best place on Earth for stargazing. Niue, a Polynesian island about halfway between Fiji and the Cook Islands, has earned recognition from the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), an organization that works to end light pollution and give people more opportunities to see the

(CNN) — In the little more than 100 years of commercial air travel, thousands of airlines have come and gone as casualties of oil prices, politics, mismanagement or financial loss. Some closures are more memorable than others, such as Pan Am’s fall from grace and the recent collapse of Thomas Cook, but each of these

(CNN) — His ship may have been to hell and back, becoming a floating coronavirus-infected prison for passengers quarantined at port in Japan, but when the captain of the Diamond Princess cruise ship became the last person aboard to finally step onto dry land, he looked entirely unruffled by the experience. If it weren’t for

(CNN) — Who wouldn’t love it if red wine started flowing from their kitchen sink? For a few hours Wednesday, residents of the northern Italian town of Castelvetro realized they could have their Lambrusco not just from bottles — but also from their faucets and shower heads. A malfunction at a local winery Wednesday caused

(CNN) — One of Easter Island‘s world-famous moai statues has been destroyed in an accident. A Chilean island resident was arrested on March 1 after his truck — a private vehicle, not a commercial one — crashed into one of the stone figures and badly damaged both it and the ahu, or platform, it was

(CNN) — As passengers aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco wait for coronavirus test results after the death of a former passenger, it’s hard for some travelers to go ahead with their cruise plans. Princess Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Line and Viking are offering travelers new flexible