Samantha Stainburn and Paul AmesMay 30, 2013 11:43

BRUSSELS — The European Commission is investigating hundreds of complaints from European tourists who say that Spanish hospitals refused to accept their European Heath Insurance Card while they were on holiday there.

Talia RalphMay 30, 2013 11:31

Dennis Rodman was North Korea’s second choice for b-ball diplomacy. Guess who was first?

Rodman’s North Korea visit got a ton of attention, but the eccentric basketball player wasn’t the first choice.

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This guy. Dennis Rodman has sung the praises of North Korea's Kim Jong Un, calling the supreme leader "awesome." (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Dennis Rodman’s visit to North Korea — a gimmick conceived by “Vice” magazine’s HBO offshoot — was definitely one of the stranger moments in diplomacy’s recent history.

Legend of the Cuban cigar

Andres X. VargasJune 2, 2013 09:01

HAVANA — The back room of La Casa del Habano is a temple where cigar lovers from around the world come to worship their god. More than 100 climate-controlled mahogany drawers, each filled with delicately rolled cigars, line the walls. Rich smoke hangs heavily in the air, flirting with the sweet scent of cedar strips that purists use to light their cigars.

Mt. Everest: Sherpas getting a bad rap

Jason OverdorfMay 31, 2013 06:02

KHUMJUN, Nepal — In the shadow of a sparkling white stupa, Sherpas dressed as yaks prance and spin. Wind-battered men in charcoal-colored robes and white Stetsons, the formal dress of the Sherpa clan, gather round. They have plenty to celebrate. This week marks Mount Everest's “Diamond Jubilee,” the 60th anniversary of when New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Indian Tenzing Norgay first set foot on the world's tallest mountain in 1953.

Chinese tourists overtake Americans as richest and most annoying

Henry Blodget, Business InsiderMay 28, 2013 12:40

Only a short while ago, American tourists were the world's most important tourists.

Talia RalphMay 27, 2013 12:40

Anti-graffiti drones? German railways are trying them out

Germany's railways are testing small drones to help prevent graffiti on its trains.

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Germany's railways have a new strategy for cracking down on graffiti artists. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

Graffiti-fighting drones will soon be buzzing around Germany's trains.

European Commission investigates Spanish hospitals rejecting EU health cards

Dennis Rodman was North Korea’s second choice for b-ball diplomacy. Guess who was first?

Legend of the Cuban cigar

Mt. Everest: Sherpas getting a bad rap

Chinese tourists overtake Americans as richest and most annoying

Anti-graffiti drones? German railways are trying them out

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