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Backpacking trips have been something of a rite of passage for young people for almost 70 years. Whether you’re setting off around the world, or exploring a particular region, country, or city, taking off with a few belongings and moving from destination to destination remains a hugely attractive prospect for those searching for fun and

Around the world, many furloughed employees are toughing out the coronavirus pandemic by taking second or third jobs. Instead of driving for Uber or delivering groceries, though, a group of staff members at Japan Airlines (JAL) has been dispatched to work in Shinto shrines. Some JAL crew members in Fukuoka prefecture are working as miko,

There’s a moment in the Food Network documentary, “Restaurant Hustle 2020: All on the Line,” where chef Maneet Chauhan knew she was showing viewers a side of herself she’d never shown before. In the brief scene, featured in the documentary about four chefs and restaurant owners navigating their businesses through the global pandemic, Chauhan, a

“Schitt’s Creek” emerged from 2020 as one of the year’s most beloved and critically acclaimed sitcoms. But one character, a South Asian man, gave viewers pause. Fans of the show have taken issue with “Schitt’s Creek” resident Ray Butani, an eccentric businessman who runs a real estate-travel-photography enterprise. Butani, one of the few non-White characters

Sarah Hyland took part in the “post a pic of” challenge on Instagram and ended up revealing her “moment where you felt your worst but had to fake being okay for a pic.” The request, sent in by a fan, made Hyland open up about a particularly difficult time in her life. The “Modern Family”

Actor and singer Tyrese Gibson has announced that he and his wife Samantha have split after four years. Gibson shared the news on his verified Instagram account Tuesday. In a caption on a photo showing Gibson kissing his wife on the cheek he wrote that the couple had “decided to make a statement of a

Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins has posted a Twitter video celebrating 45 years of sobriety, sending an uplifting message to fans. Hopkins, 82, asked viewers to look forward to 2021 after “a tough year, full of grief and sadness for many, many, many people,” in the video posted Tuesday. “Forty-five years ago today, I had a

An Australian sailor has been rescued after being found clinging to a beacon in the Pacific Ocean. David Simpson, 64, was thrown from his boat when a strong wave hit the vessel near Caloundra, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, CNN affiliate 9News reported. He watched as his boat — with his dog on board — floated

It was a fitting place for an industry in need of a miracle. In October, Air Belgium moved two planes to Lourdes, the Catholic sanctuary in France, to park up for the winter. The planes — both Airbus A340-300s, of which the airline only has four in total — have been parked at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees airport

Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen has told fans she is “4 weeks sober,” after posting an upbeat video on Instagram. The star posted a clip of herself dancing to “Good Morning” from the musical “Singin’ in the Rain,” under which a fan commented: “I need whatever drugs you’re on.” Teigen replied that she is

Felix Yeung stops to allow a pair of huge, black buffaloes to lumber past. He’s standing on a hiking trail in Ma On Shan Country Park, a jumble of mountains and lush forest in eastern Hong Kong. Beneath his feet, the path itself, once neatly marked, has blurred, its stones surrounded by scuffed up dirt

A monkey that lives on the edge of an extinct volcano, an amphibian that breathes through its skin and an armored slug are among the 503 new species named by London’s Natural History Museum this year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the museum may have been closed to the public for the longest duration of