Flying home for Meskel: ceremony illustration

Flying Home for Meskel: Why the Diaspora’s Demera Isn’t Always Enough

You built the Demera yourself this year. Somewhere in a DC parking lot, a church courtyard in Minneapolis, or a community hall in LA. You and your neighbors stacked the...

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Family whose flight is delayed or canceled in the Philippines waits together at the airport during typhoon season

Flight Delayed or Canceled in the Philippines? Your Rights During Typhoon Season

Maybe you’ve been watching the news this week. Maybe you’ve been refreshing a flight board or a group chat instead. Either way, you already know: the weather across the Philippines...

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EU Flight Compensation: What You're Entitled to

EU Flight Compensation in 2026: What You’re Owed and the New Rules

EU flight compensation just got its biggest shake-up in over a decade. Airlines fought a reform of Europe’s passenger-rights rules for thirteen years. In July 2026, it passed anyway —...

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Heritage Day is also Braai Day

One Nation, One Fire: Inside South Africa’s Heritage Day (Braai Day)

It starts with a match. In a Cape Town township, a Johannesburg suburb, a Free State farm. And in backyards in London, Toronto, and Sydney. Every September 24, South Africans...

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Power bank rules on planes

Power Bank Rules on Planes in 2026: What Changed (and What’s Still Allowed)

Picture it: mid-flight, a passenger’s power bank starts smoking inside the overhead bin. The cabin fills with haze. The crew scrambles to reach a bag buried under a dozen others....

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A Filipino family lighting candles together at a cemetery during Undas

Flights Home for Undas: Planning Your November Homecoming to the Philippines

If Christmas is the loudest, most joyful season in the Philippines, then Undas is its quieter, more tender counterpart. Every first of November, families across the country come together. Not...

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