In a world record attempt, an Irish man is walking barefoot on a 3,400-mile trek from Istanbul to Ireland, and a fitness expert shares a health advisory for others.

The Man Who Pays His Way: When the industry of human happiness turns sour, Lupine Travel soldiers on

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French Quarter artifacts from the Fire of 1788 and the Fire of 1794 were discovered during a $9 million water main project on St. Peter Street in New Orleans.

Multiple search and rescue teams have been deployed

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Marking the end of 400 years of postal history, Denmark becomes the first country to end state-run letter delivery, as PostNord cites a 90% volume decline.

America's 250th anniversary celebrations feature historic destinations nationwide, offering numerous family-friendly events. AAA recommends booking early for 2026.

The FAA issued a series of flight safety warnings for U.S. airlines flying over the eastern Pacific near Mexico, Central America and South America

In search of the country’s weirdest corners, Christopher Dorrell finds ghostly apparitions and vengeful fairies in Whitby

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At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a Toyota Troopy, balancing hard-won freedom with constant care

Outside a supermarket in Exmouth, a small town 1,250km north of Perth, a man notices Niki carrying Jimmy on her back. She is 152cm tall and he weighs 45kg. “He should be carrying you!” the man says.

Strangers often misjudge Niki’s son, who is 30 but looks, she says, “like he’s eight or nine”. Jimmy is blind and has panhypopituitarism, a hormonal disorder that affects fewer than one in 100,000 Australians each year. This condition halted his development, leaving him unable to walk or speak, with severe intellectual disability.

Niki hoists Jimmy on to her back for a walk along the beach in Exmouth. She has always carried him

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© Photograph: Brook Mitchell

© Photograph: Brook Mitchell

Britain might be chilly, but you can still enjoy balmy weather on the Iberian peninsula

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The largest of the Canary Islands offers more than just winter sun, writes Aine Fox

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Chile created Cape Froward National Park on the Brunswick Peninsula to protect endangered huemul deer and wildlife located at the "edge of the world."

WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, backpedaled on a new seating plan after videos of crammed travelers went viral on social media.

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From Sydney’s northern beaches to the bottom of the Atlantic – the story of a man who won a trip of a lifetime in a local supermarket competition

Bandra, Mumbai, 1998.

Andrew Rogers, a 34-year-old Sydney greenkeeper, was visiting family in India with his wife, Winnie, and one-year-old son, Terence. Inside, as aunties prepared breakfast – the kitchen a sanctuary from the humid, honking streets – the phone rang.

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© Photograph: supplied/Andrew Rogers