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By Karla Cripps and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — There are said to be more than 200 types of mangoes grown in Thailand. But when it comes to creating one of the country’s most beloved desserts, khao nieow mamuang, connoisseurs say few varieties will do. Better known to the rest of the world as

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Renowned author Salman Rushdie has revealed more details about the knife attack that left him blind in one eye, telling CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday that he had a “premonition” of the event just days beforehand. Giving his first television interview since he was stabbed several times on stage

KVVU, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Two visitors at Lake Mead National Recreation Area were captured on video destroying ancient rock formations and park rangers are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects. Video shows two visitors who scaled towering russet-colored rock formations along the park’s Redstone Dune Trail and were shoving

By James Imam (CNN) — The French street artist JR has unveiled perhaps his most complex Italian trompe l’oeil illusion piece yet, turning a square outside Milan’s Stazione Centrale railway station into a temporary exhibition site of epic proportions. Entitled La Nascita (The Birth), the piece evokes a rugged Alpine terrain with layered black-and-white images.

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Globe-trotters are on the move again in a big way, boosting the rankings of a handful of international aviation hubs on the list of the world’s busiest airports. There’s no change at the top of the list. The No. 1 airport for passenger volume in 2023, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International,

By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Faith Ringgold, the pioneering artist and author best known for her narrative quilts that interwove art with activism, has died at 93. Ringgold’s death, at her home in New Jersey on Saturday, was first reported by the New York Times. “Faith leaves behind an impactful legacy of activism and

By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — It has happened to a model, a medical doctor and a hairstylist, along with many other airline passengers: being singled out or denied boarding on a flight for their fashion choices. The typical first move for passengers involved: airing their complaints on social media. That’s what Aurora Culpo did

By Allison C. Meier (CNN) — The colossal cascades and currents that flow by Niagara Falls have inspired countless artists with their majesty, but Isaiah Robertson was compelled by a vision that they would be the backdrop to the apocalypse. Calling himself the Prophet Isaiah, Robertson spent years painting elaborate wooden cut-out shapes with symbols,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news, we bring you hidden Edens and overlooked islands, the secret history of favorite foods, plus the men who survived job loss and marriage failure – and started wonderful new lives on the other side of the world. New horizons, second chances Life was looking

By Angus MacKinnon, CNN Islay, Scotland (CNN) — Everything you need to know about whisky and its umbilical bond to Scottish identity can be found in Carol Ann Duffy’s poem “Drams.” “Barley, water, peat,weather, landscape, history;Malted. Swallowed neat.” The words of the UK’s former poet laureate come to mind in the Scandi-vibed lounge of the

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — While Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was watching his team play Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday, his watch was making headlines around the world. Guardiola was wearing an extravagant Richard Mille watch worth £1 million ($1.26 million) on his wrist at

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Roberto Cavalli, the Italian fashion designer who made his mark on the fashion world with distinctive, glamorous animal prints, has died at the age of 83. His eponymous brand confirmed the news in a statement shared on social media Friday afternoon, highlighting Cavalli’s “life lived with love.” “Roberto Cavalli’s

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Spread across sprawling convention centers, art fairs often deal at a grand scale: huge floorplans, major artworks sold for millions, dramatic installations and, sometimes, big stunts. But in Chicago, one fair brings the art down to a miniature size, with its participants making itty-bitty paintings, sculptures and other works to

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — In the seven centuries since the Ponte Vecchio was first built in Florence, Italy, the bridge has watched the city changing around it, surviving floods, fires and the Nazi invasion in World War II. Now, the famed bridge itself is getting a two-year makeover, at

By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — The Miss Universe Organization is disputing a flurry of what it calls “false and misleading” reports of Saudi Arabia’s participation in its 2024 pageant — news that, were it true, would have marked the Middle Eastern country’s debut. “No selection process has been conducted in Saudi Arabia, and any

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Qatar Airways has avoided a lawsuit over an incident in which a number of female passengers were forced to undergo invasive medical examinations, after an Australian federal court dismissed the case Wednesday. On October 2, 2020, 13 Australian women were transiting through Doha airport in Qatar on their way

By Leah Asmelash and Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Zendaya has always aced the red carpet. But her latest press tour is, well, a grand slam. In recent weeks, the actor has been promoting her new movie “Challengers,” in which she plays a tennis star-turned-coach who must navigate her husband’s career on the courts as

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Ancient Romans were enjoying more than just the food during their feasts, a new discovery at the archaeological site of Pompeii has shown. Archaeologists working at the world-famous site have uncovered a banqueting hall with black-painted walls covered with frescoes of mythological characters associated with the Trojan War. The

By Forrest Brown and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration reports that its officers intercepted 1,503 firearms in carry-on bags at security checkpoints in US airports during the first quarter of 2024. That number runs very close with TSA interceptions in the first quarter of 2023, in which 1,508 firearms were intercepted,

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — For many people, sudden unemployment – especially in later life – can be a time of insurmountable crisis. For Robert Webber, who lost his job as a facilities manager in the US in 2018, it became an opportunity to follow a dream and start a new life in Europe.

