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Reuters A giant straw Yule goat in the Swedish town of Gavle, 200 miles northwest of Stockholm, was set ablaze on December 17 for the first time in five years, reviving a long-running tradition of locals illegally attempting to torch it and authorities scrambling to stop them. Police said they had arrested a man in

Megan C. Hills Remember when Bruce Willis’ character in “Die Hard” fought a group of terrorists at an office Christmas party, barefooted and wearing a tank top? Throughout the movie, Willis, who played John McClane, sported a white undershirt that got progressively dirtier and bloodier — a sight so legendary that a screen-worn version of

By Forrest Brown, CNN For the past six months, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself. Winter solstice 2021, the shortest day of year and the official first day of winter, is on Tuesday, December 21. How it all works has

By Lilit Marcus, CNN While many of the world’s most popular tourist destinations are expected to reopen to travelers in 2022, there are still some places that will be off-limits. Some of these iconic spots are undergoing construction or upgrades that will make them even better when they do reopen, while others are doing the

Julia Buckley, CNN Flying into Venice, on the right hand side of the airplane, you’ll see the city unfurl beneath you: a mass of terracotta roofs, brick bell towers and those canals, knitting the 118 islands of Venice together. Then, as the plane continues northwards across the lagoon to land at Venice airport, just outside

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Omicron is continuing to spread at an alarming rate across Europe and governments are once again being forced to make tough decisions in order to contain the highly contagious variant. As more and more restrictions are brought in, travel to and across Europe is becoming increasingly difficult for tourists, particularly those from