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Reuters A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang Rai to depict cartoon cats, hoping

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Renowned British artist Tracey Emin has revealed that she is recovering after her “small intestine nearly exploded.” Emin, who underwent extensive surgery to treat an aggressive bladder cancer in 2020, said she had been traveling before feeling “very unwell.” “Not cancer but horrible complications with my intestines bought

By Lilit Marcus and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — A popular photo spot in northern Taiwan is no more. Elephant Trunk Rock collapsed into the sea on December 15, according to the New Taipei Ruifang District Office, which manages the area. The rock formation, which got its name from, well, its resemblance to an elephant

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Every day, thousands of tourists from around the world plan their bucket-list trips to the Great Wall of China. Despite the wall’s 5,500-odd miles of terrain, stretching from east to west across the country, most travelers find themselves at either the Badaling or Mutianyu sections, the two areas closest

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen Southeast Asian sculptures after they were linked to a late art dealer accused of trafficking artifacts looted from the region, according to the museum and the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York. New

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Southwest Airlines’ longstanding “customer of size” policy is generating new chatter, thanks to viral TikTok videos and media coverage surrounding efforts to push other airlines to offer seating policies for passengers who don’t fit comfortably into today’s narrow airline seats. The policy, which Southwest says has been around for

By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Vincent fondly remembers embarking on frequent thrifting trips — at secondhand stores, yard sales, flea markets — with her mother as a child. It’s a habit she retained into adulthood, and one that on Wednesday turned into a six-figure windfall for the Richmond, Virginia native (and the art and

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Professional golfers have been known to complain about the unruly behavior of crowds, but it could be worse – at one South African course, the spectators once feasted on a giraffe in the middle of the third fairway. The audience are, quite literally, animals at Skukuza Golf Club in

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hundreds of commuters, dozens of them with fractured bones, were sent to the hospital in Beijing on Thursday after two trains collided on a busy metro line during snowy conditions, the city’s transportation authority said. The collision took place around 7 p.m. during rush hour on the

By Kathleen Magramo and Francesca Annio, CNN (CNN) — Thrill-seeking riders were left stuck over a hundred feet in the air after a roller coaster came to an emergency stop at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Thirty-two people were aboard the Jurassic Park-themed Flying Dinosaur attraction when it got stuck at the highest point some

By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan (CNN) — When you finally get your tongue around the name “Shakhrisabz”, with its guttural ‘kh’ in the middle, the more you say it, the more magical it becomes. Meaning “green” or “verdant” in Persian, this historic city of roughly 100,000 inhabitants lies in the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan,

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — A surrealist with an incisive eye, finding the beauty and absurdity of everyday life. A model who posed for Vogue and sat for Pablo Picasso and Man Ray, but whose fashion career was suddenly cut short. A war photographer who embedded with the US military to chronicle the harrowing

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN Rome (CNN) — After 50 years of neglect, Rome’s “lost” imperial palace Domus Tiberiana has reopened as an open-air museum. Until recently a crumbling and off-limits ruin near the famous Coliseum, the Domus Tiberiana palace — built in the first century AD and beloved by Nero — hopes to once again

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — A month’s paid vacation time. Wine at lunchtime on a Tuesday. No tipping needed. In Kacie Rose Burns’ most popular video, the influencer runs through some of the biggest culture shocks she’s experienced since upping sticks from the US to Italy. Burns’ TikTok – viewed 19.8 million times –

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — A man has been indicted for being a stowaway on a flight from Copenhagen, Denmark, to LAX on November 4, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, believed to be a Russian citizen, has been charged with being a “Stowaway on Aircraft.” According the complaint, Ochigava arrived at

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Hundreds of items in the British Museum have been defaced, with valuable parts probably sold for scrap, an investigation has revealed. The London museum, whose treasures include the Rosetta Stone, revealed back in August that a member of staff had been dismissed, after items including jewelry and gems

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday night, Nicki Minaj made a conspicuous entrance at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City to film an episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” As she walked inside, the formidable rap star was almost completely enveloped by a chunky hooded fuchsia faux fur jacket.

