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By Katia Hetter, CNN As more people get vaccinated and coronavirus infection rates drop in many parts of the world, people are traveling again in larger numbers. The European Union has announced that it is lifting restrictions for visitors from more than a dozen countries, including the United States. Cruises from the United States will

Kate Eshelby, CNN It’s mid-morning when three velvet-helmeted swimmers suddenly bob up from deep underneath the turquoise sea. Dazzles of light dance as kayakers swoosh oars through glacier-clear water, propelling over a kelp forest towards Nor Nour, a tiny, deserted island. It’s then the divers appear: Atlantic Grey seals just meters away, rare in many

CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Canada, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Canada‘s Covid-19 situation continues to improve and it’s now reporting about 600 cases a day on average. The Canadian government announced it’s easing its mandatory two-week quarantine

CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to the UK, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global Covid-19 pandemic. The basics The United Kingdom has seen one of the highest number of deaths from Covid-19 in the world. Despite being the first country globally to start

Julia Buckley, CNN Its founder calls it “the biggest shakeup in Italy” in the past decade, it’s been hailed as a “vital way to combat overtourism,” and now it’s ready: the region of Tuscany has taken the first step towards becoming one giant gallery. The Uffizi Galleries in Florence — Italy’s most visited museum, and

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN If you’re trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea. A Florida company is planning to fly passengers to the edge of space in a high-tech version of a hot air balloon, with a pilot and up to eight travelers riding in a

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Millions of children around the world have grown up memorizing basic facts about geography: there are seven continents and four oceans. Until now. National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent and most visible mapmaking groups, has officially decreed the existence of a fifth ocean. Called the Southern Ocean, it’s the body

A scuba diver in Cheboygan, Michigan, found a 95-year-old message in a bottle at the bottom of the Cheboygan river. After posting about it on Facebook, she was able to contact the daughter of the man who wrote the message. CNN affiliate WWTV has more.

By David Williams, CNN Boat captain Jennifer Dowker runs shipwreck tours all summer long, so she knows that there are all sorts of secrets hidden under the surface of Michigan’s waterways, but she was still shocked to find a message in a bottle written in 1926. Dowker is the owner of Nautical North Family Adventures

Julia Buckley, CNN Venice should be added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage in Danger, advisors to the body have recommended, due to “threats” facing the lagoon city — including the cruise ships that continue to dock in the city center. The recommendation — or draft decision — was made Monday, following the production of

Jack Guy and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Italian art police have repatriated an “archaeological treasure trove” of almost 800 stolen artifacts from Belgium in one of the largest operations of its kind in the country. The collection included “artifacts of exceptional rarity and inestimable value,” according to a press release from the cultural heritage protection unit