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Unruly kids on planes are getting out of hand
May 29, 7:15 PMThe problem is as old as air travel itself: Adults next to misbehaving kids while confined to a pressurized aluminum tube. But it seemed like until now, at least, we knew whose side the parents were on.
In Oaxaca, visitors find a taste of the real Mexico
May 29, 7:17 PMIn Mazunte, a sunbathed town on the Pacific Coast of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, locals come to dip in the ocean. Fishermen unload cases of sharks in the morning. Kids play beach soccer, with sticks in the sand for goals. Dirt roads lead to the shore. Locals lounge on hammocks, their houses a few hundred yards from the beach.
Doner kebab is Germany’s favorite fast food
May 22, 5:54 PMBERLIN | Forget about bratwurst, currywurst and other kinds of sausages — doner kebab, or shawarma, has overtaken traditional German fast food as the country’s favorite snack on the go. First brought to Berlin by Turkish immigrants in the 1970s, the grilled meat snack that comes wrapped in pita bread with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, onions and different dressings, is now being sold everywhere in Germany from the Baltic Sea to the Bavarian Alps.
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