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[ad_1] From catching Covid-19 to getting caught in a blizzard, traveling can be risky business these days. But just how risky often depends on the destination — and how you define the risks. Safest cities: people's perceptions A report published by the U.K.-based insurance company William Russell ranked the "safest cities in the world," according to people's perceptions. On this list, which relied on perceived crime rates on the crowdsourced global database Numbeo, Asia and Europe dominated the rankings of "safest" cities. Taiwan's Taipei scored the highest, while Buenos Aires, Argentina, ranked the lowest (score: 36.7), according to the report. Safest cities: health and politics But the top five places for "health and safety" in Euromonitor International's " Top 100 City Destinations Index 2022 " are different. That ranking, published in December, analyzed "political stability and social safety," which includes ...

[ad_1] Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is opening a new land inspired by Disney's blockbuster "Frozen" movie franchise. The area, called World of Frozen, is set to open on Nov. 20, 2023. World of Frozen is a recreation of Arendelle — a fictional village featured in the "Frozen" movies that is home to the Disney sisters, Elsa and Anna. Disney's Elsa and Anna at World of Frozen in Hong Kong Disneyland. Source: MSL Singapore The new land will feature attractions like a "Frozen Ever After" boat ride and a "Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs" roller coaster. "Frozen Ever After is the first attraction at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort to feature Walt Disney Imagineering's most advanced, all-electric Audio-Animatronics figures," according to a press release. These are lifelike robots that can move and talk, and which are present in attractions, such as Walt Disney World's Hall of Presidents and Tokyo DisneySea's Indiana J...

[ad_1] Military vehicles queue to launch U.S.-made TOW A2 missiles during a live firing exercise in Pingtung county on July 2023. Sam Yeh | Afp | Getty Images The United States unveiled a Taiwan weapons aid package worth up to $345 million on Friday, a move likely to anger China even as the Biden administration declined to publicly provide details on the arms in the package. Congress authorized up to $1 billion worth of Presidential Drawdown Authority weapons aid for Taiwan, which strongly rejects Chinese sovereignty claims, in the 2023 budget. Beijing has repeatedly demanded the United States, Taiwan's most important arms supplier, halt the sale of weapons to the island. In recent weeks, four sources told Reuters the package was expected to include four unarmed MQ-9A reconnaissance drones, but noted their inclusion could fall through as officials work through details on removing some of the advanced equipment from the drones that only the U.S. Air Force is allowed access to. ...