The medieval Garisenda tower in Bologna, Italy, will be cordoned off with a safety zone installed around it, after a recent scientific report has said the site is at high risk of 'sudden and unexpected collapse'

Life at Sea Cruises -- which was due to launch its three-year round-the-world cruise in November -- has called it off. There's no ship, and passengers are being offered refunds -- though the company says it still wants to launch a long-term cruise in the future.

Venice has confirmed the first dates for its 'experimental' entry fee for day-trippers. Overnight guests are exempt from the charge but will have to register for a QR code to prove their exemption.

A recent race between an electric plane and a car demonstrated the challenges of battery-powered flying, but this quest to reach an island in the North Sea underlines the potential, as well as the challenges, of electric aviation.

The travel bans of the pandemic caused Glenda and Randy Tuminello from Washington State to reevaluate their lives -- and retire to southern Italy. Here's how they got on.

The Blue Lagoon thermal baths -- one of Iceland's main tourist draws -- has closed temporarily after increasing seismic activity in the surrounding Reykjanes Peninsula, including thousands of earthquakes.

Saga Cruises' Spirit of Discovery ship was caught in a storm in the Bay of Biscay as it was trying to sail to the UK to beat bad weather. About 100 of the 1,000 passengers on board were hurt as the ship lurched to the left during a safety maneuver.

Strong jet streams across the Atlantic are seeing passenger airplanes knock more than an hour off their flight times, as they hit speeds of 761 mph -- the speed of sound. However, they're not breaking the sound barrier -- here's why.

Life at Sea's three-year cruise is still struggling to get afloat, with a new departure date rumored to be November 30. Passengers have been told not to book travel until they receive further updates.

The 'leaning' Garisenda tower in Bologna has been closed off as scientists monitor the medieval structure for sounds of cracking.

New York City has unveiled a sculpture paying homage to one of the city's most enduring myths: Alligators lurking in the sewers.

Life at Sea Cruises was due to depart on its first three-year journey around the world on November 1. But two weeks before departure, the company still doesn't have a ship -- and has delayed launch date to November 11, from Amsterdam instead of Istanbul.