VIENNA – A 2-year-old panda who charmed his way into the hearts of Austrians is headed to China.
Fu Long has been the star attraction at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo since he was born there on Aug. 23, 2007.
Artificial insemination is common practice when breeding captive pandas but Fu Long was conceived naturally.
His parents were sent on [...]
SYDNEY – From the merely unpleasant to the borderline criminal, ugly buildings somehow manage to pop up even in the prettiest cities.
VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) has released its second annual list of the “World’s Top 10 Ugly Buildings,” as decided by its members and editors.
“Many of these buildings don’t have the warmth of an ice cube while [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – Royal Caribbean’s new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat, a cornucopia of amusements aimed at quashing the notion that cruising is a sedentary vacation, said chief executive Richard Fain.
Then he donned swim trunks, jumped on a boogie board and challenged fellow executives to [...]
Eight people are detained and two jade shops shut down over a scam in which tourists were sold fake jade products near the Badaling Great Wall.
Haidian police said the fraud was first reported in early November after a tourist on a one-day Great Wall and Ming Tombs tour group bought fake jade.
Police said the suspects [...]
The managers of Nanluoguxiang, one of Beijing’s most popular streets with a 742-year history, plan to restrict the number of bars and cafes in the popular tourist precinct.
Yu Yongjun, vice-director of the municipal government’s Jiaodaokou office in charge of the street, said it wants to work with rich entertainment companies to turn the street in [...]
MADRID – A Swiss adventurer hoping to become the first person to fly between continents with a jet engine strapped to his back crashed into the sea on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar.
Yves Rossy, who successfully jetted across the English Channel in 2008 using his engine and solo wing, ran into [...]
In the eyes of Shan Shuzhi, who opened the first farm guesthouse (nongjiale) in rural Beijing, running a guesthouse has always been the best job for a woman like her. Even after weathering 16 years of running her guesthouse, her passion for the job remains strong.
“We have limited knowledge and are not as strong as [...]
ADELAIDE, Australia – Australia welcomed on Saturday two giant pandas from China zookeepers said they hope will become the first breeding pair in the southern hemisphere.
Wang Wang, a 4-year-old male, and Funi, a 3-year-old female, were flown into their new home in the southern city of Adelaide accompanied by their Chinese keepers.
The pair have been [...]
PORT OF SPAIN: The leaders of the Commonwealth backed plans for a quick start climate change fund in a communique issued on Saturday in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.
The statement also throws its weight behind the negotiation process for a global climate change agreement that is due to complete on Dec. [...]
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