Athletes bring Milan Olympic Village to life, complete with Italian bidets and 4-story US banners

The Milan Olympic Village is buzzing with activity as athletes settle in for the Winter Games. Teams from around the world ...
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Safety risks rise for uncontacted Mashco Piro in the Amazon

The world's largest isolated tribe reappears in the Peruvian Amazon as illegal logging increases the risk of contact and disease ...

'El dorado' of Peru: Here workers get paid in all the gold they can carry on the payday at the world's highest town

La Rinconada, Peru, is the world's highest permanent settlement, where 50,000 people live at 5,000 meters above sea level to mine gold. Lacking basic infrastructure like sewage and running water, the ...

Half the oxygen, no running water: Inside the world’s highest town where 50,000 people still live

La Rinconada is a unique gold mining village high in the eastern Andes, on the edge of human endurance. It is acknowledged as ...

Key Biscayne’s Film Festival expands with a new theater on the Island

The Key Biscayne Film Festival was an idea that emerged during the planning of what would probably have been a hit with ...

Inca Trail to Machu Picchu: Learn which sections will be closed to tourists in February

Throughout February, the Inca Trail to <a href=" Picchu—located in Cusco region and considered one of the world's premier trekking routes—will be closed to tourism as part of comprehensive maintenance ...

A tiny Central NY village is adding affordable housing without a fight: ‘I guess we’re different’

Jordan, N.Y. – One of Onondaga County’s smallest villages is stepping up to fill a pressing need: It’s welcoming dozens of ...