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Anyone traveling in Scandinavia this year will find a region that鈥檚 investing in itself. Numerous urban, cultural and transit projects are underway, continuing the Scandinavian devotion to quality of life for residents and visitors alike.

Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole! Samuel Taylor Coleridge may have been a bipolar drug addict, but he knew what he was talking about when he wrote that line about sleep in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Italy bubbles with emotion, corruption, traffic jams, strikes, rallies, religious holidays and crowds. Irate ranters will be shaking their fists at each other one minute and walking arm-in-arm the next.

鈥楢fter the triumph of the Cuban Revolution鈥︹�� says Rainer, with his usual reflexive patriotism, or, more likely, the fruit of years of state-sponsored indoctrination.

I鈥檓 really into 鈥渟econd cities鈥� these days. Over several generations, Industrial Age powerhouses in Europe turned into what we would call the 鈥渞ust belt,鈥� while their elegant 鈥渇irst city鈥� counterparts enjoyed the lustre of the Information Age.

Soroa is not so much a town as a cluster of houses stretched along five kilometres of rough, hilly road not far from Autopista Este-Oeste, the main east-west highway.

BELGRADE, Serbia 鈥� Along dimmed corridors in an elegant villa in central Belgrade, visitors are treated to a flashy presentation of Nikola Tesla鈥檚 technology 鈥� as well as a huge array of the visionary scientist鈥檚 clothes, hundreds of instruments, and

ALBANY, New York 鈥� A report from critics of Airbnb says the vacation rental website is driving up rental prices and reducing housing availability in New York City.

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates 鈥� The United Arab Emirates claimed a record on Thursday with the opening of the world鈥檚 longest zip line, measuring 2.83 kilometres in length.

DALLAS 鈥� United Airlines wants to see more paperwork before passengers fly with emotional-support animals 鈥� and don鈥檛 even try to bring a peacock on board. The airline announced Thursday that it will tighten rules starting March 1.