CNN — New York City is set to open a relief center in a terminal for cruise ships, which will provide temporary respite to the continued influx of asylum-seekers entering the city, officials said. The new site will be located at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, one of three terminals for cruise ships in the New…
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Millions of tourists visit Hawaii every year, but tragically, these tourists are damaging and destroying the very coral reefs they come to experience, which are already at high risk of global collapse © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes Tourists on Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. (Credit: Rick Zhuang / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Rick Zhuang…
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Back in 2017, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas set a goal of being plastic-free by the end of 2022. According to National Geographic, “Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them.” Six Senses CEO Neil Jacobs,…
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The Novartis Pavillon on the Novartis campus in Basel, Switzerland Christopher Elliott The campus of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis features a gleaming new visitor pavilion on the banks of the Rhine river and buildings designed by some of the biggest names in the architecture world. But it has been off limits to the public for…
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CNN — This holiday season looks very different from the last for many Americans, when Covid-19 test shortages and an Omicron variant surge disrupted numerous family celebrations. But the country is contending with a new set of complex challenges this late fall and winter. Even though Covid tests as well as an updated booster are…
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New York’s new Radio Hotel, opened in September 2022. The Radio Hotel and Tower is located in the … [+] “Little Dominican Republic” in the Washington Heits area of New York City. The hotel’s distinct design and color scheme is meant to pay tribute to the neighborhood. Radio Hotel There are few places as romantic…
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Hassaan Tauseef was only 11-years-old when he began feeling a pull towards local history and culture. Drawing a series of sketches of antique doors inspired by Lahore’s Badshahi Mosque, in Pakistan, and Jaipur’s City Palace, in India, Tauseef was fascinated by historic heritage sites and their long-forgotten stories. Born and raised in Rawalpindi, in Pakistan’s…
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