Portugal named Best Wine Region to Visit British Columbia, Chile, New Zealand, Croatia see top five finishes The corks are pulled, the votes are in, and readers of USA TODAY and 10Best have passionately voted Portugal’s Alentejo the #1 ‘Best Wine Region to Visit,’ from among 20 worthy nominees. Our well-travelled expert nomination panel – a wine educator and a wine buyer – made the original selections and then readers […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has named a new target as global sparring over Ukraine grows: food. In a decree signed Wednesday, Putin banned food and agricultural imports from countries that have imposed sanctions against his country. The retaliatory move comes more than a week after the United States and European Union increased economic sanctions on Moscow for supporting pro-Russian separatists fighting Ukraine government forces in the eastern regions of Donetsk […]
Washington: One of the world’s largest Hindu temples, built completely of Italian marble at an estimated cost of USD 18 million will be inaugurated next week in New Jersey, which has one of the biggest population of Indian Americans in the US. The temple constructed by Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), is 134 feet long and 87 feet wide, comprises of 108 pillars and three “garbha gruhs” or inner […]
In an unusual case, a 22-year-old woman from Kota has been diagnosed with a rare disease which leads to shedding of “blood tears” from the eyes instead of saline water. According to doctors at a government hospital here, the woman named Lakshaya Bais has been traced out as the third patient suffering from the rarest of rare diseases. Professor in medicines at the government-run Maharao Bheem Singh (MBS) hospital, Dr […]
A giant yellow rubber duck floating on Nanming River in China’s south-west Guizhou Province has reportedly been swept away by floodwaters just months after it exploded on display in Taiwan. The 18m (59ft) sculpture by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman disappeared around 19:00 local time on Wednesday, after the city saw days of heavy rainfall, the Taiwan-based Want China Times reports. Even though the duck weighs 1 tonne, and was sitting […]
Malaysian Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukrainian/ Russian border The jet had 295 passengers on board and was travelling at 33,000 feet A Malaysian Airlines passenger plane has been shot down on the Russian-Ukraine border, killing all 295 people on board, according to a Ukrainian interior ministry official. Flight MH17, which was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew, was flying between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpar after taking off […]
Annual Mercer list shows Vancouver in top spot over Toronto again. For the second year in a row, Vancouver has been deemed the most expensive city in Canada in which to live. Vancouver tops the list of most expensive Canadian cities to live in, surpassing Toronto for the second year in a row, according to an annual cost of living survey. But life is still expensive in Toronto, as well […]
For many travellers a lakeside holiday might bring to mind soothing, nostalgic images of tiny cottages perched on the side of hills in the Lake District, or impressive Scotish lochs shrouded in mist. But if it’s a unique experience you’re looking for, why not consider a trip to one of these places instead? The strangest lakes in the world include a boiling cauldron of water in the West Indies, a […]
Authorities have imposed a curfew in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, following nights of deadly communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims. Two people have been killed and 14 injured since rioting erupted Tuesday, Col. Aung Kyaw Moe, Mandalay’s Region border affairs and Security Minister tells CNN. The rioting began when a mob began attacking a tea shop owned by a Muslim man accused of raping a Buddhist woman, and continued the […]
This city was designed by artist and architect Vincenzo Scamozzi. Palmanova is probably the most perfect city on the planet. Designed strategically, for defense, and one of the most interesting cities you will ever visit. Palmanova is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. The entire town of Palmanova is famous for its concentric citadel or fortress plan and structure, called a star fort, imitated […]