By Tom Marsden, CNN (CNN) — Delicious, easy on the eye and packed with medicinal properties, the pomegranate is a true gift of nature that has been revered and mythologized by religions and cultures across the globe throughout history. The ancient Greeks associated it with the underworld while Jewish beliefs held that it contained 613

By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thai police are taking legal action against a Chinese social media influencer for allegedly flouting visa rules, days after she came under fire for a video she made that portrayed a popular Bangkok nightlife district as being unsafe for women. Police Major General Phanthana

By Regan Stephens (CNN) — Driving south on the Connecticut turnpike, a stretch of I-95 that runs through the coastal city of New Haven, it’s easy to catch a glimpse of an iconic Brutalist building designed by seminal mid-century architect Marcel Breuer. The nine-story structure with a cubic form and concrete facade was commissioned by

By Jacqui Palumbo and Verónica Calderón, CNN (CNN) — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, has resigned one week after the country’s national police charged her, along with her husband and son, with conspiracy and treason, accusing them of involvement in a plot to overthrow the government. Celebertti, who has led Nicaragua’s

CNN By Maddie Araujo, CNN (Interview by Christiane Amanpour, CNN) London, UK (CNN) — For an artist whose work focuses so heavily on mortality, Marina Abramović’s joie de vivre may come as something of a surprise. She appeared giddy as she roamed the main galleries at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, which is hosting a

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of airline passengers bound for Detroit spent Sunday night in a remote Canadian military barracks after their Delta Air Lines jet experienced mechanical issues, the airline said. Delta Flight 135, carrying 270 customers, three pilots and seven flight attendants from Amsterdam to the US, made the unexpected overnight

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A trio of top Senate Democrats is demanding the federal government require airlines to carry epinephrine auto-injectors – such as EpiPens – on board commercial flights. In a letter shared first with CNN, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and Ed Markey tell the Federal Aviation Administration it has a

By Faye Bradley, CNN (CNN) — Remember when Australian costume designer Lizzy Gardiner caused a stir at the 67th Academy Awards by stepping onto the red carpet in a gown crafted from 254 American Express Gold cards? Her shimmering spaghetti strap floor-length outfit, complete with gold underwear and matching platforms, left an indelible mark on

By Joan Kennedy (CNN) — Influencer Emma Brooks never really worried about aging — until she turned 20. “I started freaking out,” she said. “I look different than I did two years ago… How am I going to look in five years?” Though the oldest among them is only around 26, Gen-Z is already anxious

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Everyone knows that Santa will be doing the rounds at Christmas, squeezing down chimneys, knocking back glasses of whiskey, leaving presents under trees and ho-ho-ho-ing all the way back to the North Pole in his flying sled. Or – and you’ll want to ask children to look away at

By Victoria Woodcock, CNN Glasgow, UK (CNN) — Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is striking a pose. He’s pouting, slightly; scowling, gently; and dressed in an acid-bright floral shirt with pink trousers and lilac flatform Crocs. It’s a characteristically flamboyant ensemble for the 35-year-old Sri Lanka-born, Sydney-based artist, who is being photographed at Scottish arts venue Tramway,

By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — Long before Cabo, Cancun or even Acapulco were the darlings of Mexico travel, the border towns of northern Baja California were the hot spots. Between the two world wars, Hollywood stars, mobsters and millionaires flocked to Tijuana and Mexicali for horseracing, jai alai and bullfights; quickie marriages and divorces;

By Janelle Zara, CNN (CNN) — The newest work of public art in Miami Beach, Florida, is an ode to drag. On Tuesday, city officials unveiled “Adora Vanessa Athena Fantasia,” a vibrant series of aluminum panels suspended over a block of the bustling Española Way shopping district. Each panel features a kaleidoscopic portrait inspired by