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Ben Anthony Horton

Experiences

How is Thailand making scuba diving accessible for everyone?

This scuba diving experience in Thailand is making the underwater world accessible to all.

Destinations

Iraq opens its doors to tourists with free guided tours

With a stunning array of marketplaces and 12th-century architecture, the scars of war are starting to heal in this historic part of the Middle East.

Nature

These volunteers are saving Ukraine’s animals from the horrors of war

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, this animal rights organisation is risking life and limb to bring the country’s creatures to safety.

Travel News

A docked ferry has become a floating hotel for Ukrainian refugees

One of the largest ships in the Corsica Linea fleet has become a floating hotel for the millions of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion.

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Experiences

Tourists surf the sand on Nicaragua’s most active volcano

Spewing lava can’t stop these tourists tackling one of Nicaragua’s deadliest destinations.

Living

Sweden’s timber city erects skyscraper made entirely from wood

The Sara Cultural Centre is designed to ‘communicate’ with the buildings around it.

Destinations

China welcomes cherry blossom season with dazzling firework display

This stunning spectacle of sakura trees in bringing thousands of tourists to the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Destinations

Iran: The Persian powder paradise drawing in the world’s best skiers

With 87 kilometres of slope and 66 lifts, the ski resorts outside of Tehran offer some of the best pistes in Asia - and no one knows about them.

Destinations

Netherlands: There’s more to do in the Lowlands than getting high

As the Dutch government relaxes COVID-19 restrictions for all travellers, we take a look at the top seven tourist destinations you need to visit on your next trip to the Netherlands.

Travel News

Turkey welcomes Abramovich's €900m superyacht into Bodrum harbour

In an effort to escape Western economic sanctions, many of Russian's wealthiest individuals are fleeing to this little-known Turkish city.

Travel News

The white death: How to avoid avalanches this ski season

As rising temperatures make the risk of avalanches more common, we talk to two winter sports experts to find out how to steer clear of snow slides this ski season.

Climate

Floating solar farm puts Thailand on track towards carbon neutrality

Thailand creates world’s biggest solar farm - but not everybody is happy about it.

Nature

Ukrainian bears escape to safety in dramatic wartime rescue

As enemy forces bombard the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, these bears have found a new home at a wildlife sanctuary in Lviv.

Travel News

Irish polar explorer Shackleton’s ship discovered in Antarctica

107 years after its sinking, Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ has been discovered deep beneath the Antarctic Ocean.

Nature

How can this ‘bongo park’ save a species from extinction?

With fewer than one hundred individuals left in the wild, conservationists in Kenya are fighting to save the mountain bongo, a type of antelope on the verge of extinction.

Destinations

Sicily: Is this the ultimate stay for female digital nomads?

This ‘living work of art’ offers a safe space for female travellers looking for inspiration and immersion in Sicilian culture.

Nature

The man 'who skis with eagles’ is bringing back birds from extinction

After 130 years of being extinct, white-tailed eagles are due to return to the French Alps. Meet the raptor expert behind this extraordinary project.

Ukraine

Why are some men being turned away from the Ukrainian border?

Over one million people have now fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries - but many families are being separated as men are forced to stay behind and fight.

Ukraine

These Ukrainian soldiers refuse to let war stop their wedding

In a touching act of love, these soldiers tied the knot on a battleground amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine

Ukraine’s refugee crisis reveals Europe’s growing racial divide

In Ukraine, the growing distinction between our treatment of white refugees and refugees of colour speaks volumes about what some Europeans believe an asylum seeker should really look like.

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