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AI was the key focus at Expedia's industry conference in Seattle this week, as the travel giant works to adopt one of the most rapidly changing and potentially exciting technologies in recent history.I've said it 6 times, 12 times, I think that's the rule, CEO Peter Kern said of the buzzword at one point during his keynote speech.

Multidisciplinary artist, multi-instrumentalist musician, illustrator, and independent curator are a few of the biggest hats Brooklyn, NewYork-based Michael Hambouz wears.The first-generation Palestinian-American creates chromaesthesia-influenced works - experiments in dimension and color, created under the guidance of music - to process bouts of loss and self-reflections on cultural identity.

Approximately 100,000 children are adopted by parents in the United States each year.While there are less-expensive options for adopting a child, namely adoption through foster care, some adoptions can cost up to $58,000.In addition to the financial burden, people opting to build their families through adoption are faced with the unique challenges that come with the adoption process, such as making life-changing decisions, filling out seemingly endless paperwork, going through the home-study process, and enduring the emotional roller coaster of waiting to be matched with their child and finalizing the adoption.

Solo hiking will be banned from Nepal's national parks starting next month, a move that the country's tourism board said would reduce the risks for the tens of thousands of adventure seekers who travel to the Himalayan country each year.The decision, announced last week by the Nepal Tourism Board, comes after incidents in which tourists became lost and sometimes died while hiking alone, the board's director, Mani R. Lamichhane, said on Tuesday.

Since its formation in 2017, the Overwatch League-the professional esports program for Activision Blizzard's Overwatch hero shooter-has drawn frequent comparisons to traditional sporting institutions.Its stated aim, as WIRED put it in a 2017 feature, was to become the new US National Football League.

When Mr Chen's 85-year-old father fell ill with Covid in December, it was impossible to get an ambulance or see a doctor.They went to Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing, where they were told to either try other hospitals or sit in the corridor with an IV drip."There was no bed, no respiratory machine, no medical equipment" available, Mr Chen tells the BBC.

A new sound wafts through the open windows at night in this town near the front line: children hollering at each other down the block, even long after dark.The markets are full.Sales are surging at the local bike shop.Red tulips, planted by hand, are bursting open everywhere.It is remarkable Unrecognizable, one city official said how different this small town in eastern Ukraine feels from a year ago.

Editor's Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel's weekly newsletter.Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments.Travel is so busy this spring break season at Miami International Airport that officials are advising flyers to give themselves an extra hour arriving three hours, rather than two before a domestic flight.

Sir Richard Branson spoke of his Scottish roots as he welcomed guests to his new Virgin Hotel in Edinburgh.The billionaire entrepreneur officially opened the 222-room hotel on Friday, with it not only being the first hotel carrying his Virgin brand in the UK, but also in Europe.Sir Richard, 72, spoke of his Scottish connections at the India Buildings in the Scottish capital's Victoria Street, and said he felt the hotel could provide something original and different.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email An MP has accused the NHS of abandoning her sister who suffers from brain cancer in an emotional speech in parliament.Labour's Siobhain McDonagh fought back tears as she raised the experiences of 61-year-old Margaret McDonagh, a former Labour general secretary who sits in the House of Lords as Baroness McDonagh.

The World Health Organisation has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of Covid-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints that it was failing to tell the world what was happening.he announcement on Saturday was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist Party abruptly dropped anti-virus restrictions in December despite a surge in infections that flooded hospitals.

BEIJING The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening.The announcement Saturday was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist Party abruptly dropped anti-virus restrictions in December despite a surge in infections that flooded hospitals.That left the WHO and other governments appealing for information, while the United States, South Korea and others imposed controls on visitors from China.

Industrial action will affect international arrivals at all UK ports and airports as well as those travelling to the UK from Calais, Dunkirk and Coquelles in France (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty) Travellers could face longer waits at border control on 1 February as Border Force staff plan to strike, the Home Office has warned.

Peak time Eurostar trains are daily forced to run across the Channel with hundreds of empty seats because border police cannot process passports quick enough.About 350 out of 900 seats are normally left unsold on the first services between London, Paris and Brussels despite huge demand for the greenest form of international travel, Eurostar bosses said.

Issued on: 30/12/2022 - 19:27 01:32 A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for Covid-19 in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on December 22, 2022.Hector Retamal, AFP France will require that travellers arriving from China provide a negative Covid-19 test result less than 48 hours old before departure, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Footballers are concerned about their workload with fixtures added to a "saturated" schedule to allow for a mid-season World Cup, says players' union Fifpro.The tournament in Qatar gets under way on 20 November.However, many domestic games are being played this weekend before players join up with their national squads.

More than 29.1 million passengers still crisscrossed through Dubai International Airport, or DXB, last year.That's nowhere near the pre-pandemic milestone of 86.4 million in annual traffic logged by the airport in 2019.DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates, home to global business and travel hub Dubai, will ease masking requirements imposed over the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Monday.He said the agency would also cease providing daily updates on COVID-19 cases while still providing updated data on the pandemic.