The world's message to US travelers: Go home.

Plus: Supersonic jet launch, Hagia Sophia changes, Japan's oldest high-speed train, and more.

The world's message to US travelers: go home It's the height of summer travel season, and some Americans with quarantine fatigue are curing their cabin-fever fueled wanderlust by traveling to foreign locales. Rather than doling out warm welcomes, many countries are instead handing Americans a hard pill to swallow – rejection.   Learn more   A new supersonic jet prototype is ready to launch Flights from London to New York taking only three-and-a-half hours instead of six. Singapore to Dubai going from its usual seven hours to four. This is what supersonic flights look like. read more Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia is changing Before it was a museum, the structure - considered a jewel of Byzantine architecture - was originally built as a cathedral in 537 CE by Roman Emperor Justinian I and then converted into a religious space for Muslims in 1453. read more    The number one way to travel on Japan's East Coast Japan's first high-speed train entered its 56th year in operation in 2020 and has been carrying passengers from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka Stations with startling efficiency. Train Goals  Sponsored by  JR CENTRAL    Buckingham Palace is selling its own gin Profits from the sale of Buckingham Palace Gin will help maintain the one million artefacts overseen by the Royal Collection Trust, which includes more than 7000 priceless paintings and a horde of centuries-old furniture, making it one of Europe’s largest collections of art. read more

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