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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The 4.3 million annual visitors to the Statue of Liberty — that most recognizable symbol of American freedom — will be greeted by a modern multimedia museum in future, New York officials said Thursday. The celebrated statue, designed by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel — donated by France on the 1876 centenary of US independence and inaugurated on Liberty Island in 1886 — has not had […]
YUNCHENG CITY, SHANXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — A salt lake in northern China’s Shanxi province has become a new tourist attraction after a portion of it recently turned red, state media reported on Thursday (September 29). Aerial footage of the lake released by China’s state television CCTV showed red water on one side of the lake and green on the other, with a road cutting through the middle. CCTV reported that the colour change was […]
A fully functioning solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is going into public use at the Guggenheim Museum on Friday. A guard will be stationed outside the bathroom to protect the work, entitled ‘America’, which recalls Marcel Duchamp’s famous work, ‘Fountain’.
An artistic-functional system comprised of metro stops which house approximately 200 works of art created by more than 90 internationally acclaimed artists. Designed by the Spanish Firm Oscar Tusquets Blanca, at 50 meters deep, the station extends below the ground water and is the deepest metro station built on Line 1 to date. One of Metro Napoli’s Metro Art Stations, it was designed around the themes of water and light. Robby Malabanan reports EBC Italy […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese social media users were in an uproar Friday over restoration of a 700-year-old section of the Great Wall that has been covered in concrete, turning it into a smooth, flat-topped path. Known as one of the most beautiful portions of the “wild”, unrestored wall, the eight-kilometer (five-mile) Xiaohekou stretch in northeast Liaoning province was built in 1381 during the Ming Dynasty. Photos posted online showed that its uneven, crumbling steps and […]
By Caesar Vallejos Millennials change how the world travels. With their constant connection and love for technology, these digital natives have shaped new desires and expectations that redefine how the hospitality industry creates unique, shareable and memorable experiences that impact even on the mainstream travellers. In Boracay, the freshest change has come. Not necessarily the influx of younger visitors in the Philippine’s top tourist draw, but the new rule of a millennial in one […]
by Anne CHAON KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an “open-air museum”, albeit one ravaged by war and plagued by looters. After 30 years of conflicts, Afghanistan’s cultural heritage is in dire straits, but one group of archaeologists is trying to put the country’s historical sites back on the map – literally. An international team is working to map […]
Billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson predicts a revival for beleaguered Macau as he launches his new Paris-themed mega resort, with the gambling enclave betting its fortunes on mass market tourists. https://youtu.be/geOHGk8APNs
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Aviation Administration strongly urged passengers Thursday not to turn on or charge Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on aircraft following recent reports of explosions from faulty batteries. The South Korean smartphone maker last week suspended sales of the “phablet” and recalled 2.5 million units following the reports. “In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration […]
By Lynn Pence Eagle News Washington D.C. Bureau IT’S that time of the year where all heavy jackets, thick sweaters, and head caps are hung up and stored away. Summer is that moment when everyone hopes to build fun memories. For many families, summer is the time to go to your favorite destinations or even check out new exciting places be it a neighboring location or somewhere where it takes a few hours […]
ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) — An aurora hunter managed to capture a light-show over northern Finland Monday (August 29) night. Wanting to see the northern lights as clearly as possible, he drove out in the countryside, some 30 kilometers from the Arctic Circle, away from the city’s lights. The northern lights are the result of collisions between the Earth’s gaseous particles and matter released by the Sun’s atmosphere. The collisions can jar the magnetosphere around the […]
ELAH VALLEY, Israel (Reuters) — The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem offered a unique preview on Monday (August 29) of an exhibition showcasing 3,000 year-old artifacts recovered from Khirbet Qeiyafa which archaeologists believe could be the biblical city of Sha’arayim, meaning ‘Two Gates’, that is mentioned in the story of the battle of David and the Philistine giant, Goliath. Khirbet Qeiyafa, overlooking the Elah Valley, southwest of Jerusalem is an ancient fortified city that was discovered […]
