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The pandemic has registered strongly on the social media app of the moment.

With coronavirus spreading across the globe, thousands of travelers have called off plans for vacations, work trips and family visits. As Airbnb has expanded its cancellation policies related to the Covid-19 pandemic, hosts like White have lost a significant source of income. The reimbursements are funded by Airbnb, and will go to hosts with qualifying cancellations, paying 25% of what they would normally receive from a canceled booking. The best quarantine experience of your life? Confronti

At any given time -- pre-coronavirus era -- there were usually as many as 20,000 planes swirling around the planet at altitude.

Freedom of movement at the world's longest land border diminished on Wednesday when President Donald Trump announced restrictions on travel between the United States and Canada.

Ellis Island was once the United States' busiest immigration hub, with teams of doctors working to prevent the spread of infectious diseases including measles, scarlet fever and diphtheria. On March 16, the National Park Service temporarily closed the site to protect visitors and staff from the spread of coronavirus.

Landing on deserted airports aboard near-empty planes, airline workers feel the trepidation in the air as the world faces this century’s biggest crisis: the novel coronavirus pandemic.

When Barbara Nicolle of Vancouver Island, Canada, purchased a week-long, $10,000 trip to Mexico using the booking site Expedia, global pandemic was the last thing on her mind.

As coronavirus spreads across the globe, the vacation rental company Airbnb expanded its extenuating circumstances policy yesterday, allowing almost all travelers to cancel their reservations penalty-free.

On Friday, March 13, the vacation rental company Airbnb announced changes to its extenuating circumstances policy, allowing travelers to cancel their reservations penalty-free.

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — As the cases of novel coronavirus in the Philippines increase daily, more Filipinos are finding themselves under a state of collective panic. Left widely undiscussed is just how drastic the impact is for the urban poor who already find difficulty in keeping their families fed for at least three times a day, much less unable to afford decent gear with which to protect themselves amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Low-income jobs also often entail tasks that cannot be perf

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — The Filipino science community remains largely underappreciated and underfunded. Within the last five years, the Department of Science and Technology has faced a consistent decrease in their annual budget allocation, posing great difficulty for scientists and researchers in the Philippines. In a brief online statement released on March 11, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson expressed his frustration about the matter and called for an increase in the presently “miniscu

There's no shortage of empty airline seats - a consequence of anxieties surrounding the Coronavirus. Hardy passengers still up for flying may be under the impression they're aboard the Mary Celeste, with tales of "ghost flights" traversing the stratosphere.

As Covid-19 spreads, the situation remains fluid, with policies being updated frequently.

The Japanese robe, which has inspired countless Western garments, complicates the conversation about what we're allowed to adopt from other cultures and who is allowed to take offense at its suggested misuse.

Wu Xiaochen said she was 14 when she had her first cosmetic procedure -- liposuction paid for by her mother to reduce fat from her thighs. At the time, she said she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that required her to take glucocorticoids, a class of steroid hormones.

"All languages draw from other languages," says Joseph Brincat, an expert in the history of the Maltese language. "Maltese draws not just from different languages but from three language families."

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Norman Crisologo is living proof that to be an art curator, one doesn’t need a degree in art. Despite the intimidating impression of the art world, he began his career as a self-taught artist guided by his great curiosity about contemporary Philippine art. He slowly made a name for himself as a curator with an eye for art that speaks to other people. “I’m not gonna try to pretend that I’m educated when it comes to art or that I know the theories. If I like it, I’

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Cristina Sollesta Taniguchi, popularly known as Kitty, first entered the Philippine art scene in the early ‘80s. Despite the hardships of being a female regional artist in an industry which has an inclination towards male and Metro-Manila based creators, the Visayan painter still managed to succeed. Today, her long list of achievements include her three-time participation at the Beijing International Art Biennale from 2005 to 2008, her work’s inclusion at the Worl

When airliners have passed their twilight years -- on average, after 26 years of service -- many end up in the tumbleweed-strewn "plane boneyards" of California, Arizona and New Mexico.

UPDATE: The DOH has already confirmed the local transmission of the novel coronavirus. Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — The first confirmed case of the new pandemic in the Philippines was confirmed on January 30, with a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, which is being considered as the outbreak’s epicenter. There are only three confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the country so far. Two have been able to recover while the other, a 44-year-old Chinese man, has died. Despite reports sayin

The fresh air of the snow-covered Swiss mountains reverberated to the howl of private jet engines earlier this year as the planet's movers and shakers descended on Davos for the annual World Economic Forum.

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Patrick Flores, the artistic director for Singapore Biennale 2019, insists that this year’s biennale doesn’t have a theme. The title “Every Step in the Right Direction” is an invitation, an inspiration, he says; not a theme. “I believe in certain anxieties and they don't have to become themes. Themes tend to capture, instead of release,” he explains. Flores, along with six other curators, formed the biennale mainly in terms of geography, wanting to focus on Sout

Despite difficult circumstances, teachers assigned to schools in IP communities forge on.

The Canary Islands have wine, waves, wind, and prehistoric forests.

The NBA legend leaves a complicated legacy in his aftermath, but his accomplishments cannot be denied.

Banksy is well known for creating murals in the dead of night, frequently addressing social ills like homelessness or poverty. Tourists and fans gather around each of his new creations, often spurred to the site by a post on the anonymous artist's Instagram account. So the idea of removing one of these works from public view and selling it is bound to stir up strong emotions.

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — A half-naked man crawls aimlessly across the streets of Manila during the EDSA Revolution. Young boys and girls in hijabs studiously read their Korans in the Bay Area after 9/11. Against a bleak grey sky, a military truck drives along a road in ruins in Marawi City. Roofs have turned into skeletons, vegetation grows amid the concrete wreckage — but the tall spire of a mosque, crowned with a crescent moon, remains. These are the images that first greet you in the

"When I was told this would be the position of the paper, of the news site, I said that's not something I can support," Napp Nazworth, who announced on Monday that he had resigned from The Christian Post, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day."