A new year has finally arrived! And since the holiday season is usually a great time for vacations, Business Insider listed the five most expensive Airbnb rentals booked for New Year’s Eve. The company, which was founded by a couple of students who wanted to earn by renting their mattress, listed luxury villas located in Colorado as well as in the Caribbean Islands.
New Year’s Eve celebrations are universal traditions that almost every nation in the world observes. But did you know that some countries have unique superstitions and customs when welcoming the New Year? So, as the world welcomed 2016 with fireworks, here are the top 10 New Year’s Eve traditions worldwide.
Despite the threats of violence, people all over the world still reveled to ring in the New Year. And to mark the start of 2016, New Year’s Eve celebrations kick off with a bang with spectacular fireworks displays across the globe.
A recent pool holiday was turned into a tragic disaster after a 12-year-old girl got stuck in a drain at Oasis Aquatic Park in Isla de Maipo, located south of Santiago, Chile. The victim, who was identified as Millaray, miraculously survived the 8-minute underwater disaster after she was sucked into a pool drain.
Going to the Rio Olympics 2016 is one of a lifetime experience so if you are lucky to have the chance to witness the event, it is important to prepare for it. Being prepared will definitely give you the ultimate Olympic adventure that you will never forget.
Uh-oh! Did Bravo network axe “Ladies of London” Season 3? The reality series that tackles the lives of British socialites and gives an insight about the cultural differences between England and the United States has yet to be renewed for a new season. But fans are hoping for new episodes in 2016.
A Eurasian avian-like H1N1 (EAH1N1) swine flu virus was recently identified as potentially pandemic by Chinese researchers. The virus, which “pose the highest pandemic threat”, has circulated in pigs and revealed to be able to infect humans as well.
The Robertsons will be returning on television for the upcoming “Duck Dynasty” Season 9 on A&E next month. And according to the network, the American reality series will feature back-to-back episodes as it premieres on Jan. 13. The show will also mark its 100th episode with the Season 9 one-hour finale on Feb. 17.
Millions of visitors gathering at New York's iconic Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve will also be given an idea of where their next trip may take them as Peru's tourism authorities have made a big ad buy to promote the South American country.
The ISIS terror organization planned a New Year's Eve attack on the Turkish capital of Ankara, Turkish government officials revealed after they arrested two militants belonging to the group on Dec. 30.
Two former Argentine transportation secretaries have been given prison sentences due actions tied to a 2012 train crash in which 51 people died and hundreds 789 were injured.
Mexican authorities are holding off on deporting the Texas teen fugitive, who made headlines because of his "affluenza" defense back to the United States, after a local court gave 18-year-old Ethan Couch a three-day court injunction.
Less than a month after his party lost control of Venezuela's National Assembly, Socialist President Nicolas Maduro, is investigated the Dec. 6 election which put the opposition coalition party in two-thirds of the house seats.
