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By Manveena Suri and Lilit Marcus, CNN A group of passengers at India’s Bengaluru airport experienced a particular kind of flight envy as they watched their own plane take off without them. The 55 passengers were still on a shuttle bus out to the plane, boarding passes in hand, when the Go First flight to

Mengchen Zhang, CNN “My behavior encroached on the physical and mental health of minors,” read a court-ordered apology issued by a tattoo artist in China’s Shaanxi province in September. “I am deeply aware of my mistakes,” he added. The man, who had admitted giving tattoos to 43 minors, became one of the first people charged

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN A New York man has set a world record for eating at the most Michelin-starred restaurants in a single day. Eric Finkelstein, 34, embarked on a gut-busting mission to eat at 18 of the acclaimed eateries within a 24-hour period back in October. It took the healthcare IT consultant 14 months

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal officials say they are acting on “thousands” of complaints by Southwest Airlines customers after its days-long holiday travel meltdown — including complaints that Southwest is not making good on its pledge to issue refunds. The Department of Transportation “has sent every complaint directly to Southwest” and is

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN A trio of Asian passports offer their holders greater global travel freedom than those of any other countries, according to a new quarterly report released by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners. Japanese citizens enjoy visa-free or visa-on-demand access to a record 193 destinations around the world,

Leah Dolan, CNN A punchy slogan t-shirt, papped at the right moment, can become an enduring image in our cultural history. In 2002, shortly after her public split with Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears’ stepped out wearing a baby blue tee with the all caps mandate “DUMP HIM,” a look which quickly became enshrined in the

By Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Chinese authorities have stopped issuing certain visas to South Korean and Japanese citizens as Beijing retaliates against recent Covid entry restrictions on arrivals from China. “Visas for business, tourism, medical treatment, transit and general private affairs will be suspended for South Korean citizens effective today,” the Chinese Embassy

Issy Ronald, CNN | Oscar Holland, CNN Combining the profound and the playful, the Museum of Sex has become one of New York City’s top-rated attractions on TripAdvisor since it opened in Manhattan in 2002. Now the museum is coming to Miami, Florida, where a new outpost will house everything from “sexy robots” to an

By Forrest Brown, CNN The bizarre yet fascinating menagerie of animals detected by TSA agents in carry-on baggage at US airports carries on into 2023. This time the discovery was an old standby theme popularized in movies: snakes on a plane! Well, it was one 4-foot boa constrictor to be exact. And technically, it never

Katie Hunt, CNN The majestic structures of ancient Rome have survived for millennia — a testament to the ingenuity of Roman engineers, who perfected the use of concrete. But how did their construction materials help keep colossal buildings like the Pantheon (which has the world’s largest unreinforced dome) and the Colosseum standing for more than

Issy Ronald, CNN For the first time ever, the United States has returned a looted antiquity to the Palestinian Authority — an Iron Age ivory “cosmetic spoon” that is almost 3,000 years old. US and Palestinian officials attended a ceremony on Thursday marking the historic repatriation at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Bethlehem,

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN A young couple embraces in front of the grill of a 750-horsepower Volvo truck, their cream and beige ensembles matching the commercial vehicle’s slick exterior. They pose for the camera, her face partially obscured by the playful roundness of her pantsuit’s tulle shoulder pouf. While the photograph might evoke the image of

Oscar Holland, CNN Adidas and fashion house Thom Browne are facing off in a New York court after the sportswear giant claimed that the house’s use of parallel bars on its apparel infringed on Adidas’ trademarked “Three Stripes.” The jury trial, which commenced at Manhattan’s Southern District Court on Tuesday, follows a 2021 lawsuit in

Francesca Street, CNN Sarah was resting in her hammock, flask of whiskey in hand, surveying the canopy of trees ahead and enjoying the peace and quiet. It was late May 2015 and Sarah was spending the long Memorial Day weekend hiking a New York-based section of the Appalachian Trail, the scenic hike that winds across

By Christian Edwards, CNN A Spanish tradition of people wearing blackface to represent one of the Three Wise Men — or Three Kings — in parades across the country has sparked calls to end the controversial practice. The events are held on January 6 to celebrate the arrival of the wise men (“reyes magos”) into

Oscar Holland, CNN | Josh Pennington, CNN The ringleader of a group that allegedly tried to steal a Banksy mural from a wall in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement Monday. The suspect, who has not been named, was served a “notice

Maija Ehlinger, CNN and Oscar Holland, CNN Spanish police have recovered hundreds of archaeological artifacts, including marine fossils, Bronze Age ceramics and 18th-century weapons, from two houses in the southeastern province of Alicante. More than 200 human bone fragments, some of which are between 4,000 and 5,000 years old, were also seized from the homes,

By Pete Muntean, CNN Two far-apart states are seeing fresh air travel problems on Monday. Air traffic control issues triggered hours-long flight delays to Florida airports, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN. And the main airport in Denver, Colorado, is seeing substantial cancellations and delays because of a fresh round of winter weather. Late Monday