Escape to Comporta: Where to Stay on Portugal’s Serene Coast

Escape to Comporta: Where to Stay on Portugal’s Serene Coast

[ad_1] Europe’s seaside summer scene is sizzling, with party-hard hotspots like Mykonos, Bodrum and Saint-Tropez always attracting eager visitors, along with more low-key yet still lit locales such as Cascais and Menorca. If you’re after something even slower, rooted in relaxation, follow the tranquil rhythms to Comporta, in the Alentejo region.  Located just 90 minutes…

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The Philippines Pavilion Turns the Country’s Maritime History into an Archive of Universal Longing

The Philippines Pavilion Turns the Country’s Maritime History into an Archive of Universal Longing

[ad_1] The Philippines Pavilion’s “Sea of Love / Dagat ng Pag-ibig” features work by Manila-based artist and filmmaker Jon Cuyson. Photo: Clelia Cadamuro Few are familiar with the Philippines’ central role in enabling the first truly global maritime trade, with galleons sailing regularly between Manila and Acapulco to forge a transoceanic link between East Asia…

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Ted Turner’s eerie CNN ‘doomsday video’ — only to be aired when the world ends — resurfaces after media mogul’s death

Ted Turner’s eerie CNN ‘doomsday video’ — only to be aired when the world ends  — resurfaces after media mogul’s death

[ad_1] Ted Turner made sure CNN would never go quietly. The late media mogul — who died Wednesday at 87 — secretly commissioned a chilling “doomsday video” decades ago that was meant to air only when the world came to an end, according to resurfaced footage and archived reports. The eerie clip, long treated as…

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