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By Bijan Hosseini, CNN Al Ain, Abu Dhabi (CNN) — “Back! Back! Now, forward! Stop! GET DOWN, GET DOWN!” Rajendra Shrestha’s voice reverberates through Abu Dhabi’s Jebel Hafeet mountains as we navigate the treacherous twists and turns of the rapids. “He fell off! He fell off!” Shrestha screams as I am abruptly pulled beneath the

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A pilot of a small plane suffered a medical emergency in the air Saturday, prompting a passenger to take over controls and make a crash landing with no landing gear at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, authorities said. The pilot of the aircraft, a Piper Meridian Turboprop six-seater plane, suffered a

By Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — Despite his industry-perfect looks, South Korean singer and actor Park Jae-chan had achieved only limited success with his K-pop group DKZ, whose albums sold barely 1,000 copies in the first week of their respective releases. Auditioning for “Semantic Error” was a last shot at fame. It was also a

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Jesse Short Bull grew up a mile from an Indian reservation in South Dakota not realizing the ground he was stepping on was once soaked with the blood of his ancestors. Less than a century ago, the Indigenous people of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Nation were killed defending themselves

By Sharon Braithwaite, Al Goodman and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italian authorities have issued an “extreme” health risk for 16 cities including Rome and Florence this weekend as a heat wave that is baking Europe threatens to bring record temperatures. Climate scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) say temperatures could reach 48

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Still hoping to get to Europe this summer but wondering if there’s a way to finagle a vacation there during what remains of this record-breaking season without completely busting your budget? With full airplanes crisscrossing the Atlantic Ocean and hotels having no trouble filling rooms across tourist hot spots, you’re

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: gastronomic delights at vineyards and top hotels, spectacular engineering projects around the world, plus an expert explains must-know nude beach etiquette. Wine, dine and sleep This year’s most glorious vineyard experience has just been announced, according to the World’s Best Vineyards awards, and the

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It’s been several days since US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen left Beijing, and much has been said about her efforts to repair the US-China relationship. But politics aside, her Beijing visit resulted in one unexpected success – she managed to dramatically boost business for a Yunnan

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in two ancient Egyptian paintings in the Theban Necropolis, near the River Nile, that date back more than 3,000 years. The paintings are located within the tombs, in chapels where people could gather to commemorate the dead. Using portable chemical

Sharon Braithwaite and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — An outdoor installation of the “Venus of the Rags” artwork by Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack in the center of Naples, authorities said Wednesday. A police investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the fire, which broke out

Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Milan Kundera, the Czech writer who became one of the 20th century’s most influential novelists but spent much of his life in seclusion, rarely engaging with the public, died in Paris on Tuesday, according to the Moravian Library in Brno. He was 94. “Milan Kundera, a Czech-French author who is

By Chris Lau and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — A giant panda at a South Korean zoo has given birth to the country’s first twin cubs. The palm-sized female pandas were born at the Everland Resort theme park southeast of the capital Seoul on July 7, the zoo said in a statement Tuesday. Video posted

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Bulgari has apologized for listing Taiwan and China separately on some of its websites, after Chinese social media users accused the luxury jeweler of treating the island as an independent country. The outcry, which was later fueled by Chinese state media, saw netizens threatening to boycott the Italian brand’s

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday July 3, Italian tennis star and Men’s Singles contender Jannik Sinner arrived on the center court at Wimbledon with a custom Gucci duffle bag slung across one shoulder. It was a far cry from the typically non-descript kit bags: the brand’s iconic monogram pattern featured Sinner’s name

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — I originally had been reluctant to set my latest novel in the 1970s. I was wrong. That was one wild and weird decade. “The Hellfire Club,” my first novel, published in 2018, set my protagonists, Congressman Charlie Marder and his zoologist wife Margaret, right in the thick of the

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A serene Dubai mosque, a Singapore skyscraper bursting with trees and a panda breeding research facility in Chengdu, China, have been named among the world’s best new buildings. The eye-catching structures are among almost 250 completed projects shortlisted in this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards, which will culminate

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — In a corner of northeast France, the ground rumbles with industry. After multiple false starts and much political back and forth, work is underway on the Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion) project designed to break up one of the continent’s major transport bottlenecks. The ambitious

By Joshua Mellin, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Furuya Yamato is always in motion. On weekends in Tokyo, you’ll find the bearded, pony-tailed 50-year-old behind the counter of his food truck, Tacos 3hermanos, where hundreds of faithful customers line up and wait for a rare delicacy in Japan: authentic Mexican street tacos. On the first day

By Karla Cripps and Eru Ishikawa, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old Canadian was brought in for questioning for allegedly carving a name into a wooden pillar at a UNESCO-listed temple in the historic city of Nara, Japan, according to local police. The alleged incident took place at the centuries-old Toshodaiji Kondo temple complex on the

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: epic cruise experiences around the world, crocodile ramen and other wild food trends hitting Asia, plus tourist misbehavior in Italy and the airline passenger who found the plane floor soaked in blood. The new cruise era Construction is complete on the world’s biggest cruise

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Influencers who pose naked on top of sacred mountains. Reckless tourists who ride motorbikes around the island without helmets performing daredevil stunts. When it comes to misbehaving tourists in Bali, Niluh Djelantik has seen and heard it all. These are just a few “hugely unacceptable but too common forms

By Nicole Mowbray and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Prominent architect David Adjaye has stepped back from several roles and upcoming projects following allegations of sexual harassment or assault lodged against him by three unnamed former employees in the Financial Times. As well as relinquishing an advisory position with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the Ghanaian-British architect

By Senay Boztas (CNN) — The Dutch government is returning 478 objects looted during colonial times to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Following multiple claims from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nigeria, the Dutch Secretary of State for Culture and Media Gunay Uslu announced the decision Thursday to repatriate objects including the “Lombok treasure,” consisting of 335 objects from Lombok, Indonesia, the