It gets raves from visitors but tourism success comes with preservation challenges.
And the world’s top tourism landmark is…
In this photo taken on May 11, 2011, Western tourist and others climb to the top of the 10th century temple Bakheng in the Angkor Wat complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia, to view the setting sun. A traffic jam of up to 3,000 tourists surges up a steep hillside, trampling over vulnerable stonework and quaffing beer at a sacred hilltop that provides spectacular sunset views of the massive beehive-like towers rising from the main temple in this ancient city: Angkor Wat. Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon says some 6 million visitors per year are projected by 2020. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Need to keep track of nature? There’s an app for that
More than 100,00 citizen scientists around the globe are teaming up with professional scientists to gather data by snapping pictures of plants and animals.
It’s not illegal to be gay in Indonesia, but sometimes that’s hard to tell
An Indonesian man is publicly caned for having gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta - RTX37524
A gay couple was publicly caned recently in the first-ever application of a 2015 sharia statute against homosexuality.
What is ‘obstruction of justice’?
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Director of the FBI James Comey during the Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTSWV79
When President Donald Trump said he took the investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia into account when firing FBI Director James Comey, he sparked a debate over whether he might be guilty of obstruction of justice.
Former dairy farmer wants big government out of his life
His vote for Donald Trump was a strike against Obamacare, even though the Affordable Care Act paid for the Wisconsin man’s emergency surgery.
A hot mess or a rosy future: US college grads view ‘real world’ differently
May is graduation month for most US universities and while today’s grads are entering the rosiest job market in about a decade, some have doubts about the country’s future.