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The 2013 Carnival of Venice hosts the Beautiful Mask competition on Saturday, as well as the Festa delle Marie

30th Yukon Quest 1,600km dog sled race from Whitehorse to Fairbanks in Alaska to start.

Members of the NGO Doctors of Joy dress up as clowns to cheer sick people as part of pre-carnival festivities in Rio.

A motorcyclist narrowly escaped death after a lorry overturned just inches in front of him on a busy intersection in Linhai, Zheijiang Province.

EasyJet expects to reduce its first-half loss to between £50m and £75m.

Yellow warnings issued for most of Britain, with forecasters predicting heavy snowfall will be replaced by widespread flooding.

The Freezing temperatures and blankets of snow are disrupting the first day of the working week, as commuters across the UK have faced major disruptions on their morning journeys.

Poor weather conditions continue to affect travel and everyday life in the UK

UK Met Office issues warnings of snow and ice for London and South East England.

Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyey is offering £20,000 to the person who proves the Yeti is real.

Costing around £129 million each, with the ability to carry around 800 people passengers, The Dreamliner's tipped to be the future of commercial aviation, but the Boeing 787 plane has been dogged by no end of technical problems of late.

A Swedish cleaning lady stole a train and crashed it into a family home in the suburban outskirts of Stockholm.

Network Rail has announced proposal to spend £37.5bn to expand and improve Britain's railways over the next five years.

'What's the age of consent in Mexico?' reportedly among troubling posts on Thorn Tree Forum.

Although speculations continue to grow if the world would end based on a Mayan calendar prediction as Dec 21, 2012 fast approaches, the feared apocalypse appears dimmer as scientists, the church and even Mayan descendants debunked the belief.

A landmark will be reached on December 13 when the 1 billionth traveler crosses an international border, according to the United Nations.

Remains of an imperial palace, believed to be of King Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, have been unearthed near his famous mausoleum that is surrounded by "terracotta army"

Flooding and heavy rain is continuing to cause chaos all over the UK. Hard hit residents from 500 homes in North Wales have been evacuated after the River Elwy broke its banks.

UK flooding and storms has claimed the life of a second person - a 21 year old woman who was killed and two other people injured by a falling tree in Exeter, as strong winds raged across the west of the country.

Tourists around the world came to witness the annual camel and livestock fair held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, which is one of the world's largest camel fairs.

A man in Chew Stoke has died in his car after becoming trapped under a bridge as torrential rain and flooding hit the UK last night.

Network Rail have posted better than expected profits for the first six months of the year, despite concerns over failed performance targets and delayed trains.

Rio de Janeiro will host Brazil's 17th LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) Pride Parade on 18 November.

Tens of thousands of tourists and astronomers flocked in to northern Australia to get glimpse of the rare total solar eclipse which darkened the region to night in day for two minutes.

The well indicates the beginning of domestication in prehistoric times, long before the invention of pottery and metal.

A Bolivian cult which keeps the skulls of close relatives at home has held its annual festival - the Day of the Skulls

Described by fellow World Travel Market attendees as simply "the sickest idea for a business", Corrupt Tours is the only travel company to organise trips that take you to sites that are linked to corruption - and is now looking to broaden its portfol

The executive director of the European Travel Commission (ETC) has launched an 18-month plan to target China, Brazil and the US for growth in European tourism, after the region's share of international tourism arrivals fell last year.

Japanese manufacturer claims that its latest model blocks wrinkle-causing UV rays and the air-conditioning pumps out ionically charged particles that make skin softer.