Cathay Pacific allowing maskless flights for some passengers
Premium passengers aboard Cathay Pacific flights are getting an added perk during the COVID-19 pandemic — mask-free flying. Business- and first-class passengers will be allowed...
Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions
FRANKFURT, Germany — They are the annual journeys of late winter and early spring: Factory workers in China heading home for the Lunar New Year;...
Rich COVID-19 globetrotters paying price for breaking rules
Karma is finally catching up with brazen COVID-19 rule-breakers in the form of surprise lockdowns — in run down foreign jails. While many young, wealthy...
Path back to normality or problem in the making?
LONDON – Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of “vaccine passports” as a way of reopening the economy by identifying...
This dreamy treehouse is Hawaii’s most wish-listed Airbnb
Hawaii’s most popular Airbnb listing isn’t a beach retreat or an estate, but a little hideaway above it all. The most wish-listed Airbnb in the...
Mussolini’s great-grandson joins Italian pro-soccer team
The great-grandson of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has officially joined the under-19 soccer team of Italy’s S.S. Lazio professional sports club, according to reports....
Lionel Messi’s $673 million contract leaks, angers Barcelona
MADRID — Lionel Messi’s most recent contract with Barcelona is worth up to 555 million euros ($673 million) over four seasons, the El Mundo newspaper...
Airbnb says pandemic boosting popularity of ‘nearby’ trips
Travel experts at Airbnb say vacationing is going to look a bit different in 2021. A new report published by the home sharing platform has suggested that Americans will be...
Rate of guns seized at airport checkpoints jumped in 2020
WASHINGTON — Security screeners confiscated guns at airport checkpoints at a record pace last year although the total number of guns dropped along with the...
‘F–k you and your wife’
Romelu Lukaku reportedly told Zlatan Ibrahimovic “f–k you and your wife” in their explosive Milan derby bust-up. The two strikers — who were teammates at...