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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.

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.

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.

Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has asked the federal telecommunications regulator to look into wireless roaming fees, saying he's concerned about companies hiking their rates while phone bills in other jurisdictions are generally declining.In a letter to CRTC chairwoman and CEO Vicky Eatrides, Champagne said the regulator plays an important role in promoting affordability and empowering consumers to make informed decisions.

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.