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(CNN) — A surprise company outing to an air base caused a 64-year-old French man so much stress that he flung himself from a fighter jet in midair, grabbing the ejector button in a panic and tumbling through the skies above France before landing in a field. The man had been surprised by employees at

(CNN) — As China slowly eases lockdown restrictions and life returns to somewhat normal conditions, residents have once again started traveling. But an uptick in domestic sight-seeing doesn’t necessarily mean international travel will rebound as quickly. At least, not according to a recent study conducted by the Trip.com Group, China’s largest online travel agency. Based

The budding geographer, known for his love for reading and analyzing maps, usually celebrates his birthday with a father-son adventure, like at the golf range or an amusement park in Houston, Texas. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, that wasn’t possible this year. So his dad, Jody Smith, came up with something even more special.

(CNN) — Turkey may be famous for its kebabs, but the popular dish is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Turkish cuisine. Covering over 300,000 square miles, the European destination’s rich and diverse food is largely thanks to its landscape. Plateaus and plains of fertile soil formed by now extinct volcanoes,

(CNN) — Here’s a home we wouldn’t mind isolating in: a Bahamas beach house with a pool, five bedrooms, a terrace and 180 feet of private white-sand frontage. It was certainly good enough for Princess Diana, when she vacationed at Casuarina Beach in 1993 with her sons William and Harry. Now the property in Lyford

(CNN) — The coronavirus pandemic has grounded most of the world’s airplanes for the immediate future. But when aviation eventually reboots, pilots will need to be up to speed. That doesn’t just mean polishing their Ray-Bans and dusting off their navy-blue blazers. It means brushing up on flight-deck skills and ensuring they keep within the

(CNN) — With a list of past and present owners that includes media mogul Rupert Murdoch and controversial former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, superyacht “Morning Glory” has a long history of playing host to the rich and famous. During a time when many yachts have stopped sailing due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 158-foot

(CNN) — San Francisco‘s iconic City Lights bookstore is on the brink of collapse as the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the business to keep its doors shut. Elaine Katzenberger, who is the Publisher and CEO of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers — both the store and its publishing arm — has started a GoFundMe campaign

A photo taken on March 25 shows an empty street in Cannes, France. The jet’s passengers were headed to the town but didn’t make it past the airport in Marseille. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images (CNN) — A group of international vacationers who flew from London to the south of France in a private jet were turned

(CNN) — Most years, Easter weekend marks the last big hurrah of beautiful warm weather in Australia. But 2020 isn’t any ordinary year. Amid the worldwide Covid-19 epidemic, people all over the world are being asked to practice social distancing and stay indoors as much as possible. For Aussies who were hoping to spend a

(CNN) — Along with Italian marble and Egyptian antiquities, legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst filled his San Simeon estate with hundreds of wild animals. Zebras grazed in fenced enclosures during Hearst’s star-studded, extravagant parties in 1930s California. As the Great Depression sent Americans to bread lines, the tycoon’s leopards and grizzly bears snarled from

(CNN) — Most of the country is sheltering in place and air traffic has slowed dramatically but there are still people who must fly. With most rest stops, fast-food dining rooms, and other normal travel accommodations closed or limited, flying may seem like a better option for those trying to get home or traveling due

Tai O, Hong Kong (CNN) — Lantau is Hong Kong’s largest island, home to three of its busiest spots — Hong Kong Disneyland, the Tian Tan Buddha and Chep Lak Kok Airport. But on the island’s western tip, on a spit of land that curls into the South China Sea, is a fishing village called

(CNN) — Chefs Adam Bordonaro and Ryan Lory opened their first restaurant in 2019. Ardyn, an intimate, romantic spot in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, received immediate attention, with rave reviews from the media and diners and a packed dining room and bar, to boot. The two men have been close friends

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The provincial government of Jeju Island, South Korea, is suing two women who visited the island on vacation despite the younger one having symptoms of coronavirus. The pair have been identified as a mother, age 52, and her 19-year-old daughter, who had recently returned to her native South Korea from

(CNN) — Players of one of Australia‘s most popular professional sports could be quarantined on a luxury island under an audacious plan being considered to get them back on the field — and back on TV — during the coronavirus crisis. Like most sports, the National Rugby League (NRL) was forced to cancel its entire

(CNN) — Aviation is fighting for survival. Cruise ships are grounded. As the pandemic grows, the travel industry faces an uncertain future and is scrambling to adapt. Those aircraft still flying are now subject to stricter than ever hygiene protocols, but when the threat of the virus eventually lifts, the transportation industry will face heightened

(CNN) — The US has stopped issuing new passports, unless in a “life-or-death emergency,” in an effort to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Examples of emergencies include travel due to serious illnesses, injuries or deaths in the immediate family, it said. Applicants must require travel outside the US within three days, and will have

(CNN) — It’s safe to say no one in the world is sitting down to a three-plus hour, eight-course dinner costing hundreds of dollars at any of the top fine destinations around the globe. The pandemic’s stronghold has all but made it impossible for luxury restaurants to keep doing what they were doing prior to

(CNN) — Dozens of spring breakers from Texas boarded a plane for fun and came home with coronavirus. About 70 people in their 20s chartered a plane from Austin, Texas, to Mexico for spring break two weeks ago. They went against the advice of White House officials who asked that people avoid gathering in groups