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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN There are many different places a retired plane can end up in its after life. Some return to the sky to fly for other airlines, others are recycled for parts (around 80 to 85% of an aircraft can be recycled) while a vast number are relocated to aircraft boneyards. One particular decommissioned

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A penguin couple received an extra special New Year’s gift at a zoo in New York, where they became the organization’s first same-sex foster parents to successfully hatch an egg. The chick was hatched on January 1 by Elmer and Lima, two adult male Humboldt penguins, at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Amanda Florian, CNN After realizing there weren’t any Koreans in the pantheon of iconic Disney princesses, 22-year-old Julia Riew set out to create one herself, along with an accompanying musical. The Harvard student, who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, has been writing and composing for years. But with her seventh full musical to date,

Oscar Holland, CNN Dolce & Gabbana has joined a growing list of fashion houses to ban animal fur, announcing Monday that it will use a sustainable “eco-fur” in future collections. In a joint statement with animal rights group Humane Society International, the Italian label said it would phase out fur from this year. It will,

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Dust off your pink, tiger-print jacket — it’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Saying goodbye to the Ox, we enter the Year of the Tiger on February 1, 2022. Though the pandemic continues to overshadow the occasion, with public festivities once again pared down or canceled in many

Scottie Andrew, CNN The “dark academic” is smart but sullen, effortlessly cool but largely withdrawn, with rings under their eyes (spending all night in dimly lit libraries) and bruised legs (getting up to no good in between courses — a dark academic typically has a dark secret). They’ve got an eye for Gothic architecture and

Nicola Ruotolo, Sana Noor Haq, Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Italy’s former royal family has asked the country’s central bank to return the crown jewels, a lawyer for the family confirmed to CNN. The jewels were deposited in the Bank of Italy by a representative of the family on June 5, 1946 — three

Oscar Holland, CNN A village shadow puppet show, a shepherd grazing livestock and a pair of young acrobats performing handstands are among the scenes depicted in a photography competition shining a light on life in China. Now in its second year, the annual Global SinoPhoto Awards — which is run in association with the Lau

Ivana Kottasová, CNN | Design by Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon It took at least nine hard blows from an ax to smash the glass case in Dresden’s historic Green Vault. Once the glass shattered, the two masked thieves grabbed 21 priceless diamond-studded artifacts and disappeared. It was November 25, 2019, and in the space

Sara Smart, CNN What started out as a couple’s renovation project to convert a historic building into a bar has turned into an effort to restore decades-old artwork in a small Washington town. Nick and Lisa Timm purchased the building in Okanogan, located about four hours east of Seattle, at the end of 2021. This

By Laura Ly, CNN Passenger facilities at LaGuardia Airport’s overhauled Terminal B are officially complete, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced Thursday. While the renovated multibillion dollar terminal has already been open for business, Thursday marks a major milestone in the completion of the project. That includes a new skybridge that makes movement to

Oscar Holland, CNN From the moment 57-year-old supermodel Kristen McMenamy opened Valentino’s latest show in Paris, it was clear the fashion house was breaking with convention. With Haute Couture Week collections normally worn by young, waif-like models, the Italian label’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli offered two things rarely seen on the most exclusive of runways:

Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 12-year-old illustrator has signed a deal with Nike, his agency confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Joe Whale, who goes by the name “The Doodle Boy” on social media, will be collaborating with the global sports brand “on some special projects.” “We are so very excited to confirm that Joe is