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Category: Travel
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These Are the 5 Deadliest National Parks | Outside Online
Apart from their immense natural beauty, perhaps one of the most exhilarating things about the national parks is that they do not treat visitors with kid gloves. With the exception of some guidelines around permits, campsites, and Leave No Trace education, they let travelers explore and play at will, experiencing their wonders largely free from guardrails…
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Carney Launches New Net-Zero Finance Alliance with $70 Trillion in Assets – The Energy Mix
Carney, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor now serving as vice-chair of Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management, declared the new group “the breakthrough in mainstreaming climate finance the world needs” and “the gold standard for net-zero commitments in the financial sector.”The institutions participating in GFANZ have their collective hand on US$70 trillion in assets,…
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Aerion AS3 Airliner Will Fly From NYC to London in Less Than an Hour – Robb Report
A new supersonic commercial airliner was announced on Monday, one that its designer and manufacturer says will reach speeds of Mach 4-plus. Aerion said the AS3 will make its first flight before the end of the decade, with the ability to fly up to 500 passengers for 7,000 miles.Aerion has already been working on the…
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European Super League collapses as top English soccer clubs pull out amid backlash from fans – The Globe and Mail
A plan by some of the biggest clubs in soccer to form a European Super League has collapsed after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened a “legislative bomb” to stop English teams from joining the venture.Outrage had been building since Sunday when the 12 teams – six from England’s Premier League and three each from…
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The World’s First Luxury Superyacht Barge Cruises Canals in Style – Robb Report
You can’t park a superyacht in Paris or Prague. You can’t take one to Champagne to quaff bubbly either. But you can aboard Savvy, the world’s first super-luxury, superyacht barge.Designed to ply the narrow, shallow, low-bridged canals and rivers of Europe in style, Savvy was built back in 2004 by leading Dutch superyacht yard Hakvoort,…
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In Praise of Stanley Tucci’s Excellent TV Travel Uniform | GQ
Throughout the season, Tucci explores Italy from the tip to the toe of the boot, eating his way through the country, and absorbing Italian culture through the eyes of the people who know and love it most. And he does it all in enviable style. In his wardrobe of luxurious staple items in rich cool…
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Want to race in a Mario Kart? Go to Japan, when you can | The Independent
After a year of pandemic life, many people need an escape. Last month, thousands in Japan found one in the fantasy land of the Mario Bros.A theme park, Super Nintendo World, opened at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, ending months of delays and testing the proposition that people will want to gather in large numbers…
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The Five Rules of Wildlife Photography | Outside Online
If you’ve ever endeavored to photograph wild animals, you know how tough it can be. That’s because, in addition to variables like shifting weather and light, wildlife photographers face a unique challenge: their subjects are often elusive, easily spooked, and utterly uncoachable. Olympus photographers Brooke Bartleson and Lee Hoy, both wildlife specialists with decades of experience between them, are…
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Smart Interactive City Guides Worldwide
Smart interactive cities including Asia, Canada, Europe and United States. Smart Interactive City Guide searches using the power of the internet, continuously updated and never out of date. All editions use the power of the internet with 8 search engines and over 10,900 links. Use your browser to search for a city in your language…
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5 things you should know about variants | Bill Gates
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last year meeting with colleagues at our foundation and around the world about ways to test for, treat, and prevent COVID-19. In recent months, the experts in those meetings are increasingly asking the same question: How will new variants impact our efforts to end the pandemic?The world…