The largest butterfly enclosure in Italy, Casa delle Farfalle (via Canada 5, 33010 Bordano [UD], Italy; phone +39 0432 1636175, bordanofarfalle.it/en), is located in Bordano in the northeast.

Three greenhouses replicate the conditions of jungles in Africa, the Amazon and Asia/Australia, with butterflies from each region flying freely as visitors walk among them.

House of Butterflies is open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., March 1-Sept. 30. €8 (near $9.10), adult, or €6, senior...

The National Museum of Brazil, located on the campus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, was gutted by a fire on Sept. 3, with almost a complete loss of the more than 20 million items in its collections. No one was hurt in the fire, which occurred after closing time when no one was in the building.

The museum did not have a fire-prevention or -suppression system. Investigations into the cause of the fire were ongoing at press time.

The building, dating back to when...

Between Aug. 21 and Sept. 5, a data breach involving British Airways' smartphone app exposed the passport numbers and credit card information of thousands of customers. It is estimated that the personal information of more than 300,000 people was stolen.

Only the accounts of customers who used the app to purchase or change flights were included in the breach. Accounts of people making purchases or changes on the airline's website (www.ba.com) were not exposed.