By Melissa Twigg, CNN Cottar’s 1920s Camp is popular with guests yearning to recreate “Out of Africa” — but without the malaria, lion attacks and airplane crashes. It’s the oldest and most prestigious lodge in Kenya’s Masai Mara wildlife reserve, a luxury 100-year-old establishment with Edwardian-style tented bedrooms, a mahogany bar overlooking the open bush
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By Helen Regan, CNN Every spring, crowds flock to admire Japan’s cherry blossom — a dazzling pink and white bloom that has been revered in the country for more than a thousand years. But the world-famous sakura plants are flowering much earlier than normal due to human-induced climate change, a new study has found. Researchers
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CNN By Helen Regan, CNN Every spring, crowds flock to admire Japan’s cherry blossom — a dazzling pink and white bloom that has been revered in the country for more than a thousand years. But the world-famous sakura plants are flowering much earlier than normal due to human-induced climate change, a new study has found.
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN A woman gave birth to a healthy baby in a lavatory on board a Frontier Airlines flight, according to a Facebook post from the airline. The passenger went into early labor during the flight from Denver (DEN) to Orlando (MCO), said the post, which was shared on May 17. Flight attendant
Continue ReadingBy Hada Messia and Lianne Kolirin, CNN An Italian coffee shop owner is in hot water after being fined 1,000 euros ($1,050) for failing to display the cost of a 2 euro ($2.12) espresso. The owner of the Ditta Artigianale cafe in Florence has been punished by police after a customer reported him at the
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN At the Cannes film festival premiere of Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” on Wednesday, former Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima became the latest celebrity to turn maternity fashion on its head. Dressed in a custom-made Balmain gown and without a jewel in sight, Lima’s primary red carpet accessory was her pregnant belly.
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CNN Jacopo Prisco, CNN Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother’s cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions — especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother’s cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions — especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that could
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction. The gilded blue artifact was initially valued at £150,000 ($186,000), according to Dreweatts, the English auction house that handled the sale. The seller inherited the vase from his father, a surgeon, who
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Royal Mint has issued a commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride UK. The coin, which will not enter circulation, was designed by London artist, writer and LGBTQ+ activist Dominique Holmes. This is the first time Britain’s LGBTQ+ community has been celebrated on official UK coinage and
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN Bob Mackie, the designer who drew the sketch for a crystal-covered gown once worn by Marilyn Monroe, said “it was a big mistake” for Kim Kardashian to wear the dress at this year’s Met Gala. Early in his career, Mackie worked as a sketch artist for Paramount costumier Edith Head, and
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN When New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) bought “The Starry Night” from a private collector in 1941, the painting was not well known. In the 81 years since, Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece has gone on to inspire everything from a hit single for singer Don McLean in 1971 to mass-produced merchandise
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph taken in newly independent Ukraine during the mid-1990s, an elderly woman casts her eyes away from the camera, her mouth pursed with tension. Another woman, gray hair braided across her head, holds the subject’s face firmly, one hand cupping her jaw, the other behind her neck. A white backdrop
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CNN, GOOGLE MAPS, FAMILY PHOTOS Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph taken in newly independent Ukraine during the mid-1990s, an elderly woman casts her eyes away from the camera, her mouth pursed with tension. Another woman, gray hair braided across her head, holds the subject’s face firmly, one hand cupping her jaw, the other behind
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN As record numbers of superyachts enter the market, designers have been pushing the limits further and further in order to ensure their concepts stand out. Over the past few years, we’ve seen various outlandish yacht designs inspired by spaceships, sharks, post-apocalyptic movies, and even origami. However, this new concept from Indian yacht
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN People have never been able to resist the crunchy craving of deep-fried food. Archaeological evidence shows we’ve been enjoying fried dough and other delights since ancient Mesopotamians invented frying pans, and our love for the practice has only grown in the millennia that followed. It would take an iron stomach and
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN More than three years after the high-profile divorce proceedings of New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his wife, Linda, their art collection has become the most expensive to ever sell at auction, raking in $922.2 million over the course of two different sales. An initial batch of 35 artworks went
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Pablo Picasso’s most curious painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, in which she appears as a tentacled sea creature, has sold for $67.5 million, over the estimate of $60 million. “Femme nue couchée” (“Naked woman reclining”), made its auction debut Tuesday at a Sotheby’s sale in New York. Ahead
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN Her billionaire son may have dominated headlines recently, but 74-year-old Maye Musk is now in the spotlight after becoming the oldest model to feature on the Sports Illustrated (SI) Swimsuit cover. The model and dietician is one of four SI Swimsuit 2022 cover stars, along with reality star Kim Kardashian, singer Ciara
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By Jack Guy and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise public appearance at the opening ceremony of a long-awaited train line in London on Tuesday. The monarch, walking with a stick, wore a bright yellow outfit and hat to visit the Elizabeth line, which is named in her honor. She was
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