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Slap-bang in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia, the USA's Little Diomede Island and Russia's Big Diomede Island separate the former sworn adversaries by just 3 km (2 mi). The border and international dateline are equidistant from ...

The largest aviation exhibition in Asia, Aero India, will hold its 14th iteration at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka, starting on February 13. This year's Aero show will be put on by Hindustani Aeronautic Limited (HAL), the country's ...

The Serra Verde Express takes you from Curitiba in Southeastern Brazil to Paranagua on the coast. It's the most spectacular train ride in Brazil. Forty minutes after you leave the high-rise modernity of Curitiba and the conventional drab of its suburbs, ...

Ambitious mountain biker? Be one of the first to cycle the newly signed Arizona Trail, designed to provide a physical challenge even as it showcases the widest possible variety of terrain and ecosystems (including lung-busting mountains!), together with Arizona's cultural and ...

Largest and most fertile of the Cyclades, and often described as the most beautiful, Naxos is green and mountainous with distinctive architecture and sandy beaches. It is a prosperous agricultural area, growing olives, potatoes, fruit and citrus - a large fruit ...

Important information for Indian travelers who intend to visit Germany for tourism. Some of the requirements for obtaining a visa have been loosened for Indian tourists. According to the staff at the German embassies in India, Indian citizens can now schedule ...

The Gran Sabana of Southeast Venezuela's Canaima National Park is a remote wilderness of Jungle, tropical savannah, rain and cloud forests, rivers and waterfalls. Over 1,500 million years, erosion studded the region with huge table mountains, once connected but now isolated ...

The mysterious island of Seram lies to the northeast of Ambon. A wild, mountainous place, rich with rainforest and wildlife, in particular fabulous, colourful birds and some 2,000 species of butterflies and moths, Seram is replete with myths and legends. One ...

Flyovers are the most beautiful part of any city. They are elevated roads that connect two or more roads, and they are usually built to relieve traffic congestion. The flyover in India has become a symbol of transforming a city into ...

David Livingstone first saw Victoria Falls in 1855. In awe, he wrote that 'angels in their flight for his queen, the Kolala name, 'the smoke that thunders, is more evocative. Here, the Zambezi races over a cliff barely 2 km (1.2 ...

Air India has added new grooming guidelines for its flight attendants in addition to the ones already in place. Tata Group Air India has published a thorough list of grooming regulations under its new ownership. Both male and female crew members ...

Way up in northern Sweden, 140 km (87 mi) north of the Arctic Circle, is the Town of Kiruna. Situated amidst stunning scenery, this area encompasses some of Europe's last surviving wilderness. Beautiful at any time of year. Kiruna comes into ...