Venice hints at plans to double tourist tax
Venice officials have indicated they plan to double a daily tourist tax after a successful summer trial.
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A Chaotic History of Clickolding, the Year’s Most Disturbing Game
Strange Scaffold’s hit couldn’t have been made without a little help from their friends—and a late night joke that took on a life of its own. Here’s the oral history of the summer’s clickiest game.
I booked an Airbnb in a Swiss village to save money while backpacking Europe for 2 weeks. It ended up being my favorite destination.
When BI’s reporter visited Zurich, Switzerland, on a two-week backpacking trip, she booked an Airbnb in the village of Roggwil and found a hidden gem.
‘Twisters’ shows how tornado science has changed massively since the first movie nearly 30 years ago
When ‘Twister’ debuted nearly 30 years ago, it showcased some pretty new science. A lot has changed over the decades ahead of the sequel, ‘Twisters.’
I was given six months to live at 20. Years later, I’m a thriving college grad with a life partner.
At 20, she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and given just six months to live. She started aggressive treatment and graduated from college.
I’m a software engineer stranded in the IT outage airport chaos. CrowdStrike broke a cardinal rule of software development and I can’t believe the fallout.
Ahmed Al Sharif, a software engineer of nearly 20 years, was flying from Barcelona to the UK when the global outage disrupted his travel.
7 creative ways hot destinations are combating overtourism, from obstructing views to etiquette violation fines
Local governments from Europe to Japan are blocking Instagram hot spots and fining tourists for etiquette violations.
Some US hospitals are canceling non-emergency surgeries and procedures amid the global IT outage
CrowdStrike’s mass IT outage has led several major US health systems to cancel non-urgent surgeries and procedures.
Democratic group to air commercial calling on Biden to drop out during his favorite show
The group, Pass the Torch, said that it plans to air the advertisement on "Morning Joe" until Biden ends his reelection bid.
Biden reveals when he’ll emerge from quarantine
US President Biden will resume his reelection campaign next week, his aides said on Friday Read Full Article at RT.com