Travel

A traveler arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with a fine of almost $2,000 after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack. Biosecurity detector dog Zinta sniffed out the egg-and-meat contraband at Darwin Airport, prompting the fine, officials said Monday. “This will be the most …

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This week’s Teacher’s Corner provides students with the opportunity to practice using phrasal verbs in an activity about New York City. LEVEL Intermediate to Advanced LANGUAGE FOCUS Reading, speaking (primary focus)Listening (secondary focus) GOALS During this activity, students will Practice speaking skills through a matching activity Practice reading skills and using travel-related phrasal verbs in …

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A traveler arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with a fine of almost $2,000 after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack. Biosecurity detector dog Zinta sniffed out the egg-and-meat contraband at Darwin Airport, prompting the fine, officials said Monday. “This will be the most …

McMuffins stashed in backpack cost traveler almost $2,000 in fines Read More »

This week’s Teacher’s Corner provides students with the opportunity to practice using phrasal verbs in an activity about New York City. LEVEL Intermediate to Advanced LANGUAGE FOCUS Reading, speaking (primary focus)Listening (secondary focus) GOALS During this activity, students will Practice speaking skills through a matching activity Practice reading skills and using travel-related phrasal verbs in …

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Commentary While many Canadians haven’t been able to travel out of the country for years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and others haven’t been able to travel due to passport renewals being caught in bureaucratic limbo, Canada’s jet-setting prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has flown to Costa Rica for a family vacation. I don’t begrudge the …

Cory Morgan: When It Comes to Limiting Carbon Emissions, Trudeau Is Not Leading by Example Read More »

The union representing airline pilots for the German flagship carrier Lufthansa voted overwhelmingly Sunday in favor of labor action that could become an official strike. Such a move, if the Vereinigung Cockpit union  proceeds with it, threatens to complicate what has already been a summer travel season plagued by disruptions. Lufthansa services at least 20 U.S. …

A looming pilot strike at Lufthansa would hit 20 U.S. airports Read More »

Relief is on the horizon for air travelers in the U.S. New data from Hopper, the online booking platform, suggests airfare should decrease from this summer’s record-high prices, averaging less than $300 round-trip for domestic itineraries booked this month. “Domestic airfare this fall will drop to $286 this August, down 25% compared to the airfare …

Airfares for less than $300? ‘Start monitoring those prices now’ for holiday travel Read More »

National “In the meantime, what you have is a landscape of confusion, chaos and uncertainty where patients don’t know what their rights are and physicians don’t know how their medical judgment will interact with laws on the ground.” Abortion rights activists carry cutouts of members of the Supreme Court during a Dec. 1, 2021, protest …

Major legal fights loom over abortion pills, travel out of state Read More »

It’s been more than two years since the coronavirus pandemic turned our world upside down. While the Omicron strain certainly put everyone in a tailspin in Dec. 2021, people have created social barriers based on their comfort levels. Traveling, for instance, was extremely difficult at the start of the pandemic. However, these days is relatively …

Best expert-approved face masks for summer travels on long flights Read More »

On Sunday, Jack Posobiec of Human Events Daily dropped his second special on Ukraine, this one called The Truth About Ukraine. It’s a follow-up to his Night Train to Odessa, recorded as the title suggests. In this special, Jack interviews his brother Kevin, who traveled with him to Ukraine, to get his views and experiences …

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