In our roundup of travel news this week: the world’s top 100 cities for 2025, the world’s best hotels, the world’s tallest hotel, the world’s longest, deepest, undersea rail tunnel, plus two new record-breaking bridges in China and Kashmir.

With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, Indonesian capital Jakarta soared from 33rd place to surpass Japan's Tokyo, according to a new United Nations report.

You’ll really want to lick these stamps. Life is butter in France, whose postal service, La Poste, introduced nearly 600,000 stamps that smell like butter croissants in celebration of the “emblem of French gastronomy.” The savory stamp costs €2.10 ...

Which one is No. 1 in the U.S.? — -- intro: Ask a traveler what they plan to do on their next city jaunt and no doubt museum-hopping will be near the top of the list. TripAdvisor has just announced its Travelers' Choice Awards for museums, naming the ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The second Global Tipping Points Report, released Oct. 13, said ...

People are feeling overwhelmed, unsteady, and unsure of what the future holds. Here’s why hope matters more than ever.

How did the international day of good deeds begin, and how can you celebrate it? Here's what to know. World Kindness Day was first officially celebrated on Nov. 13, 1998 — but it had formed the year prior, at a conference in Tokyo, Japan. The World ...

SEWARD, Neb. — Treasures from 1975, sealed inside what the World Record Academy once called the “world’s largest time capsule,” went on display Friday, drawing hundreds of people from across the country to catch a glimpse of relics from the past.

Excitement for the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico will ramp up a notch today, as the draw for the group stages takes place