By Leda Joy Abkenari, CNN (CNN) — Climbing up abandoned, unfinished floors and tightrope walking across balcony ledges, backpacks clanging with cans of alkyd and acrylic, a collective of Los Angeles graffiti artists have transformed their craft beyond urban aesthetics to champion community issues. Their choice of canvas: Oceanwide Plaza in Downtown LA. Occupying over

By Emily Blumenthal and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — For a brief moment, one German man achieved his dream: his artwork hanging in a famous museum. But just hours later, the aspiring artist’s hopes for his big break were dimmed when his stunt instead landed him in big trouble with his employer – and the

By Jack Guy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Locals in the Canary Islands are mobilizing to protest against excessive tourism, blaming visitors for pricing them out of their homes and causing environmental damage. The Spanish archipelago, which sits in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, has long been a popular holiday

By Christy Choi and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A museum in Australia is being forced to allow men into art exhibit originally conceived for women only, after a tribunal ruled it “discriminatory,” following a complaint by a disgruntled man who was denied entry. Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has been ordered to stop

By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei (CNN) — The Taroko National Park in eastern Taiwan, a popular destination for domestic and international tourists alike, will close until further notice, after the island was struck by the strongest earthquake in 25 years last week. “All levels of trails and facilities within the Taroko National Park jurisdiction have

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It’s been deemed the end of Adidas Sambas. Once hailed as the favorite shoe of Harry Styles, Kaia Gerber, Bella Hadid, Paul Mescal and even Rihanna, just to name a few, it’s now apparently all over for the 1950s three-striped sneaker. Why? Because UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was seen

Reuters Spain will scrap its so-called “golden visa” program granting residency rights to foreigners who make large investments in real estate in the country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters on Monday. Ending the scheme would help make access to affordable housing “a right instead of a speculative business,” Sanchez said. The program awards non-EU

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In one photo, Julo stares down the camera dressed in a tie-dye t-shirt, dreadlocks and a red snapback cap. In another, Adbul wears low-waisted jeans, a motorcycle jacket and a decadent fur scarf. Candace is pictured in a pair of Nike Air Jordans, her long platinum hair stark against

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works: removing tons of trash from Mount Everest. According to the Nepali army, the Mountain Cleanup Campaign collected 110 tons of waste between 2019, when the program started, and 2023. The army, which conducts the

The mashup of diverse landscapes begins rolling past your car window within 30 minutes of departing San Luis Potosí, the capital city of the Mexican state of the same name.

By Joan Kennedy (CNN) — It’s so hard to get your hands on an Hermès Birkin bag that it should be illegal. That’s according to two would-be Birkin buyers who filed a complaint against the French luxury brand in a Northern California district court on March 19. The plaintiffs have accused Hermès of exploiting the

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand announced it has tightened its visa rules, introducing language and skill criteria and shortening work permit lengths in response to “unsustainable net migration.” The changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa (AEWV) scheme have gone into immediate effect, and will mean that New Zealand is “better testing

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A rental property secretly transformed by the eccentric artist who lived there for three decades has been officially protected by the British government, five years after his death. Shortly after Ron Gittins died in September 2019 at age 79, his family visited the apartment where he had lived

By David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — “Do you know where IPAs come from?” I have asked many a friend, with my elbow angled upon the bar holding “exhibit B” in a pint glass, and hoping they don’t already know the answer. Heaven? The hop fairy? My dreams? All good guesses, but no. “When the

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A sickening sense of deja vu flooded over Barb Handley and her siblings as news of the midflight blowout of an Alaska Airlines plug door – and the gaping hole it left behind – emerged in January. Images of the refrigerator-sized void conjured up heart-wrenching memories of the death

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Half a millennium ago, the Protestant rebel priest Martin Luther sent out a number of small paintings as a marital announcement with political implications. He’d commissioned German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder to commemorate his controversial union with the nun Katharina von Bora in 1525 through complementary round portraits

By Karla Cripps, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — On the surface, Thailand’s annual Songkran festival appears to be just one great big water fight. Every April, people young and old take to the streets all over the country, armed with plastic guns and water buckets, and engage in hours-long battles from morning till dusk. And

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — If it wasn’t for the fact she was signing autographs outside the CBS studio in New York, many would have thought Billie Piper was attempting to go unnoticed. Like an old Hollywood film star caught on the fly, Piper was photographed on Tuesday evening in a pair of oval

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century makeover, more than 100 years after millions of immigrants took their first steps in America there. A new $100-million project aims to revitalize the 125-year-old landmark with immersive and modern exhibits. Recently announced renovations and upgrades at the historic site also

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall turned 90 on Wednesday—and to mark the occasion, 90 female photographers have put their work up for sale for 90 days. A young woman positioned as a blooming night flower, polar bears seemingly hugging but actually play-fighting, and snow geese blasting off from a pond

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The tiny, remote Italian island of Alicudi is home to only around 100 residents and, ideally, about 100 wild goats. This year, however, the ratio of humans to animals has become wildly unbalanced. The island has been overrun by six times its desired number of

By Melissa Alonso and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a Southwest Airlines plane veered off course and had a close call with an air traffic control tower during an attempted landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the agency said Thursday. The incident happened around 1 p.m. on March 23 when

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Taiwan on Wednesday and left at least 9 people dead, also damaged more than 100 buildings across the island, according to the National Fire Agency (NFA). About half of them were near the epicenter in Hualien County, where four structures partially collapsed.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 have the same general shape as the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8, which were built in the late 1950s and solidified the “tube and

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet. Adrian Ballinger, who has summited Everest eight times, is one of the Western guides who prefers the Tibet route to the top of the world’s tallest mountain (from the north), as

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people were injured when a Southwest Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on Wednesday morning and had to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, according to a spokesperson for Tampa International Airport. Southwest Flight 4273 was traveling from New Orleans to Orlando when the captain declared an emergency after

By Dhruv Tikekar, CNN (CNN) — When New Zealand’s populist Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters strode out to address a political convention in the city of Palmerston North in March, the sound of British punk band Chumbawamba’s iconic song “Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down)” blared over the speakers. And while this wasn’t the first time