The world’s happiest countries revealed: Finland keeps the top spot

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row by the World Happiness Report – and Afghanistan ranked the bleakest. The annual United Nations World Happiness Report ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their evaluations of their own … Read more

The world’s highest settlements revealed from the Peak District and the Rockies to Peru

Some people really do live the high life – because they call extremely lofty settlements home. Here MailOnline Travel reveals, in ascending order, the world’s highest hamlets, towns and cities. Some are accessible only by dangerous hairpin-laden roads, some are snowed in for half the year and some are so remote the only TripAdvisor reviews … Read more

Forbes Travel Guide reveals the world’s best hotel rooms for 2019

They are the hotel rooms that are, according to the inspectors – ‘perfect’.   Forbes Travel Guide has unveiled its list of the world’s best hotel rooms for 2019 – and they all received maximum marks. Undercover reviewers stayed at hundreds of properties across the globe assessing them on comfort, convenience, cleanliness and maintenance. And according … Read more

The world’s top 100 hotel suites revealed, from Las Vegas to The Lanesborough in London 

Here’s a tantalising glimpse through the keyholes of the hotel rooms the world’s wealthiest people occupy. Private jet lifestyle magazine Elite Traveler has drawn up a list of the 100 best hotel suites in the world, which includes the 10 biggest – and the 10 most expensive. The grand, jaw-dropping tour of opulence takes in … Read more

Where will the world’s next Zika, West Nile or dengue come from?

The countries most likely to be responsible an outbreak of a contagious killer virus such as Zika or dengue have been revealed by scientists.  Researchers have created heat maps to show viral hot-spots around the world, by working out which animals are most likely to spread illnesses and where. The maps show where existing flaviviruses … Read more

Nuclear war using less than 1% of the world’s arsenal would spark a global food crisis, experts warn

Nuclear war using less than one percent of the world’s arsenal would spark a global food crisis in just five years, experts warn A nuclear war of just 100 bombs could be devastating to the world’s food supply Five million tons of black smoke would be released into the atmosphere This would block out the sun … Read more

Climate change threatens Himalayan goats used to produce world’s most expensive cashmere

Pashmina goats, source of the world’s most valuable form of cashmere wool, are facing a growing threat from climate change. The goats roam the mountainsides of the Changtang plateau, 14,000 feet above sea level between Tibet and India, an arid landscape covered in seasonal grasses that have traditionally kept the goats fed.  The landscape’s winter … Read more

The world’s greatest high-wire artiste reveals the secret to walking a tightrope at insane height 

BOOK OF THE WEEK ON THE HIGH WIRE By Philippe Petit (Weidenfeld & Nicholson £9.99, 115pp)  When my son ran away to join the circus, I more or less ran away with him. I couldn’t be kept away from the Academy of Circus Arts, the apprentice arm of Zippos. Most weekends, I would cook a … Read more

The world’s best tall buildings for 2019 revealed by the Council On Tall Buildings And Urban Habitat

A huge San Francisco office tower has been named the best building in the world for 2019.  The 1,070ft (326m) Salesforce Tower was given the gong by the Chicago-based Council On Tall Buildings And Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which hands out awards each year to the high-rises that it believes are creatively designed and enhance the … Read more

Do you have what it takes to work at the world’s most remote post office in Antarctica? 

We are seemingly in the middle of nowhere as we sail off the Antarctic Peninsula, with giant icebergs bobbing and snowy peaks protruding.  But as we turn the corner, a tiny wooden hut comes into view. We’ve reached the southernmost post office in the world.  Port Lockroy postal station is located on Goudier Island, which is … Read more