By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN An Indian street food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and an African American chef at a fine dining restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, earned three of the American culinary community’s top awards on Monday night. Mashama Bailey, chef at The Grey in Savannah, is
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up. But South African Pierre Carter has come up with a breathtaking, death-defying workaround: hang gliding his way back to the bottom. In May 2022, Carter made history by becoming the first person ever granted a permit
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese painting who later reimagined modern art in his adopted American homeland, Zhang’s work
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Blane Bachelor, CNN Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a negative Covid-19 test. The news brings both a collective sigh of relief and a likely flood of new international travelers to an already chaotic summer season. For many American travelers, the
Continue ReadingEmma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery and a slide in a children’s playground covered in graffiti. In Ukraine, these objects are among hundreds of landmarks, cultural sites, monuments and everyday things that civilians have scanned on mobile phones through
Continue ReadingUkrainians are using 3D technology to preserve hundreds of cultural artifacts in a digital archive, far away from Russia’s attacks
CNN Emma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery and a slide in a children’s playground covered in graffiti. In Ukraine, these objects are among hundreds of landmarks, cultural sites, monuments and everyday things that civilians have scanned on mobile phones
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Many travelers in the United States and abroad have been waiting for it. The travel industry has been pushing for it. And on Sunday an end arrives to the requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before entering the US. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited a
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Britney Spears wore an elegant custom Versace gown to marry personal trainer and model Sam Asghari at an intimate wedding ceremony outside Los Angeles on Thursday. The pop princess completed her outfit with a dramatic satin-edged veil and white choker as she tied the knot at her home in Thousand Oaks, California.
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By Jack Bantock, CNN The Swedish city of Malmö is taking dirty talk to a whole new level in its latest effort to clean up the streets. By installing talking garbage cans that dish out racy audio messages after being fed trash, authorities are hoping for an increase in rubbish being deposited. Pedestrians that drop
Continue Reading‘Napalm Girl’ at 50: The story of the Vietnam War’s defining photo
CNN Oscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but the 20th century. Dark smoke billowing behind them, the young subjects’ faces are painted with a mixture of terror, pain and confusion. Soldiers from the South Vietnamese army’s 25th
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CNN, WSMV, AMERICAN AIRLINES, WGGB, WPBF, WLOS, CNBC By Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat designer reckons his design could revolutionize budget travel. Alejandro Núñez Vicente’s Chaise Longue Airplane Seat concept started small scale last year, as a
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley As chaos engulfs the aviation industry this summer, one airline CEO has come up with a novel way of cutting down on flight cancellations: telling staff to take less time off. József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, the European low-cost carrier, told employees at a meeting this week that too many of them
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN A Jeff Koons sculpture estimated to be worth up to £10 million ($12.5 million) will go on sale this month to raise funds for humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Billionaire businessman Victor Pinchuk, together with his wife Olena, are putting Koons‘ seminal sculpture “Balloon Monkey (Magenta)” (2006-13) up for auction at Christie’s. Proceeds
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN “I came of age when the jet age came of age,” says Ann Hood, an American novelist and New York Times best-selling author, whose latest book “Fly Girl” is a memoir of her adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant, right at the end of the Golden Age of air travel.
Continue ReadingBy Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis — but tough penalties will still apply to those who use the drug to get high, according to the minister who spearheaded the change. Speaking to CNN in an interview ahead of the move, Thai Health
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills Rainbow-themed Pride Month collections have become par for the course for fashion brands, but Versace’s latest collaboration is shaking things up with a surprise celebrity. Singer and Oscar-winning actress Cher, a close friend of designer Donatella Versace, has joined forces with the luxury brand on a limited line to raise funds for
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By Steve Almasy, CNN An Arizona man is suing American Airlines, claiming the airline’s negligence led to him spending 17 days in jail after he was misidentified to police investigating a burglary at a duty-free shop in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 2020, according to court documents. The 26-page lawsuit, filed Monday in a
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As summer heats up, the travel industry is struggling to cope — and one company has seen the writing on the wall, canceling the launch of a new cruise ship. Virgin Voyages, the much-anticipated brand which has vowed to revolutionize the cruise industry, has postponed the launch of its third cruise ship,
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Aqeel Najim, CNN A 66-year-old British man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Iraq after he was found guilty of stealing antiquities while on an archaeological tour of the country, his lawyer has said. Fitton’s family, who say they fear the retired geologist might die while serving his sentence, said they were
Continue ReadingAbu Dhabi archaeology: The ancient wonders found in the Arabian desert
CNN Melanie Swan, CNN The UAE may have only just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence but Abu Dhabi has a centuries-old past. The largest of the emirates boasts an array of UNESCO World Heritage sites as well as some of the country’s most well-preserved forts which showcase its key geographical location over the centuries,
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