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Jack Guy and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Italian art police have repatriated an “archaeological treasure trove” of almost 800 stolen artifacts from Belgium in one of the largest operations of its kind in the country. The collection included “artifacts of exceptional rarity and inestimable value,” according to a press release from the cultural heritage protection unit

Francesca Street, CNN Ashgabat in Turkmenistan is the most expensive city in the world for overseas workers, according to this year’s Mercer Cost of Living Survey. The annual report ranks 209 cities based on the comparative cost of expenses including housing, transportation, food and entertainment, with New York City used as a baseline comparison. The

By Lilit Marcus, CNN If you follow luxury resorts or travel influencers on Instagram, odds are good that you’ve seen at least one “floating breakfast.” In case you’re not familiar with them, here’s what to know: they’re your typical upscale hotel room service breakfast — think toast, fruit, coffee and the like — served in

By Neelam Bohra and Justin Lear, CNN Water cannons blasted over United Airlines flight 1258 as it left its gate, celebrating that every person on the flight crew, from pilots to gate agents and ramp staff, was Black. The all-Black crew flew from Houston to Chicago on Saturday morning, commemorating Juneteenth, now a federal holiday

Francesca Street, CNN As more airplanes return to the skies, airports and airlines continue to enforce measures designed to keep passengers as safe as possible while Covid-19 remains a problem. But even though face masks and temperature checks are commonplace — as are destination requirements for proof of vaccination or negative test — there’s still

Silvia Marchetti, CNN Italy’s cheap homes bonanza continues to lure hundreds of interested buyers, despite the pandemic. But what happens once someone takes the plunge and invests their (small) chunk of change in a crumbling corner of a remote town? For Roy Patrick, a 67-year-old British car and motorbike fanatic who bought an old school

By Forrest Brown and Daisy Carrington, CNN Call it romance. Call it sensuality. Heck, call it old-fashioned lust if you wish. But whatever you call it, the summer solstice for 2021 is arriving — and it has a history of stirring our hearts and our libidos. The longest day of the year in the Northern

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Disney World’s Magic Kingdom bills itself as “the most magical place on Earth,” which is only true if you buy in completely. There, the pretzels are shaped like Mickey Mouse, the air on “Main Street USA” circulates the scent of fresh-baked cookies and Cinderella herself might blow you a kiss from

Sarah Molano, CNN When record-setting “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings first guest-hosted the show after Alex Trebek’s death, he had a good-luck charm in his pocket: a ticket from the 1983 debut episode of the current version of the show. It was a gift from Bob Boden, a veteran producer of game shows such as “Funny

By Lilit Marcus and Connor Spielmaker, CNN When Rachel Carle moved to Boston for college, she received a surprising gift — a ticket to the New England Aquarium that had been in her great-aunt’s wallet for nearly four decades. Issued in 1983, the “late gate” tickets were given out to visitors who arrived too late

Text by Serenitie Wang, CNN; Video by Dan Hodge, CNN For three years, Eleanor Liao and her boyfriend Aaron Leung lived about 12 miles away from each other. But the onset of the coronavirus pandemic made them feel like they were in a long-distance relationship. Liao lived in Shenzhen, a metropolis at the southern tip

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As always, June is a-jostle with corporations revealing their Pride-themed initiatives, but one US airline has gone a little further than the usual rainbow-decked Instagram post. Alaska Airlines debuted its Pride plane on Tuesday, truly nailing its colors to the mast — or decals to the fuselage. The Airbus A320’s new

By Terry Ward, CNN Just a 25-minute car ride from Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport, a constantly shifting hiking trail winds over two miles to a view of what’s quite possibly the greatest show on Earth right now. Iceland’s newest active volcano, Geldingadalur, rumbles up into a fountain of bright orange lava that cascades over the

By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Canadian businessman and his wife pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating quarantine requirements after flying to a small indigenous town in the Yukon territory and allegedly posing as local workers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Rodney Baker, the former president and CEO of the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation,

Katie Hunt, CNN Caves, often their deepest reaches, were humanity’s first art galleries, where early artists produced star maps, hunting scenes and friezes of ice age animals. However, caves weren’t great studio spaces — there is no natural light and humans can’t see in the dark. And while some art is found at cave entrances

Jack Guy, CNN Fashion giant Zara is under fire after its head women’s designer, Vanessa Perilman, sent inflammatory messages to Palestinian model Qaher Harhash on Instagram. Harhash posts pro-Palestinian content on his Instagram account and it appears Perilman responded to a post via direct message last week. “Maybe if your people were educated then they