UNESCO Just Added 24 New World Heritage Sites

This is part of Global Sounds, a collection of stories spotlighting the music trends forging connections in 2024.

“I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now,” a new book published by Aperture, features wide-ranging portfolios by 25 photographers. As Pauline Vermare, a co-editor of the book, writes in her introductory essay, the primary focus of the women showcased in the book “has been, and remains, to find the means to be independent and represent their own experiences and views of the world.” Among the works included are those by the 77-year-old photographer Miyako Ishiuchi, who co-founded a photography magazine, main, in 1996. The book contains photos from “Yokosuka Story,” a 1970s series focusing on her hometown, the location of a major U.S. Navy base, and a still-life of a lipstick, part of her “Mother’s” (2000-2005) series, for which she photographed her deceased mother’s possessions. One of the youngest photographers in the book, Momo Okabe, 43, trains her lens on her own body and those of her friends, capturing both everyday experiences and life-changing events such as gender-affirming surgery and pregnancy. From photojournalism to works of collage, the book, as its introduction states, “lays the groundwork for understanding the enormity of what has been overlooked.” .

Delta Air Lines is now rolling out fast, free Wi-Fi by T-Mobile on select long-haul international routes, with most transatlantic flights to be in service with free Wi-Fi by the end of the summer. 

At the age of 63, I was bankrupt and in foreclosure. I had less than nothing because I owed money to a friend. All I had were my pensions. I knew I could never afford to retire in the US.

UNESCO recently added 24 sites of "outstanding universal value" to its World Heritage List during its 46th annual session in New Delhi.

Earlier this year, Air France-KLM spoke out about the challenges the airline faced in reinstating flights between Europe and China to what they were pre-pandemic. 

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have both suspended flights to Israel amid escalating tension in the region. 

Curiocity, a travel company rooted in immersive and local experiences in South Africa, never experienced the post-Covid travel boom. Instead of a sudden and possibly short-lived boost, however, a new audience dedicated to local, community-oriented, impact tourism emerged.

Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are pausing flights to Tel Aviv as tensions escalate in the Middle East. 

By some measures, visiting China has never been easier.

Qatar Airways is proud to announce its latest partnership as the Official Title Partner and Official Airline Partner of The Qatar Airways British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia 2025.

Forget about self-driving cars. What about self-flying airplanes?