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Make Mashiko pottery in Japan. 

Artistic escape: 8 retreats to help spark your creative side

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Emirates launches first flights to Mexico City

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Young flyers get their own lounge at Dubai Airport

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The travel industry is finally catching up with technology and that's set to change the way we holiday. Getty Images

Travel and technology: how we'll be holidaying in the future

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A family dressed for the Hajj pilgramage. Courtesy Accor Hotels 

What to pack for Hajj: everything you need for the pilgrimage

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Ffordd Pen Lech, in Harlech, has been named the world's steepest street. Google Earth Pro

This street in Wales has been named the world's steepest

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Inside Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas's Maldivian honeymoon

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Travellers flock to Bali's Gates of Heaven for the perfect Instagram shot. Flickr / Tim Snell

Instagrammers are complaining about this beauty spot in Bali

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Emirates passengers will be able to connect to Wi-Fi and watch live TV over the North Pole by 2022. Courtesy Emirates 

Emirates to have in-flight Wi-Fi over the North Pole by 2022

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Travellers atop Norway's Pulpit Rock. Courtesy Andreas Gruhle / visitnorway.com / Innovation Norway

Tourists seeking Insta-fame putting Norway rescue crews under strain

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The inaugural Air Arabia flight lands in Kuala Lumpur from Sharjah. Courtesy Air Arabia

Travel news: Emirates summer deals and Etihad's bigger planes

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Of the 750 rock shelters at Bhimbetka, 15 have been made accessible to tourists. Courtesy Kalpana Sunder

Exploring the earliest evidence of human life at Bhimbetka

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France will add an eco-tax to all flights. Courtesy Air France 

France announces it will add an eco-tax on all flights

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Emirates passengers will be able to connect to Wi-Fi and watch live TV over the North Pole by 2022. Courtesy Emirates 

Emirates to have in-flight Wi-Fi over the North Pole by 2022

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Travellers atop Norway's Pulpit Rock. Courtesy Andreas Gruhle / visitnorway.com / Innovation Norway

Tourists seeking Insta-fame putting Norway rescue crews under strain

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The inaugural Air Arabia flight lands in Kuala Lumpur from Sharjah. Courtesy Air Arabia

Travel news: Emirates summer deals and Etihad's bigger planes

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Of the 750 rock shelters at Bhimbetka, 15 have been made accessible to tourists. Courtesy Kalpana Sunder

Exploring the earliest evidence of human life at Bhimbetka

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France will add an eco-tax to all flights. Courtesy Air France 

France announces it will add an eco-tax on all flights

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BEIRUT, LEBANON - JULY 13: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout image provided by Red Bull, Jessica Macaulay of the UK dives from the 20 metre cliff in Raouche during the first competition day of the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on July 13, 2019 at Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo by Dean Treml/Red Bull via Getty Images)

Divers plunge from Lebanon's famous Pigeon Rocks in Beirut – in pictures

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Ryanair has launched low-cost flights from Beirut to Pafos. Courtesy Ryanair

Ryanair launches flights from Beirut to Pafos

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Souvenirs you'll keep for a lifetime: Katy picked up a painting of the picturesque Bruges in Belgium. Photo: Getty

Forget fridge magnets, why art is the perfect travel souvenir

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The height of the bus (there are three in total) affords views over oncoming traffic to the sea beyond. Courtesy India Stoughton

Museums, traffic and impromptu protests: a trip on Beirut's first hop-on hop-off bus tour

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Cosmic Girl flies with LauncherOne rocket attached to its wing. Courtesy Virgin Orbit

Virgin Orbit drops a rocket from a plane mid-flight

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overall aerial view of Cape Town

UAE and Saudi travellers can now visit South Africa without a visa

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Tourists on the Chornobyl-Tour pose for a group 'selfie' photo in front of the Soviet-era sign marking the entrance to the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Chornobyl-Tour expects 150,000 bookings by the end of the season, twice the number of visitors last year, largely because of the five-part TV docudrama. Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg

Chernobyl to be turned into an official tourist site

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Emirates has a sale on first and business class fares. Courtesy Emirates 

Bargain business class flights: Emirates and Etihad seats are on sale

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Pilgrims can bring Zamzam water from Makkah on Air India flights after the national carrier retracted restrictions on carrying the water on certain flights. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons / Yousef Madari

Hajj 2019: Air India changes policy so pilgrims can bring Zamzam water home

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Sergio Ramos and his family holidayed at the Dana Beach Resort in Hurghada Egypt. Courtesy Pickalbatros hotels

Sergio Ramos shows love for this Egyptian resort town

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Snake catcher Harley Jones runs Snakes in the City in Sydney. Courtesy Ronan O’Connell

Trailing the snake catchers of Australia

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REFILE - REMOVING LONG EXPOSURE MENTION Revellers sprint in front of steers during the first running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 7, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

The controversial San Fermin running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain – in pictures

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A tourist bus in Paris. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons / Lionel Allorge

Paris to ban tourist buses from city centre

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The writer always enjoys the moment when she lands at Dubai airport after a trip abroad. Getty Images

Can foreign residents truly call the UAE home? I’ve found that I can

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You can be in the mountains in the morning and on the beach by afternoon in Sochi. Courtesy Wow Sochi

Krasnodar Krai: inside Russia’s southern gem

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Indian rupees will now be accepted at all stores in all Dubai airports. Photo: Supplied 

You can now pay with Indian rupee at all stores in Dubai's airports

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After suspending flights last month, Emirates has announced they will be resuming daily flight to Khartoum. Courtesy Emirates 

Emirates to resume flights to Khartoum on July 8

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Cafe Bologna was packed with Moroccan football fans as they saw their national side defeat the Ivory Coast. Picture by Saeed Saeed

'Shout but don't insult': the joy of watching a football match in a gritty cafe in Morocco

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Take a walking tour of the French Quarter. Getty

24 hours in New Orleans

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Gachuthi the bongo with her baby Gedi at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy  

Storied sanctuary: why animals lovers should visit Mount Kenya

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In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, victims of Japan's forced labour and their family members arrive at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea. AP

Thousands must be freed a day for a decade to end slavery: report

Asia
Saudi Arabia will see the highest wind power capacity additions for the sector in the region over the coming decade. Reuters

Saipem to develop Saudi Arabia's first offshore wind scheme with UAE firm

Energy
British actress Lashana Lynch, who recently played Maria Rambeau, Captain Marvel's best friend, has been chosen to play Her Majesty's new agent using code name 007 in the latest untitled James Bond movie franchise. AFP 

Why everyone needs to calm down about Lashana Lynch being 007

Film
The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan June 6, 2018. Reuters

Just one rocket to go before the first Emirati astronaut lifts off

Science
The Dubai resident is leaving the UAE and moving out of his apartment in Jumeirah Lakes Towers after three years of living there. Antonie Robertson / The National

Homefront: 'I'm leaving the UAE. How do I ensure my apartment handover goes smoothly?'

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